Skip underlying query analysis if MV is fresh #27551
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Description
Analyzing the underlying query can be costly in some scenarios, especially when it references many tables. An additional benefit of skipping this analysis is improved availability - MV data sources don’t need to be reachable when accessing the MV.
Additional context and related issues
We are working on adding a
WHEN STALEclause toCREATE MATERIALIZED VIEW. Relevant PRs:WHEN STALEsyntax forCREATE MATERIALIZED VIEW#27356WHEN STALEin analyzer #27502The change proposed in this PR makes the definitions of the behaviors controlled by the new clause simpler and more symmetric; see this comment: #27356 (comment).
Additionally, it brings the current MV implementation closer to resolving #23387 (reply in thread) and #23747.
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