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Asked: 2026-05-15T13:35:40+00:00

I am attempting to create a View in PhpPgAdmin (PostGreSQL db) which has the

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I am attempting to create a View in PhpPgAdmin (PostGreSQL db) which has the following SQL statement:

DELETE FROM myTable WHERE myTable.error IS NULL;

PhpPgAdmin gives me the following error:

ERROR: syntax error at or near “DELETE” at character 59
In statement:
CREATE OR REPLACE VIEW “Schema1″.”Delete empty errors” AS DELETE FROM myTable WHERE myTable.error IS NULL;

As far as I can tell this SQL statement is valid, and I have delete privileges for the table. Is the DELETE statement not allowed in Views? Any ideas what I am doing wrong?

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  1. Editorial Team

    Views are used to display the data from SELECT statements only (usually when the SELECT is complex). Views cannot contain DELETES, UPDATES, or INSERTS.

    Perhaps you want a function?

    EDIT: As OMG Ponies points out, you can have updateable views, but thats where you would issue a DELETE to an existing view and then use a RULE to rewrite the query as a DELETE.

    And please, please don’t wrap a function call to do a DELETE as a side effect in a view. Its unexpected and Jesus shoots a puppy every time this happens.

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