Re: COPY view

Jim C. Nasby wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 14, 2006 at 05:19:44PM -0400, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> > 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.
> 
> BTW, one argument for allowing dumping out of views is that it means
> they'd act more like tables; you just COPY viewname TO file.
> 
> Also, if copy from select doesn't make it into 8.2, then we should
> absolutely put this patch in, so that users at least have something they
> can use.

OK, based on this feedback, I am adding COPY VIEW to the patches queue.

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