Re: 7.2.1: pg_dump of UNIONed VIEWs broken

Can someone phrase a TODO item for me?

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Ian Morgan wrote:
> PostgreSQL 7.2.1's pg_dump prduces bad SQL for VIEW's.
>
> The SQL for CREATE VIEW as output by pg_dump generates an error, because the
> appropriate nesting of SELECTs with parentheses is missing:
> ERROR: parser: parse error at or near "SELECT"
>
>
> Original SQL:
>
> CREATE VIEW "agents" as (
>         (
>         SELECT DISTINCT
>                 employees.contact_id
>         FROM
>                 employees
>         ORDER BY
>                 employees.contact_id
>         )
> UNION
>         (
>         SELECT DISTINCT
>                 contractors.contact_id
>         FROM
>                 contractors
>         ORDER BY
>                 contractors.contact_id
>         )
> );
>
>
> As output by pg_dump:
>
> CREATE VIEW "agents" as SELECT DISTINCT employees.contact_id FROM employees
> ORDER BY employees.contact_id UNION SELECT DISTINCT contractors.contact_id
> FROM contractors ORDER BY contractors.contact_id;
>
> As you can see, the nesting is entirely lost.
>
> Regards,
> Ian Morgan
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