Oh yea, I know exactly what you mean. I still catch myself every now and then saying "We need to update this database...I mean table...". Good thing my coworkers do what I mean, not what I say ;-)

>Right. Speaking for myself, I've had to concentrate on not interchangably using table=view. Like when eons ago when I learned, gee, "database" <> "table" *s*.
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>>I use views quite a lot and that's my understanding as well. That's why I questioned the disagreement with the statement 'Don't buffer the tables when using views'.