Alexander Reichstadt wrote > Hi, > > I try to do what seems to be totally simple, but it fails. If I query a > view that contains renamed columns without any qualifier like > > SELECT * FROM myview > > it displays everything. If however I do > > SELECT reanmedviewcolumn FROM myview > > It tells me column does not exist which in fact does. I can query any > non-renamed columns. But the renamed ones I can neither call by their > original name, not int he SELECT part nor in the WHERE clause. > > I can neither leave the view with just the original names as it's a > selfjoin. > > What do I need to do? Show us your actual code that is failing? The general idea of what you are saying indeed works: BEGIN; CREATE VIEW myview AS SELECT 'one'::text AS one, 'two'::text AS two; SELECT one FROM myview WHERE two = 'three'; ROLLBACK; David J. -- View this message in context: http://postgresql.1045698.n5.nabble.com/Cannot-query-views-with-WHERE-clause-on-renamed-columns-tp5809873p5809880.html Sent from the PostgreSQL - general mailing list archive at Nabble.com.
