Re: snapshots

From: <mpir_at_compuserve.com>
Date: Mon, 12 Jul 1999 21:03:55 GMT
Message-ID: <7mdl7h$v38$1@nnrp1.deja.com>

I have used snapshots for two reasons:
1- Replication (set up a snapshot on database b of tables on database a) 2- Performance, where a view is needed for a report or suite of reports, but rebuilding the view each time is too time expensive. I build a snapshot in off hours which can then be used for reporting without the rebuild overhead of a view. This is true particularly for multiple reports against the same view/snapshot.

In article <7mdfg3$49c$1_at_news.worldonline.nl>, "Kasper Kombrink" <kombrink_at_dds.nl> wrote:
> Hi I am kinda new to this group, and I have the following question!
> When do you use Snapshots? Why not use views instead? And is there
any good
> documentation around how to use Snapshots?
>
> TIA
>
> Kasper
> kombrink_at_dds.nl
>
>

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MPiR, Inc.
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