> Hmm, true. Why exactly are we imposing the restriction to updateable > views, anyway?
In my understanding, because of ambiguity to determine which rows in which base tables needs to be modified by just looking at the DML against a view. There could be multiple ways to modify the base tables. Best regards, -- Tatsuo Ishii SRA OSS, Inc. Japan English: http://www.sraoss.co.jp/index_en.php Japanese:http://www.sraoss.co.jp