On Wed, 2012-05-30 at 11:16 +1200, Tim Uckun wrote: > I am wondering if either of these features are on the plate for > postgres anytime soon? I see conversations going back to 2007 on > updateable views and some conversations about synonyms but obviously > they have never been added to the database for some reason or another. Neither of these has active development right now, as far as I know. Updatable views will appear sometime, I'm sure, but I don't know when. Synonyms sound fairly simple, but I believe there are some concerns around catalog bloat and catalog lookup time. I can't remember the details. > With regards to synonyms. It seems to me I could kind of achieve the > same functionality by creating a dblink into the same database. Would > that be an insane? You'd be working outside of the transaction, so it seems like you're losing a lot there. How does it help you? Regards, Jeff Davis -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general
