Re: [SQL] Unable to read from a view - Mailing list pgsql-sql

On Wed, 24 Feb 1999, Jan Wieck wrote:

> >
> >
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I just created a view and have been unable to read from it.  I am
> > Apache/1.3.1 (Unix) PHP/3.0.3 and Postgres 6.4.  When I tried to do a
> > select it gives the following error message:
> >
> > real=> select * from pubsearch;
> > ERROR:  nodeRead: Bad type 0
> >
> > I created the view with the following select statment:
> >
> > select distinct users.firstname, users.lastname, publication.title,
>          ^^^^^^^^
>
>     DISTINCT isn't supported in view definitions. You can SELECT
>     from view's distinct, but you cannot define them to be.  Nor
>     could you define views with group by and order by.

I have tried to drop the view and it gives the same error message.  Is
there any way to get rid of them (2).

Thanks for the help,

-Greg