Melvin Davidson wrote:
The best solution, IMHO, is don't create views that depend on other
views. ...
Much better to just make each view a stand alone.
Seconding Mr. Davidson's advice.
But, given that you are in the situation, here is a workable alternative:
Matthew Wilson
On Thu, Aug 6,
I have a bunch of views, and some views use data from other views.
For example, view A might get used by view B and view B gets used by view C.
Several times now, as I got further into the project, I've changed how
I make some views and I've had to redefine not just that view, but all
the ones
On 08/06/2015 01:44 PM, W. Matthew Wilson wrote:
I have a bunch of views, and some views use data from other views.
For example, view A might get used by view B and view B gets used by view C.
Several times now, as I got further into the project, I've changed how
I make some views and I've had
The best solution, IMHO, is don't create views that depend on other views.
Although, it makes it easier in some cases, you pay the price in
maintenance, as you have already found out. In addition, there is also the
security problem that comes into play. EG: a user is allowed access to view
c, but
Correction, as Mr. Tober suggested.
On Thu, Aug 6, 2015 at 8:34 PM, Melvin Davidson melvin6...@gmail.com
wrote:
As Mr. Wilson suggested, you can use pg_dump to extract the views, but I
also suggest downloading and installing pg_extractor, which uses pg_dump
but allows more options to dump
As Mr. Wilson suggested, you can use pg_dump to extract the views, but I
also suggest downloading and installing pg_extractor, which uses pg_dump
but allows more options to dump just the objects you need. IE: views,
functions, etc.
Here's the url to download.
