Is it possible to have an indexed view in MySQL?

Question

I found a posting on the MySQL forums from 2005, but nothing more recent than that. Based on that, it\'s not possible. But a lot can change in 3-4 years.

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Answer 1

Flexviews supports materialized views in MySQL by tracking changes to underlying tables and updating the table which functions as a materialized view. This approach means that SQL supported by the view is a bit restricted (as the change logging routines have to figure out which tables it should track for changes), but as far as I know this is the closest you can get to materialized views in MySQL.