Re: Solved (thank you postgresql!) was Re: how to switch a view easily?

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On Wed, 2005-04-20 at 09:30 -0700, Randal L. Schwartz wrote:
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> When people say "I don't need views.  I don't need rules.  I don't
> need triggers.", they just haven't worked SQL long enough.  Going
> back in to create all the alternate SQL queries would have been
> maddening!

:) We're currently using MySql and while I don't mind not having rules
and triggers (as you can cover that in cdbi), not having views does
indeed drive me mad! There just such a wonderfully elegant (from the
outside ;-) solution to so many problems. Roll on production MySql 5....

mark
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