Re: Do we want SYNONYMS?

On 12/6/2010 1:31 PM, Joshua D. Drake wrote:
> Hey -general,
>
> Command Prompt is currently considering writing a patch to provide
> synonyms to PostgreSQL. Is this something the community is interested
> in? Do we have use cases for it? MSSQL, DB2 and Oracle support them.
>
> Reference thread:
>
> http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-hackers/2010-11/msg02043.php
>
> Joshua D. Drake

I dont understand the need for it.  Dont view's do the exact same thing
(plus even more)?  What does a synonym offer that a view does not?

And perusing the thread, I see it might cause all name and operator
lookups to be slower?  (I didnt read all of it though)

I'm gonna have to go:  -1

-Andy