Regular Views vs Materialized Views

Developers should use regular views to encapsulate complex joins, aggregations, or filtering logic, making queries more readable and maintainable in applications meets developers should use materialized views when dealing with slow, complex queries in read-heavy applications, such as reporting dashboards, data analytics, or caching frequently accessed data. Here's our take.

Regular Views

Nice Pick

Developers should use regular views to encapsulate complex joins, aggregations, or filtering logic, making queries more readable and maintainable in applications

Pros

• They are essential for implementing row-level or column-level security in databases, such as hiding sensitive data from unauthorized users
• Related to: sql, relational-databases

Cons

• Specific tradeoffs depend on your use case

Materialized Views

Developers should use materialized views when dealing with slow, complex queries in read-heavy applications, such as reporting dashboards, data analytics, or caching frequently accessed data

Pros

• They are ideal for scenarios where real-time data is not critical, as they reduce database load and latency by serving precomputed results
• Related to: postgresql, oracle-database

Cons

• Specific tradeoffs depend on your use case

The Verdict

These tools serve different purposes. Regular Views is a concept while Materialized Views is a database. We picked Regular Views based on overall popularity, but your choice depends on what you're building.

The Bottom Line

Regular Views wins

Based on overall popularity. Regular Views is more widely used, but Materialized Views excels in its own space.