"Joshua D. Drake" <jd@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > On Tue, 2010-12-07 at 08:31 -0500, Vick Khera wrote: >> I must be missing something, but really, what's the point of synonyms? >> What's the real-world use case for them? > For a PostgreSQL Person? I see no real benefit to be honest. For people > coming from Oracle, DB2 or MSSQL? I see a real benefit in terms of ease > of porting. They're only going to make it easier to port if we cover *all* the functionality of Oracle synonyms, with *exactly* the same behavior. Otherwise this is just an advertising stunt ... regards, tom lane -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general
