Re: Views, views, views: Summary of Arguments - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Joshua D. Drake
Subject Re: Views, views, views: Summary of Arguments
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In response to Re: Views, views, views: Summary of Arguments  (Josh Berkus <josh@agliodbs.com>)
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> ... thus, as I see it, the *primary* question is in fact argument (2).  That 
> is, is information_schema sufficient, and if not, can it be extended without 
> breaking SQL standards?   Argument (1) did not seem to have a lot of evidence 
> on the "con" side, and the strongest argument against (3) is that we should 
> use information_schema.

(2) The information_schema is good but not sufficient. It either needs 
more info as suggested by this thread or we need an extended version for 
Pg specifically.

(1) I can't see anyone in their right mind on the user space / support 
of users side arguing against the need for more information about 
PostgreSQL and the way it interacts.

(3) If we can use the information_schema let's do so. However it should 
not be a stopping block.

Sincerely,

Joshua D. Drake
Command Prompt. Inc.


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