Re: Trick to create alias/mirror table

intmail01 <intmail01@gmail.com>

From: intmail01 <intmail01@gmail.com>
To: shammat@gmx.net
Cc: pgsql-sql@lists.postgresql.org
Date: 2024-07-08T13:04:55Z
Lists: pgsql-sql
No. Simple view can not be updated with a GUI like PgAdmin or LibreOffice
Base. Only query code can modify it and every people can not code sql.

On Mon, Jul 8, 2024 at 3:09 PM <shammat@gmx.net> wrote:

> intmail01 schrieb am 08.07.2024 um 13:27:
> > Hi, Looking for a trick to make something like an alias or a mirror
> > table. The alias can be updated. View is not suitable because it is
> > read only data. The alias is always linked to the original table.
> > When a modification occurred in the original table this will be
> > visible in all link tables.
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> This sounds very much as if a view would solve that requirement.
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> Views can be updated in Postgres. Either automatically if it's a "simple
> view"
> or by providing a function that handles the DML.
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