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> From: pgsql-general-owner@postgresql.org [mailto:pgsql-general-
> owner@postgresql.org] On Behalf Of Ron Johnson
> Sent: Wednesday, May 09, 2007 6:07 PM
> To: pgsql-general@postgresql.org
> Subject: Re: [GENERAL] Views- Advantages and Disadvantages
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> On 05/09/07 15:18, Dann Corbit wrote:
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> >
> > That is a significant achievement, since many database systems do
not
> > have that ability.
>
> Maybe (probably!) back in the Oracle 6 days, but cost-based
> optimizers have done this for *years*.
I work mostly with legacy database systems, so I am surely behind the
times here.