| From: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
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| To: | Dave Page <dpage(at)pgadmin(dot)org> |
| Cc: | Susanne Ebrecht <susanne(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, Magnus Hagander <magnus(at)hagander(dot)net>, David Fetter <david(at)fetter(dot)org>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: FDW table hints |
| Date: | 2011-05-03 14:19:55 |
| Message-ID: | 19737.1304432395@sss.pgh.pa.us |
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Dave Page <dpage(at)pgadmin(dot)org> writes:
> On Tue, May 3, 2011 at 10:33 AM, Susanne Ebrecht
> <susanne(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com> wrote:
>> When we make such a hint for foreign tables then we should make a similar
>> hint for views.
> A view really isn't a table, unlike a foreign table, so I don't think
> that argument holds.
Well, from the implementation standpoint a foreign table is a lot more
like a view than it is like a table. I think the real point is that a
hint for this on views would be a waste of translator manpower, because
we've not heard of anyone making that mistake.
regards, tom lane
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