For lack of a better term, but I was curious if there is/was any thought about making PG's views automatically "see" changes in underlying tables, as opposed to currently having to drop/create all corresponding views if a table's structure (add/delete fields, etc.) is changed. CSN ____________________________________________________ Start your day with Yahoo! - make it your home page http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 9: In versions below 8.0, the planner will ignore your desire to choose an index scan if your joining column's datatypes do not match