Question

I finished my course on Oracle databases and have been playing with it since sometime. One of my friends told me that PostgreSQL is a very good database management system which has object oriented capabilities.

On an Oracle database, it is a straightforward and easy process to create materialized views. BUT despite of having heard that PostgreSQL supports materialized views from few people, I am unable to figure out how to do that.

Please advise.

Answer 1

For PostgreSQL version 9.2 and below, read the following article on how to create materialized views by using functions and triggers.

• http://tech.jonathangardner.net/wiki/PostgreSQL/Materialized_Views

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Since version 9.3, materialized views are natively supported:

For more information on this topic, please refer to the following articles on PostgreSQL documentation:

• http://www.postgresql.org/docs/devel/static/sql-creatematerializedview.html
• http://www.postgresql.org/docs/devel/static/rules-materializedviews.html