> The idea is not to have it accross multiple backends and having it in > sync with the tables in the database. This is not the point. > My problem is that I have seen many performance critical applications > sending just a few complex queries to the server. The problem is: If you > have many queries where the relation "time planner"/"time executor" is > very high (eg. complex joins with just one value as the result).
The standard approach to such a scenario would imho be to write stored procedures for the complex queries (e.g. plpgsql) and use that from the client. Maybe even eliminate a few ping pongs between client and server. Andreas ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 5: Have you checked our extensive FAQ? http://www.postgresql.org/users-lounge/docs/faq.html