On Thu, Mar 01, 2007 at 06:16:02 -0800, Timasmith <timasmith@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I am using hibernate, using a view like a read only table and I need a > primary key each time a select is issued. > > create view myview as > select rownum, t1.field, t2.field > from tableOne t1, tableTwo t2 > where t1.key = t2.fkey > > select * from myview > > But what I really need is > > select makemeauniquekey, t1.field, t2.field > ... Is there some reason you can't use the join key?