Re: calculated identity field in views, again...

You mean VB.NET ?

----- Original Message -----
From: "Keith Worthington" <KeithW@NarrowPathInc.com>
To: "Zlatko Matic" <zlatko.matic1@sb.t-com.hr>
Cc: <pgsql-general@postgresql.org>; <pgsql-interfaces@postgresql.org>
Sent: Wednesday, May 04, 2005 5:58 AM
Subject: Re: [INTERFACES] calculated identity field in views, again...


> Zlatko Matic wrote:
>> I asked this question several weeks ago, but nobody proposed a solution,
>> so I am repeating the same question again...
>> I have an MS Access front-end for a database on PostgreSQL.
>> I could use pass-through queries as record sources for reports and it
>> works fine...
>> Unfortunately, MS Access doesn't allow pass-through queries to be records
>> sources for subforms.
>> Therefore I tried to base subforms on regular JET queries on linked
>> tables. It was too slow...
>> Then I tried to base subforms on DAO recordset code generated from
>> pass-through QueryDef objects. Although it worked, it was very
>> unstable...
>>
>> Now it seems to me that POstgreSQL views are the best solution, but
>> Access considers views as tables (!) and needs column with unique values.
>> All those views are complicated queries on several tables, so I can't use
>> any table's column as primary key. I need a calculated column in the view
>> that Access will consider as primary key column.
>> In regular tables, I use bigserial field, but how can I create calculated
>> bigserial column in a view ?
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
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>
> Another option is to toss the MS Access altogether and program the front
> end entirely in VB.  That is what we did.
>
> --
> Kind Regards,
> Keith
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