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computed field on a table

From
David Garamond
Date:
This is a feature of Interbase/Firebird. Is this planned for future
version of Postgres (I can always use a view for this though).

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dave

Re: computed field on a table

From
Peter Eisentraut
Date:
David Garamond wrote:
> This is a feature of Interbase/Firebird. Is this planned for future
> version of Postgres (I can always use a view for this though).

Use a trigger to keep a materialized version of the computed field up to
date, or use a view to compute the field dynamically.  No other
mechanisms are planned.

Re: computed field on a table

From
"Joshua D. Drake"
Date:
Peter Eisentraut wrote:
David Garamond wrote: 
This is a feature of Interbase/Firebird. Is this planned for future
version of Postgres (I can always use a view for this though).
I would use a view which would keep the amount of accesses to the table low as well.

J


Use a trigger to keep a materialized version of the computed field up to 
date, or use a view to compute the field dynamically.  No other 
mechanisms are planned.


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