try: CREATE OR REPLACE VIEW view1 AS SELECT name as a1, null::text as a2, 'test'::text as a3 FROM some_table; Στις Wednesday 05 October 2011 17:22:21 ο/η Lauri Kajan έγραψε: > Hi all, > > How could I create a view that returns null values among all other values. > Here is a sample that i want to achieve: > > CREATE VIEW view1 AS > SELECT > attribute1 as a1, > null as a2 > FROM > table; > > Now the problem is that I got an warning: column "a2" has type "unknown" > I know that I should define a data type for a field a2. But how? > This works with other values but not with nulls: > > CREATE VIEW view1 AS > SELECT > attribute1 as a1, > text null as a2, > text 'test' as a3 > FROM > table; > > > > Thanks > > -Lauri Kajan > -- Achilleas Mantzios -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general