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From: "Zlatko Matic" <zlatko.matic1@sb.t-com.hr>
To: "Jeff Eckermann" <jeff_eckermann@yahoo.com>,
	<pgsql-general@postgresql.org>, <pgsql-interfaces@postgresql.org>
References: <20050504160124.8942.qmail@web20822.mail.yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: [INTERFACES] calculated identity field in views, again...
Date: Wed, 4 May 2005 22:33:23 +0200
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Hello. Thanks for answers...
After considering all proposed, I think that it is probably possible to give 
MS Acces some composite primary keys while linking views as tables, in order 
to help Access not to fall into "#deleted#", but it would take some extra 
time to experiment with every view.
In meantime, I successfully implemented solution with local tables. Append 
queries based on pass-through queries are triggered and local tables are 
refreshed.  It seems to be fast and reliable...
Thank you anyway, maybe I will try something with views next time...


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jeff Eckermann" <jeff_eckermann@yahoo.com>
To: "Zlatko Matic" <zlatko.matic1@sb.t-com.hr>; 
<pgsql-general@postgresql.org>; <pgsql-interfaces@postgresql.org>
Sent: Wednesday, May 04, 2005 6:01 PM
Subject: Re: [GENERAL] [INTERFACES] calculated identity field in views, 
again...


> --- Zlatko Matic <zlatko.matic1@sb.t-com.hr> wrote:
>> I asked this question several weeks ago, but nobody
>> proposed a solution, so
>> I am repeating the same question again...
>> I have an MS Access front-end for a database on
>> PostgreSQL.
>> I could use pass-through queries as record sources
>> for reports and it works
>> fine...
>> Unfortunately, MS Access doesn't allow pass-through
>> queries to be records
>> sources for subforms.
>
> Unless you use unbound form/controls.  Which means
> handling everything in code, which might work out best
> for you, depending on what you want (this is
> effectively equivalent to the VB-only option which
> someone else mentioned).
>
>> Therefore I tried to base subforms on regular JET
>> queries on linked tables.
>> It was too slow...
>> Then I tried to base subforms on DAO recordset code
>> generated from
>> pass-through QueryDef objects. Although it worked,
>> it was very unstable...
>>
>> Now it seems to me that POstgreSQL views are the
>> best solution, but Access
>> considers views as tables (!) and needs column with
>> unique values.
>
> AFAIK a composite key (combination of several columns)
> should work ok for a primary key for Access.  When
> linking to the view, just select the columns you want
> to use.  Or are you saying that you tried this, and it
> didn't work?
>
> Alternatively, you could try including in your view
> definition the oid column for each of the constituent
> tables.  If I understand right, oids are globally
> unique within your database.  This assumes that you
> have created your tables with oids, which may not be
> the case.
>
> Basing a subform on a mult-table join sounds like odd
> database design.  Perhaps if you can explain more
> about what you are trying to do, people can offer more
> suggestions.
>
>> All those views are complicated queries on several
>> tables, so I can't use
>> any table's column as primary key. I need a
>> calculated column in the view
>> that Access will consider as primary key column.
>> In regular tables, I use bigserial field, but how
>> can I create calculated
>> bigserial column in a view ?
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
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