Materialized View or table?

Started by Johann Spiesover 10 years ago2 messagesgeneral
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#1Johann Spies
johann.spies@gmail.com

I have a table (A) with 750+ million records and another one (B) which is a
summary of information in A containing 30+million records.

Now I wonder whether it wouldn't be better to have B as an indexed
materialized view. Though not often, there will be situations where B has
to be updated.

In the past I avoided materialized views when the result of a query
contains more than about 1 million records. I do not know enough about the
implications for the server's resources to make an informed decision though.

What are the pro's and con's of large materialized views vs. tables in a
case like this?

Regards
Johann
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#2Jim Nasby
Jim.Nasby@BlueTreble.com
In reply to: Johann Spies (#1)
Re: Materialized View or table?

On 9/15/15 2:14 AM, Johann Spies wrote:

What are the pro's and con's of large materialized views vs. tables in a
case like this?

AFAIK a matview is essentially the same as a table under the covers, so
I don't believe there's any reason not to use one. At some point we'll
have incremental refresh of some sort, which might help in your case.
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