On Thu, Nov 11, 2004 at 09:29:14 +0000, Simon Riggs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, 2004-11-10 at 22:48, Mark Kirkwood wrote: > > Planning for future note: I would like whatever mechanism that is added > > for this MAX/MIN stuff to be amenable to more subtle things like > > aggregate navigation (see R.Kimball's article > > http://www.dbmsmag.com/9608d54.html). > > > > With you on that one...
I disaggree. What that author is suggesting is orthogonal to what is being proposed by Mark. That article is really suggesting a varient of materialized views where you can use the normal aggregate notation instead of having to use a special column name to get access to an aggregate in the materialized view. ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 1: subscribe and unsubscribe commands go to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
