Re: creating a view that shows relation name -> OID

  The view is trying to make a column called oid which will already exist.

  Change your create to:

    CREATE VIEW VW_FOO AS select pg_class.oid as v_oid, relname from pg_class
    where relowner=27;

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Bill

On Tue, Mar 13, 2001 at 09:39:23AM -0800, Kevin T. Manley wrote:
> This works:
>
> select pg_class.oid, relname from pg_class where relowner=27;
>
> but this:
>
> CREATE VIEW VW_FOO AS select pg_class.oid, relname from pg_class where
> relowner=27;
>
> fails with:
>
> Attribute 'oid' has a name conflict
> Name matches an existing system attribute
>
> How come?
>
> TIA
> Kevin
>
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