Re: How to keep format of views source code as entered?

Hi Ingolf,

For comments in views, I create a unused CTE and put my comments there, e.g.

WITH v_comments AS (
SELECT 'this is my comment' AS comment
)

Alex

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On Thursday, January 7, 2021 11:19 AM, Markhof, Ingolf <ingolf(dot)markhof(at)de(dot)verizon(dot)com> wrote:

> Hi!
>
> Switching from Oracle SLQ to PostgreSQL I am facing the issue that the SQL code the system returns when I open a views source code is different from the code I entered. The code is formatted differently, comments are gone and e.g. all text constants got an explicit cast to ::text added. (see sample below).
>
> I want the SLQ code of my views stored as I entered it. Is there any way to achieve this? Or will I be forced to maintain my views SQL code outside of PostgreSQL views?
>
> Any hints welcome!
>
> Here is an example:
>
> I enter this code to define a simple view:
>
> createorreplaceview myview as
>
> select
>
> product_id,
>
> product_acronym
>
> from
>
> products -- my comment here
>
> where
>
> product_acronym = 'ABC'
>
> ;
>
> However, when I open the view my SQL client (DBeaver) again, this is what I get:
>
> CREATEORREPLACEVIEW myview
>
> ASSELECT product_id,
>
> product_acronym
>
> FROM products
>
> WHERE product_acronym = 'ABC'::text;
>
> So, the formatting changed, keywords are capitalized, the comment I added in the from-part has gone and the text constant 'ABC' changed to 'ABC'::text.
>
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