On Mar 3, 7:12 pm, b...@xxxxxxxx (Bruno Wolff III) wrote: > On Thu, Mar 01, 2007 at 06:16:02 -0800, > Timasmith<timasm...@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? > > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- > TIP 4: Have you searched our list archives? > > http://archives.postgresql.org/ Never heard of a 'join key' but that sounds very promising. How do I select it?