Re: marking record origin in views - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Peter Alberer
Subject Re: marking record origin in views
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Msg-id 000301c3b42d$487faa00$5be0d089@ekelhardt
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In response to marking record origin in views  ("Claudio Lapidus" <clapidus@hotmail.com>)
Responses Re: marking record origin in views  (Greg Stark <gsstark@mit.edu>)
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Hmm, what about

create view v1 as
    select *,1 as source from t1
    union
    select *,2 as source from t2;

>Hello list
>
>I have two tables with identical structure, one holds 'correct' data
(from
>an application standpoint) and the other has data 'in error'. Anyway, I
>need
>sometimes to query both tables at the same time, so I constructed an
>elementary view
>
>create view v1 as select * from t1 union select * from t2;
>
>But I would like to have an extra field (in the view) with the table
name
>of
>the particular record source. How can this be done?



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