Re: COPY view

From: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Hans-Juergen Schoenig <hs(at)cybertec(dot)at>
Cc: Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>, Karel Zak <zakkr(at)zf(dot)jcu(dot)cz>, List pgsql-patches <pgsql-patches(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: COPY view
Date: 2006-06-14 21:19:44
Message-ID: 200606142119.k5ELJiV23663@candle.pha.pa.us
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Hans-Juergen Schoenig wrote:
> Bruce Momjian wrote:
> >>I don't see why views should be special. Tables clearly should be
> >>because we can open them directly.
> >>
> >>
> >
> >Ah, I didn't think of that. Good idea. So we don't need this patch?
> >
> >
> >
>
> why do we agree on a patch, implement it and reject it then?
> would be easier to reject it before actually implementing it ...
> it is quite hard to explain to a customer that something is rejected
> after approval - even if things are written properly ...

Agreed. The problem with this patch is that originally we just wanted
views, and later the idea of putting a query in there was agreed on, so
the feature request has changed over time.

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