Can someone phrase a TODO item for me?
--------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ian Morgan wrote: > PostgreSQL 7.2.1's pg_dump prduces bad SQL for VIEW's. > > The SQL for CREATE VIEW as output by pg_dump generates an error, because the > appropriate nesting of SELECTs with parentheses is missing: > ERROR: parser: parse error at or near "SELECT" > > > Original SQL: > > CREATE VIEW "agents" as ( > ( > SELECT DISTINCT > employees.contact_id > FROM > employees > ORDER BY > employees.contact_id > ) > UNION > ( > SELECT DISTINCT > contractors.contact_id > FROM > contractors > ORDER BY > contractors.contact_id > ) > ); > > > As output by pg_dump: > > CREATE VIEW "agents" as SELECT DISTINCT employees.contact_id FROM employees > ORDER BY employees.contact_id UNION SELECT DISTINCT contractors.contact_id > FROM contractors ORDER BY contractors.contact_id; > > As you can see, the nesting is entirely lost. > > Regards, > Ian Morgan > -- > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > Ian E. Morgan Vice President & C.O.O. Webcon, Inc. > [EMAIL PROTECTED] PGP: #2DA40D07 www.webcon.net > * Customized Linux network solutions for your business * > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- > TIP 3: if posting/reading through Usenet, please send an appropriate > subscribe-nomail command to [EMAIL PROTECTED] so that your > message can get through to the mailing list cleanly > -- Bruce Momjian | http://candle.pha.pa.us [EMAIL PROTECTED] | (610) 853-3000 + If your life is a hard drive, | 830 Blythe Avenue + Christ can be your backup. | Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania 19026 ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 1: subscribe and unsubscribe commands go to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
