On 10/12/06, Jeff Davis <pgsql@j-davis.com> wrote:
> > assumed column ordering is the real enemy. Here is another place
> > where select * is imo better style than non select *:
> >
> > select q.*, bar from
> > (
> > select a, b,c from foo
> > ) q;
> >
>
> What is "bar"?
bar is somthing else, a constant, field from related join, or
whetever. Also, i am much more liberal about select * in views,
because the decision about columns is pushed out to the view selector:
create view foobar as
select * from foo natural join bar;
My rationale here is the major point of the view is relating foo to
bar, not choosing columns. Also, if foo/bar gain lose columns, I have
but to drop/recreate the view without changing it's definition. This
makes the view more functionally dependant on the tables.
merlin