Views have proved to be slower in 8.0.6 when joining to base tables that
when used in 7.3.4. The execution plan from 7 -> 8 is way different.
<yong321_at_yahoo.com> wrote in message news:8k2p93$eqv$1_at_nnrp1.deja.com...
> Is using views always slower than using base tables, at least
> theoretically? My developers ask me to create views for them. I told
> them views are used for two purposes: for convenience so that you don't
> have to remember or type in all the base tables and their column names;
> for security so as to hide some column or table names. My developers
> are not end users. They don't need the convenience and they should be
> allowed full select privilege on base tables. For performance reason,
> views are always slower than or indistinguishably the same as using
> base tables. Is this correct?
>
> Yong Huang
> yong321_at_yahoo.com
>
>
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Received on Fri Jul 07 2000 - 00:00:00 CDT
