On Fri, Aug 22, 2025 at 2:23 PM PG Doc comments form <[email protected]> wrote:
> Unless I'm completely mistaken, the second code example on > https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/rules-materializedviews.html, i.e > this: > > CREATE TABLE mymatview AS SELECT * FROM mytab; > > Should instead by > > CREATE VIEW mymatview AS SELECT * FROM mytab; > No, the example's intent is to compare a true "materialized view" with a table that is simply populated from a query. The comment "the materialized view cannot subsequently be directly updated" only makes sense as a counterpoint to a physical table. David J.
