On Mon, 6 Dec 2021 at 18:48, Phil Endecott <spam_from_pgsql_li...@chezphil.org> wrote: > > - I have a raw data table, indexed on a timestamp column, to which > new data is regularly being added. > > - I have a set of views that produce hourly/daily/monthly summaries > of this data. Querying these views is slow, so I'd like to make > them materialized views. > > - But I'd like the most recent data to be included in the results > of my queries. So I think I need a combined view that is the > union of the materialized view and a non-materialised view for > the recent values.
Assuming your table is insert-only: How about instead of using a materialized view at all, you define a table of hourly summaries which your script updates, and define a view which merges that with an on-the-fly summary of main table rows newer than the most recent summarised hour.
