| From: | "Oliver Elphick" <olly(at)lfix(dot)co(dot)uk> |
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| To: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
| Cc: | pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: Order in CREATE VIEW |
| Date: | 2001-04-14 08:40:32 |
| Message-ID: | 200104140840.f3E8eWU16731@linda.lfix.co.uk |
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Tom Lane wrote:
>"Oliver Elphick" <olly(at)lfix(dot)co(dot)uk> writes:
>> A view creates a virtual table; there is no implicit ordering in a table,
>> so it follows that you should not be able to impose one in a view.
>
>This is indeed the pure-SQL attitude, but it may be worth pointing out
>that Postgres 7.1 does allow ORDER BY in subselects and views anyway.
I see I was out of date. Sorry!
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