Re: Indexed views?

Tiago Wright wrote:

>Are there any plans to support indexed views, or cross-table indexes,
>or any form of "materialized views" in postgresql? How complex would
>the implementation be? Indexed views are sometimes the best way to
>improve the performance of complex queries.
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The planner will use an index across multiple tables, even when called 
from a view as long as the comparing
tables are of the same type...

As far as materialized views, you can use triggers to create them.

Sincerely,

Joshua D. Drake




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