Views and Limits

[Alex]

Hi,

I am using a view that has also a LIMII 1000 in it. As it seems when I
run a query with a WHERE then the WHERE is only applied to the subset of
1000 records. So although the query my produce 3000 records, I may get
only a few hundred back.

Is there a way to get change that i.e. that the VIEW places a limit on
the final result?

Thanks
Alex

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[Tom Lane]

Alex <al**@meerkatsoft.com> writes:

Is there a way to get change that i.e. that the VIEW places a limit on
the final result?

How would that possibly make any sense? A view is supposed to be a
self-contained, logically consistent object ... not something that
exerts magical action-at-a-distance powers upon queries that reference
it. As an example, would you still expect this restriction to work when
the view was used in a join, SELECT DISTINCT, or aggregate query? If
so, just what is getting limited?

regards, tom lane

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[Jonathan Bartlett]

>

How would that possibly make any sense? A view is supposed to be a
self-contained, logically consistent object ... not something that
exerts magical action-at-a-distance powers upon queries that reference
it.

Oh, I see, you just don't love us enough to give us magical powers to our
views. I bet you're saving that feature for yourself, huh?

:)

Jon
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