Re: idea: storing view source in system catalogs - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Merlin Moncure
Subject Re: idea: storing view source in system catalogs
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Msg-id b42b73150805210511l121bce34qf4f1b9204863546d@mail.gmail.com
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In response to idea: storing view source in system catalogs  ("Merlin Moncure" <mmoncure@gmail.com>)
Responses Re: idea: storing view source in system catalogs  (Florian Pflug <fgp.phlo.org@gmail.com>)
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On Wed, May 21, 2008 at 4:39 AM, Andreas Pflug
<pgadmin@pse-consulting.de> wrote:
> Not the whole reason. To get a view definition that is more readable, the
> pretty_bool option of pg_get_viewdef already does some newline and indent
> formatting. Not the initial formatting, but Good Enough (TM), I believe.

This is where I disagree.  It really can make your sql quite
unreadable, adding all kinds of extra casts and parenthesis and such.
I am very particular about how my sql is formatted.

merlin


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