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[Ian Gilfillan <ian@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 01/19/2015 03:50 PM, Peter Laursen wrote:
> 1) As regards terminology, IMHO it would be logical if 'computed' is 
> used as the "upperlevel" term. "sublevel'  terms would be 'virtual' 
> and 'persistent' (ie. a 'computed' column may be either 'virtual' or 
> 'persistent').

Yes, that's right.

> 2) It is not clear to me if this also proposes a change to DDL syntax 
> used since MariaDB 5.2  or if it is only a discussion for docs. etc.??

No, the syntax would remain the same.

> 3) Oracle has published a MySQL 5.7 'labs' build with a similar 
> feature. It would be nice if some coordination could happen!  :-)

Thanks, wasn't aware of this. MySQL seems to be referring to these as 
"generated columns" at the moment, which is also a good term, perhaps 
even better, as it's already part of the MariaDB syntax.

ian