Re: Do we want SYNONYMS?

"Joshua D. Drake" <jd@commandprompt.com> writes:
> On Mon, 2010-12-06 at 13:57 -0600, Andy Colson wrote:
>> 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?

> SYNONYMS work for things that aren't a table.

The idea of synonyms for non-table things was pretty much rejected
already on the -hackers thread.

            regards, tom lane