Thread: Re: [HACKERS] create view as select distinct (fwd)

Re: [HACKERS] create view as select distinct (fwd)

From
Bruce Momjian
Date:

I assume this has not been fixed?



> Hello!
> 
>    VIEW on 6.4.2 ignores DISTINCT. Is it a bug? known?
> 
> Oleg.
> ---- 
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>            Programmers don't die, they just GOSUB without RETURN.
> 
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> Date: Fri, 23 Apr 1999 13:33:00 +0400 (MSD)
> From: Artem Chuprina <ran@pirit.com>
> To: Oleg Broytmann <phd@sun.med.ru>
> Subject: create view as select distinct
> 
> pirit=> select distinct value_at from www_counter_store;
>   value_at
> ----------
> 04-22-1999
> (1 row)
> 
> pirit=> create view www_counter_store_dates as select distinct value_at from www_counter_store;
> CREATE
> pirit=> select * from www_counter_store_dates;
> ----------
> 04-22-1999
> 04-22-1999
> 04-22-1999
> 04-22-1999
> 04-22-1999
> 04-22-1999
> 04-22-1999
> 04-22-1999
> 04-22-1999
> 04-22-1999
> 04-22-1999
> 04-22-1999
> 04-22-1999
> 04-22-1999
> 04-22-1999
> (15 rows)
> 
> -- 
> Artem Chuprina                             E-mail: ran@pirit.com
> Network Administrator                        FIDO: 2:5020/371.32
> PIRIT Corp.                              Phone: +7(095) 115-7101
> 
> 
> 


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Re: [HACKERS] create view as select distinct (fwd)

From
jwieck@debis.com (Jan Wieck)
Date:
Bruce Momjian wrote:

>
>
>
> I assume this has not been fixed?
>
>
>
> > Hello!
> >
> >    VIEW on 6.4.2 ignores DISTINCT. Is it a bug? known?
> >
> > Oleg.

    Right.  This  requires subselecting RTE's - one of the bigger
    TODO's after v6.5.


Jan

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