After dumping (by pg_dump) and restoring views becomes a tables
Here is a simple scenario:
1. createdb tview
2. create table t1 (a int4, b int4); create view v1 as select a from t1;
3. pg_dump -z tview > tview.dump
4. destroydb tview
5. psql -e tview < tview.dump
............................
QUERY: COPY "t1" FROM stdin;
CREATE RULE "_RETv1" AS ON SELECT TO "v1" WHERE DO INSTEAD SELECT "a" FROM "t1";
QUERY: CREATE RULE "_RETv1" AS ON SELECT TO "v1" WHERE DO INSTEAD SELECT "a" FROM "t1";
ERROR: parser: parse error at or near "do"
EOF
6. psql tview
tview=> \dt
Database = tview+------------------+----------------------------------+----------+| Owner |
Relation | Type |+------------------+----------------------------------+----------+| megera |
t1 | table || megera | v1 | table
|+------------------+----------------------------------+----------+
tview=>
view t1 now becomes table v1 !
Regards,
Oleg
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Oleg Bartunov, sci.researcher, hostmaster of AstroNet,
Sternberg Astronomical Institute, Moscow University (Russia)
Internet: oleg@sai.msu.su, http://www.sai.msu.su/~megera/
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