Views or C-functions, I think the idea is excellent. It's the concept that I really like.
Greg On Mon, 2003-01-13 at 15:00, Dave Page wrote: > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Greg Copeland [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: 13 January 2003 20:56 > > To: Robert Treat > > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; PostgresSQL Hackers Mailing List > > Subject: Re: [HACKERS] \d type queries - why not views in > > system catalog?!? > > > > > > Oh! > > > > That's an excellent idea. Seemingly addresses the issue and > > has value-add. I'm not aware of any gotchas here. Is there > > something that is being overlooked? > > Why use functions instead of views? Most UIs will want to format the > output as they see fit so a recordset would be the appropriate output. > Yes, a function could do this, but surely views would be simpler to > implement and maintain. > > Regards, Dave. > > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- > TIP 4: Don't 'kill -9' the postmaster -- Greg Copeland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Copeland Computer Consulting ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 6: Have you searched our list archives? http://archives.postgresql.org
