On Wed, Jan 22, 2003 at 16:12:52 +0100, Ries van Twisk <ries@jongert.nl> wrote:
> Dear PostgreSQL users,
>
> I understand that when a frontend accesses a VIEW that PostgreSQL cannot use
> a index on that view.
> For example when I do this: SELECT * FROM full_cablelist WHERE
> projectocode=5; Correct?
For the most part views work like macros for selects and indexes should be
usable.
You can test this yourself using EXPLAIN to compare plans both using and
not using a view on a table.