Re: storing binary data

Christopher Kings-Lynne wrote:

> What exactly is the advantage in using VIEWs?  I get the impression that the
> SELECT query it is based on is cached (ie. a cached query plan).

I had the same impression but I've been told (with explanations) that
the query plan for a view is not cached in any way.

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