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Document column-name-list option of CREATE VIEW ... which has been there
awhile, but the man page didn't know it.
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doc/src/sgml/ref/create_view.sgml

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$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_view.sgml,v 1.10 2001/01/13 23:58:55 petere Exp $
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$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_view.sgml,v 1.11 2001/08/10 23:49:20 tgl Exp $
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Postgres documentation
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<date>2000-03-25</date>
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</refsynopsisdivinfo>
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<synopsis>
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CREATE VIEW <replaceable class="PARAMETER">view</replaceable> AS SELECT <replaceable class="PARAMETER">query</replaceable>
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CREATE VIEW <replaceable class="PARAMETER">view</replaceable> [ ( <replaceable
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class="PARAMETER">column name list</replaceable> ) ] AS SELECT <replaceable class="PARAMETER">query</replaceable>
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</synopsis>
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<refsect2 id="R2-SQL-CREATEVIEW-1">
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</para>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><replaceable class="parameter">column name list</replaceable></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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An optional list of names to be used for columns of the view.
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If given, these names override the column names that would be
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deduced from the SQL query.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<term><replaceable class="parameter">query</replaceable></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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<command>CREATE VIEW</command> will define a view of a table.
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This view is not physically materialized. Specifically, a query
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The view is not physically materialized. Instead, a query
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rewrite retrieve rule is automatically generated to support
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retrieve operations on views.
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</para>

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