Re: Can I use PostgreSQL to develop a self-organizing

From: Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)dcc(dot)uchile(dot)cl>
To: Greg Stark <gsstark(at)mit(dot)edu>
Cc: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Can I use PostgreSQL to develop a self-organizing
Date: 2003-09-08 22:08:24
Message-ID: 20030908220823.GA16727@dcc.uchile.cl
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On Mon, Sep 08, 2003 at 05:55:43PM -0400, Greg Stark wrote:

> Materialized views are a godsend for DSS systems, and self-organized
> materialized views sound too good to be true. Is this really feasible?
> It sounds awfully ambitious considering postgres doesn't even have
> materialized views yet.

There is also the question of how would one actually use self-organizing
views... what would be the syntax for them? Should the parser recognize
that some join you are giving to it is a previously self-organized view
and contract the sentence?

--
Alvaro Herrera (<alvherre[a]dcc.uchile.cl>)
"Puedes vivir solo una vez, pero si lo haces bien, una vez es suficiente"

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