Thread: ORDER BY in definition of views

ORDER BY in definition of views

From
Niall Smart
Date:
Guys,

Does anyone know if this is on the radar for 7.1?

Niall

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RE: ORDER BY in definition of views

From
Michael Ansley
Date:
<p><font size="2">Would there be a particular reason to do this?</font><p><font size="2">MikeA</font><br /><p><font
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Re: ORDER BY in definition of views

From
Niall Smart
Date:
Michael Ansley wrote:
> 
> Would there be a particular reason to do this?
> 

I like to define views for lookups  (i.e. job titles,
departments, accounts, whatever).  It would be nice
if I could just do a select * from whatever_vw instead
of having to remember to put the order by whatever_name
clause.  Admittedly its no biggie, but it is nice-to-have.


Niall


Re: ORDER BY in definition of views

From
Tom Lane
Date:
Niall Smart <niall.smart@ebeon.com> writes:
> Does anyone know if this is on the radar for 7.1?

7.2 ...
        regards, tom lane


Re: ORDER BY in definition of views

From
JanWieck@t-online.de (Jan Wieck)
Date:
Niall Smart wrote:
> Guys,
> 
> Does anyone know if this is on the radar for 7.1?
   Yes, it is not.


Jan

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