Peter Eisentraut wrote: > Phil Endecott wrote: >> I converted the first query like this: >> >> create or replace temporary view u_messages as >> select * from messsages where owner=$1; > > What makes you think this should work? Phil, You would do this: create view u_messages as select * from messages; Then when you what to change the owner: select * from u_messages where owner = 'value'; Sincerely, Joshua D. Drake -- === The PostgreSQL Company: Command Prompt, Inc. === Sales/Support: +1.503.667.4564 || 24x7/Emergency: +1.800.492.2240 Providing the most comprehensive PostgreSQL solutions since 1997 http://www.commandprompt.com/ Donate to the PostgreSQL Project: http://www.postgresql.org/about/donate PostgreSQL Replication: http://www.commandprompt.com/products/