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

The error message is in "QueryBrowser.pas", part of mysql-gui-tools.

procedure TQueryBrowserForm.SQLCreateViewClick(Sender: TObject);
// ... 
begin
  if Assigned(ActiveResultset) and (ActiveResultset.ResultSet.query.query_type = MYX_QT_SELECT)then
    // ... 
  else
    ShowError('Creation error', _('A view can only be created from a active resultset of SELECT command.'), []);
end;

It is triggered by a) not having an active result set and b) the query having the wrong type.

Does removing the "DISTINCT" make any difference? In any case, this is a bug in QueryBrowser, rather than one MySQL. Creating the view directly in MySQL should suffice as a work-around.