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Re: Views, views, views! (long)

Andreas Pflug <pgadmin@pse-consulting.de>

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From: Andreas Pflug <pgadmin@pse-consulting.de>
To: Josh Berkus <josh@agliodbs.com>
Cc: PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>
Date: 2005-05-05T16:55:38Z
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Josh Berkus wrote:

> 
> Frankly, this is sounding a lot like "Who needs OpenOffice.org?  Use vi!"

Frankly, this is sounding a lot like "Who needs 
pgadmin/phppgadmin/pgaccess/younameit? use SELECT * FROM pg_somewot in 
psql instead".

As Dave already pointed out, serious admin tools will avoid views. We 
have to deal with version specific issues anyway.

Regards,
Andreas