Creating MySQL View using UNION

Question

I am trying to create a view for the following query.

SELECT DISTINCT
  products.pid        AS id,
  products.pname      AS name,
  products.p_desc     AS descri         


        

Answer 1

You have different types being unioned into the same column. (The names can be different, but the types have to be the same, or at least auto-castable.) But as @Learning points out, it looks like you've twisted the SELECT column enumerations.

Just in case, the proper syntax (which worked for me) is

CREATE VIEW myView 
AS  
SELECT ...