On Nov 30, 2010, at 10:05 PM, Josh Berkus wrote: > Alexey, > >> Here is the proposal to add synonyms to PostgreSQL. Initial goal is to add >> synonyms >> for relations (tables, views, sequences) and an infrastructure to allow >> synonyms >> for other database objects in the future. > > Can you explain, for our benefit, the use case for this? Specifically, > what can be done with synonyms which can't be done with search_path and > VIEWs?
Well, porting applications from other database systems that support synonyms (i.e. Oracle, DB2, SQL Server). > > I ask partly because I've migrated some Oracle databases to PostgreSQL, > and did not find replacing the functionality of synonyms to be at all > difficult. Presumably you've run into a case which was difficult? Frankly, I don't have a specific use case, but there were some requests in this list asking for synonyms, and adding support for them is a TODO item in wiki. > > BTW, I have a specific use case for *column* synonyms which isn't > currently covered by our existing tools. Is this the feature the community would benefit from? We can consider adding column synonyms if we won't hardwire synonyms to pg_class objects. -- Alexey Klyukin http://www.CommandPrompt.com/ The PostgreSQL Company - Command Prompt, Inc -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
