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To: Jan Bakuwel <jan.bakuwel@greenpeace.org>
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Subject: Re: SELECT 1st field 
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Comments: In-reply-to Jan Bakuwel <jan.bakuwel@greenpeace.org>
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Date: Tue, 15 May 2012 07:01:04 -0400
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From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
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Jan Bakuwel <jan.bakuwel@greenpeace.org> writes:
> What I need is the ability to name the column in the view, ie.

> create view v as select 1 as "id" from func(5);

I think what you're looking for is the ability to re-alias a column name,
for example

	select id from func(5) as foo(id);

			regards, tom lane