On Mon, 2010-12-06 at 15:27 -0500, Tom Lane wrote: > "Joshua D. Drake" <jd@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > > On Mon, 2010-12-06 at 13:57 -0600, Andy Colson wrote: > >> I dont understand the need for it. Dont view's do the exact same thing > >> (plus even more)? What does a synonym offer that a view does not? > > > SYNONYMS work for things that aren't a table. > > The idea of synonyms for non-table things was pretty much rejected > already on the -hackers thread. Well I was referring to basically anything that is stored in pg_class (not operators or functions). Joshua D. Drake > > regards, tom lane > -- PostgreSQL.org Major Contributor Command Prompt, Inc: http://www.commandprompt.com/ - 509.416.6579 Consulting, Training, Support, Custom Development, Engineering http://twitter.com/cmdpromptinc | http://identi.ca/commandprompt -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general
