Yann,
> are there any plans for rewriting queries to preexisting materialized
> views? I mean, rewrite a query (within the optimizer) to use a
> materialized view instead of the originating table?
Automatically, and by default, no. Using the RULES system? Yes, you can
already do this and the folks on the MattView project on pgFoundry are
working to make it easier.
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Josh Berkus
Aglio Database Solutions
San Francisco