On Thu, Nov 11, 2004 at 11:59:06AM -0600, Bruno Wolff III wrote: > 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.
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