RE: Hey! ORDER BY in VIEWS?

From: "Robby Slaughter" <webmaster(at)robbyslaughter(dot)com>
To: "Josh Berkus" <josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com>, "Peter Eisentraut" <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>
Cc: <pgsql-sql(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: RE: Hey! ORDER BY in VIEWS?
Date: 2001-07-15 20:02:43
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Josh:

You wondered:

>What happens if I put an ORDER BY in a view, then call an ORDER BY in a
>query, e.g.:
>
>CREATE VIEW test_view AS
>SELECT client_name, city, zip FROM clients
>WHERE zip IS NOT NULL
>ORDER BY zip;
>
>SELECT * FROM test_view ORDER BY city;
>
>Does the second ORDER BY override or suppliment the view ORDER BY, or is
>it ignored?

I think this question falls into the "Don't ask, don't tell"
category of computer related questions. I can't think of a reason
to design this way, the behavior isn't specified or sensible, so just
don't do it!

Sorry if I'm over-admonishing. Curiosity killed the cat.

-Robby

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