Thread: Editing View Bug
<div class="WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal">If you try and edit a view that does not use Check Option and has DISTINCT,the view will fail to be updated. Here an example to cause the failure.<p class="MsoNormal"> <p class="MsoNormal">CREATETABLE x (y varchar, z int);<p class="MsoNormal">CREATE VIEW v AS SELECT DISTINCT ON (y) y, z FROMx ORDER BY y, z DESC;<p class="MsoNormal"> <p class="MsoNormal">Right click on the view and select Properties.<p class="MsoNormal"> <pclass="MsoNormal">Security barrier: Off<p class="MsoNormal">Check options: Blank or No<p class="MsoNormal">Definition:<p class="MsoNormal"> <p class="MsoNormal">Change the ORDER BY to y, z DESC, 1<p class="MsoNormal"> <pclass="MsoNormal"><SAVE><p class="MsoNormal"> <p class="MsoNormal">Error saving properties: INTERNALSERVER ERROR<p class="MsoNormal"> <p class="MsoNormal">ERROR: WITH CHECK OPTION is supported only on automaticallyupdatable views<p class="MsoNormal">HINT: Views containing DISTINCT are not automatically updatable.<p class="MsoNormal"> <pclass="MsoNormal"> <p class="MsoNormal">Looking at the SQL Tab, I see:<p class="MsoNormal"> <p class="MsoNormal">CREATEOR REPLACE VIEW public.v<p class="MsoNormal"> WITH (check_option=no, security_barrier=false)<pclass="MsoNormal"> AS<p class="MsoNormal"> SELECT DISTINCT ON (x.y) x.y,<p class="MsoNormal"> x.z<p class="MsoNormal"> FROM x<p class="MsoNormal"> ORDER BY x.y, x.z DESC, 1;<p class="MsoNormal"> <pclass="MsoNormal">1) According to the Postgres Docs for 9.4.x and 9.6.x no is not listed a valid optionfor check_option.<p class="MsoNormal">2) It appears that Postgres is checking for the DISCTINCT before seeing the check_option=no<pclass="MsoNormal">3) Since no does not appear to be valid per the docs, maybe pgAdmin 4 needs to excludethe WITH line if check_option is set to no.<p class="MsoNormal"> <p class="MsoNormal">Lloyd<p class="MsoNormal"> <pclass="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:12.0pt;line-height:11.25pt;background:white"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#123054">LloydAlbin</span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#123054"><br/> Database Administrator<br /> Statistical Centerfor HIV/AIDS Research and Prevention (SCHARP)<br /> Vaccine and Infectious Disease Division (VIDD)<br /> Fred HutchinsonCancer Research Center (FHCRC)<br /> lalbin@fredhutch.org <br /><br /></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#123054"><img alt="http://www.fredhutch.org/content/dam/public/email-signatures/3/fred_hutch_logo.png"height="43" id="_x0000_i1025" src="http://www.fredhutch.org/content/dam/public/email-signatures/3/fred_hutch_logo.png"width="154" /></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#123054"><br/> Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center<br />1100 Fairview Ave. N., Mail Stop E3-129<br /> Seattle, WA 98109<br /><b><a href="http://www.fredhutch.org/"><span style="color:#123054">fredhutch.org</span></a></b></span><pclass="MsoNormal"> </div>
If you try and edit a view that does not use Check Option and has DISTINCT, the view will fail to be updated. Here an example to cause the failure.
CREATE TABLE x (y varchar, z int);
CREATE VIEW v AS SELECT DISTINCT ON (y) y, z FROM x ORDER BY y, z DESC;
Right click on the view and select Properties.
Security barrier: Off
Check options: Blank or No
Definition:
Change the ORDER BY to y, z DESC, 1
<SAVE>
Error saving properties: INTERNAL SERVER ERROR
ERROR: WITH CHECK OPTION is supported only on automatically updatable views
HINT: Views containing DISTINCT are not automatically updatable.
Looking at the SQL Tab, I see:
CREATE OR REPLACE VIEW public.v
WITH (check_option=no, security_barrier=false)
AS
SELECT DISTINCT ON (x.y) x.y,
x.z
FROM x
ORDER BY x.y, x.z DESC, 1;
1) According to the Postgres Docs for 9.4.x and 9.6.x no is not listed a valid option for check_option.
2) It appears that Postgres is checking for the DISCTINCT before seeing the check_option=no
3) Since no does not appear to be valid per the docs, maybe pgAdmin 4 needs to exclude the WITH line if check_option is set to no.
Lloyd
Lloyd Albin
Database Administrator
Statistical Center for HIV/AIDS Research and Prevention (SCHARP)
Vaccine and Infectious Disease Division (VIDD)
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center (FHCRC)
lalbin@fredhutch.org
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
1100 Fairview Ave. N., Mail Stop E3-129
Seattle, WA 98109
fredhutch.org