Alexandr Popov <alexandr.popov@xxxxxxxx> writes: > CREATE OR REPLACE VIEW v1 AS SELECT DISTINCT a,b, -1 AS d, -1 AS e FROM t1; > After this i dump database with pg_dump and have following output. > CREATE VIEW v1 AS > SELECT DISTINCT t1.a, t1.b, -1 AS d, -1 AS e FROM t1 ORDER BY t1.a, t1.b, -1::integer, -1::integer; Sigh ... this is a bug in my patch of a few months ago: http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-committers/2008-01/msg00081.php It needs to be parenthesizing those constants, because as-is the :: binds more tightly than the -, and "-(1::integer)" is a run-time negation, not a simple constant. regards, tom lane
