Re: simple web search

 
> > create view search_v as select
> >   'show'::name as tab_nm,
> >   show_id as tab_pk,
> >   'Show Name' as description,
> >   show_name as search
> >   from show
> > union select
> >   'story'::name,
> >   story_id,
> >   'Story Title',
> >   title
> >   from story
> > union ...
> > 

> What is that ::name cast for?

it's not needed here - sorry.

name is the data type pg uses for table names &tc.  it's frequently a
good idea to cast to name when when messing around in the data
dictionary.



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