On May 7, 2012, at 7:06 PM, Stefan Urbanek wrote:

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> 
>> I'm not 100% sure how "view reflection" even got into the library, to be 
>> honest, as it really doesn't belong in Table.  a Table is not a view.
> 
> Table is not a view, right. On the other hand, views are quite useful and in 
> analytical domain they are being used quite a lot. The analytical data are 
> mostly read-only during their use, therefore I see no problem with treating 
> VIEWs as read-only TABLEs in this case. I would definitely not drop view 
> reflection from the library, as it is makes building another kinds of 
> abstractions/tools (besides ORM) much more easier.

oh no argument there, SQLA should support views better, with their own object 
called a View.    We have all the reflection logic, we have a recipe, nailing 
down a full feature spec is straightforward.     Someone needs to express an 
interest in establishing a behavioral spec that makes sense, given how creating 
a view works, reflecting, etc.


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