Re: Do we want SYNONYMS?

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com
Cc: Andy Colson <andy(at)squeakycode(dot)net>, pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Do we want SYNONYMS?
Date: 2010-12-06 20:27:31
Message-ID: 1492.1291667251@sss.pgh.pa.us
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"Joshua D. Drake" <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com> 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.

regards, tom lane

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