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From Gurjeet Singh
Subject A view needs at least one column whereas a table doesn't...
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Msg-id 65937bea0702130759g750436bbhb244bc9fd5ec343f@mail.gmail.com
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Responses Re: A view needs at least one column whereas a table doesn't...  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
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The first SQL command throws an error whereas the second one runs fine:

edb=# create schema s1 authorization u1
edb-# create table t1() create view v1 as select * from t1;
ERROR:  view must have at least one column
edb=#
edb=# create schema s1 authorization u1
edb-# create table t1( c1 int ) create view v1 as select * from t1;
CREATE SCHEMA
edb=#

I know the ERROR seems obvious, but then if we allow zero-column tables, then why not zero-column views?

Or should the question be, why do we allow zero-column tables? (is inheritance the only reason?)

Can someone provide some explanation for this behaviour?

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