Re: Do we want SYNONYMS? - Mailing list pgsql-general

On Mon, 2010-12-06 at 15:27 -0500, Tom Lane wrote:
> "Joshua D. Drake" <jd@commandprompt.com> writes:
> > On Mon, 2010-12-06 at 13:57 -0600, Andy Colson wrote:
> >> I dont understand the need for it.  Dont view's do the exact same thing
> >> (plus even more)?  What does a synonym offer that a view does not?
>
> > SYNONYMS work for things that aren't a table.
>
> The idea of synonyms for non-table things was pretty much rejected
> already on the -hackers thread.

Well I was referring to basically anything that is stored in pg_class
(not operators or functions).

Joshua D. Drake

>
>             regards, tom lane
>

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