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• Other databases (Score:2)

  by drhyde (1683)

  I believe that PostgreSQL and Oracle both support this kind of thing. But naturally, they support it in incompatible ways.
  • Re:Other databases (Score:2)

    by Ovid (2709) on 2005.10.20 14:58 (#44058) Homepage Journal

    Can you point to me where in the Postgres docs this is described? I've found references to it on the Web but I'm having trouble finding it in the documentation.

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    • Re:Other databases (Score:2)

      by drhyde (1683)

      Likewise, I've seen it described but not looked for it in the docs. Nor have I used it, and I don't have a Postgres install handy to fiddle with.
    • Re:Other databases (Score:2)

      by lachoy (1663)

      Is this the section you're looking for: Arrays [postgresql.org]?
      • Re:Other databases (Score:2)

        by Ovid (2709)

        I suspect that's what was meant. Thanks! Unfortunately, it shows that Postgres really can't be used an MV database unless you push a lot of stuff into the application layer. Thus, one could think of it as the MySQL of MV databases (in other words, a fancy toy).