Re: Views- Advantages and Disadvantages - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Michael Glaesemann
Subject Re: Views- Advantages and Disadvantages
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Msg-id 6A1520DB-897D-42F7-BDAA-7884983D58DF@seespotcode.net
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In response to Re: Views- Advantages and Disadvantages  ("Dann Corbit" <DCorbit@connx.com>)
Responses Re: Views- Advantages and Disadvantages
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On May 9, 2007, at 14:02 , Dann Corbit wrote:

> Views can hide important information from the optimizer (especially
> index information).

Really? AIUI, views—at least in PostgreSQL—are implemented using
PostgreSQL's rule system: the entire query is rewritten to include
the view query, and the optimizer sees the rewritten query. What the
optimizer sees is the same as if the view were inlined in the
original query.

Michael Glaesemann
grzm seespotcode net



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