Re: Problems modifyiong view

On Thu, Nov 14, 2019 at 06:31:48AM -0800, Adrian Klaver wrote:
> On 11/14/19 5:53 AM, stan wrote:
> > I am trying to add columns to a view using CREATE OR REPLACE VIEW, and I am
> > getting the following error:
> >
> > ERROR: cannot change name of view column "descrip" to "contact_person_1"
> >
> > I suppose I can drop the view, and recreate it, but that seems to indicate
> > that the create or replace functionality is not functioning the way I would
> > expect.
> >
> > Am I missing something here?
> >
>
> https://www.postgresql.org/docs/11/sql-createview.html
>
> "CREATE OR REPLACE VIEW is similar, but if a view of the same name already
> exists, it is replaced. The new query must generate the same columns that
> were generated by the existing view query (that is, the same column names in
> the same order and with the same data types), but it may add additional
> columns to the end of the list. The calculations giving rise to the output
> columns may be completely different."

OK, so I see this is documented behavior. This makes it a "feature", not a
"bug" correct :-)

Thanks.
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