Re: [GENERAL] CREATE VIEW blah AS SELECT DISTINCT etc

On Fri, 22 Oct 1999, Moray McConnachie wrote:

> I don't see implement SELECT DISTINCT in views on the To Do list?
>
> I'm using 6.5.2, and on doing
> CREATE VIEW blahview AS SELECT DISTINCT bleurgh,blaagh FROM blah;
>
> I get
> ERROR: DISTINCT not supported in views.
>
> However, the \h command in psql gives
> CREATE VIEW view_name AS
> SELECT [DISTINCT [ON attrN]]
> etc.
>
> I can't find the bug report form on the WWW to submit a bug report for
> psql on this. The FAQ merely says
>
> 1.13) How do I submit a bug report?
>
> Fill out the "bug-template" file and send it to: bugs@postgreSQL.org
>
> No indication of how to get hold of the bug-template file...
>

$ locate bug.template
/usr/doc/postgresql-6.5.2/bug.template
/usr/src/pgsql/postgresql-6.5/doc/bug.template

So it looks like the doc directory of your source distribution tree
might be a good place to start looking.  Or just do a find / -name
bug.template -print.

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