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From: Andrew Sullivan <ajs@crankycanuck.ca>
To: pgsql-sql@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: [Fwd: View Vs. Table]
Date: Tue, 6 Mar 2007 10:52:58 -0500
Message-ID: <20070306155258.GC15417@phlogiston.dyndns.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <14956.63.118.86.10.1173192052.squirrel@www.88thstreet.com>
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On Tue, Mar 06, 2007 at 09:40:52AM -0500, Radhika Sambamurti wrote:
> But from the db point of view, is there a bigger performace hit when I
> query a view Vs a table or is there no difference.

It rather depends on your view definition.  See the discussion of
views and, especially, the discussion of rules in the manual (views
are basically just an automatic application of certain rules).

A

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