RE: 'order by' clause lost when creating view

----Original Message-----
>From: fred(at)ontosys(dot)com
>To: pgadmin-support(at)postgresql(dot)org
>Cc:
>Subject: [pgadmin-support] 'order by' clause lost when
creating view
>Reply-To:
>Date: 28 August 2001 13:19
>
>When I created a view in pgAdmin II using a SELECT statement that
>includes an ORDER BY clause, pgAdmin seemed to ignore that clause.
>The generated SQL shown with the view properties clearly does not
have
>that clause, even though the original SQL as shown in the
description
>area does have that clause. The same view definition works fine
when
>I create it directly in psql.
>
>Why does pgAdmin translate the view definition SELECT statement
into a
>different form, rather than using it verbatim?

It shouldn't. I don't have the code near me until tomorrow, but as far
as I can recall nothing is done with the view definition at all -
there is no reason for pgAdmin to parse the SQL so it doesn't.

I'll take a look tomorrow and see if anything else might be causing
the symptoms you're seeing.

Regards, Dave