On 11/26/2012 09:46 AM, Peter Eisentraut wrote:
> On 11/14/12 9:28 PM, Kevin Grittner wrote:
>> 17. Since the data viewed in an MV is not up-to-date with the latest
>> committed transaction,
> So, the way I understand it, in Oracle terms, this feature is a
> "snapshot", not a materialized view. Maybe that's what it should be
> called then.
>
>
If you use Jonathan Gardner's taxonomy at
<http://tech.jonathangardner.net/wiki/PostgreSQL/Materialized_Views>,
snapshots are a subclass of materialized views.
cheers
andrew