Re: Solution for Synonyms - Mailing list pgsql-general

Thomas Kellerer wrote:
> mrprice22 wrote on 22.11.2013 19:25:
>> We are in the process of moving from Oracle to PostgreSQL.  We use a stored
>> procedure to populate some reporting tables once an hour.  There are two
>> sets of these tables, set A and set B.  We use synonyms to point to the
>> “active” set of tables at any given time.
>>
>> The procedure works like this:
>>
>> 1. If set A tables are “active” truncate set B tables or if set A tables are
>> “active” truncate set B tables.
>> 2. Populate set B tables.
>> 3. Set synonyms to point to set B tables.
>>
>> How might I accomplish the same thing in PostgreSQL?
> 
> You can use a view

You can also keep the tables A and B in different schemas
(probably a good idea anyway) and change search_path on the client side.

Yours,
Laurenz Albe