Re: Views, views, views! (long)

Hannu Krosing <hannu@tm.ee>

From: Hannu Krosing <hannu@tm.ee>
To: Greg Sabino Mullane <greg@turnstep.com>
Cc: pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org
Date: 2005-05-05T23:37:45Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
On N, 2005-05-05 at 22:43 +0000, Greg Sabino Mullane wrote:

> > The purpose of the new system views...
> 
> As long as they are in a separate schema (like information_schema,
> but hopefully not as long). pg_views? pg_info? information_skema? :)
>
> > But if you think that nobody needs these views, it's because you
> > haven't had much contact with end users lately.
> 
> Well, who really *does* need these? After all, end users should be
> using an interface of some sort. (DBD::Pg, phpPgAdmin, psql, etc). 

Perhaps they can be thouhgt of as another "interface of some sort" ;)

They may be even not installed by default, but bundled and as easy to
install as any (other) contrib module.

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Hannu Krosing <hannu@tm.ee>