Re: Possible to create a *really* virtual table ?

From: Denis Bucher <dbucher(at)niftycom(dot)com>
To: PGSQL-SQL <pgsql-sql(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Possible to create a *really* virtual table ?
Date: 2001-11-06 12:21:46
Message-ID: 5.1.0.14.0.20011106132134.02840690@mail.niftycom.com
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At 15:02 05.11.01 +0100, you wrote:

Hello !

>Is it possible to create a virtual table, NOT a view ?
>
>For example :
>SELECT *
>FROM
>(VALUES ('orange', 'orange'), ('apple', 'red'),
>('banana', 'yellow'))
>AS Fruits_And_Colors(fruit, color);
>I.e. to do a request on a non-real table ?
>I want to have the following virtual table :
>TABLE b
>id | b
>------------
>1 | 't'
>2 | 'f'
>
>Is it possible in PostgreSQL ?

Ok I found the answer, it is possible !

SELECT text 'a' AS "Text" UNION SELECT 'b';

Denis

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