Re: [SQL] Order by

At 03:48 +0300 on 02/06/1999, Michael Yeung wrote:


> Hi all,
>
> Is anyone know that if we allow order-by clause in the view structure.
> If not, how can we take the ordering of the UNION ALL in 2 different bags ?

Correct me if I'm wrong, but ORDER BY shoud not be part of a view, in the
same way it is not a part of a table. A table is defined as an unordered
collection of tuples. In any given query, you can define the order of the
tuples returned. But the table itself is not ordered.

A view should look to the user just like a table. The order of the tuples
is part of the query, not part of the table, and not part of the view.

Herouth

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