On Wed, Jun 13, 2012 at 12:25 PM, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote:
> Merlin Moncure <mmoncure(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
>> The CREATE VIEW statement does not allow parameterized arguments
>> apparently.
>
> Well, no. What would it mean? The view is likely to outlast the
> existence of the function argument.
right -- it's quite sensible even if superficially unusual: for
vanilla queries there is a very clear line between what can be
parameterized and what can't. CREATE VIEW looks like a query but does
something completely different and so obeys a different set of rules.
merlin