On Thu, Nov 4, 2010 at 12:43 PM, Terry Lee Tucker <terry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Greetings: > > Lately, I've begun using views quite often especially when queries for various > reports, etc. become complicated. I am now wondering if there is a price to > pay in terms of overhead for this. In truth, I don't really understand how a > view works. I know that it takes on many of the attributes of a table, but is > it a table? Is the data pulled together when one selects from the view or is > it maintained as a table all along. Guidance to the ignorant appreciated... In pgsql a view is actually a rule that fires off the original query for you. So it's a simple wrapper, and is the same, for the most part, as simply typing in the original query again. So, it's pretty simple, and there's no real overhead to worry about. -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general
