> > I think your problem lies in your SELECT * > > If you look at the columnheaders below you get category_id twice. > > I guess you have to specify your columns with aliases. > > > > /Johan > > > > Hi Johan, > > Nope, if I change the column name to category_id1 then it's okay. See > this: (apologies for the previous typo in the reproducible script)
Ehm, well, yeah - now this strikes me as a bad idea. You're changing a base table column name to work around a non-issue for a view definition? Wouldn't it be better to get your view definition corrected? Which is easy... :-) With regards, Martijn Tonies Database Workbench - tool for InterBase, Firebird, MySQL, Oracle & MS SQL Server Upscene Productions http://www.upscene.com Database development questions? Check the forum! http://www.databasedevelopmentforum.com > create table `ticket_master` ( > `ticket_id` int (5) NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT , > `category_id` int (5) NULL, > PRIMARY KEY ( `ticket_id` )); > > Query OK, 0 rows affected > > create table `category_master` ( > `category_id` int (5) NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT , > `category_name` varchar (20) NULL, > PRIMARY KEY ( `category_id` )); > > Query OK, 0 rows affected > > CREATE VIEW `v_tickets` AS > ( > SELECT * FROM ticket_master tm, category_master cm > WHERE tm.category_id = cm.category_id > ); > > ERROR 1060 : Duplicate column name 'category_id' > > alter table `category_master` ,change `category_id` `category_id1` int > (5) NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT ; > > CREATE VIEW `v_tickets` AS > ( > SELECT * FROM ticket_master tm, category_master cm > WHERE tm.category_id = cm.category_id1 > ); > > Query OK, 0 rows affected -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
