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  ** Note that the call to sqlite3ResultSetOfSelect() will expand any
  ** "*" elements in the results set of the view and will assign cursors
  ** to the elements of the FROM clause.  But we do not want these changes
  ** to be permanent.  So the computation is done on a copy of the SELECT
  ** statement that defines the view.
  */
  assert( pTable->pSelect );






  pSel = sqlite3SelectDup(db, pTable->pSelect, 0);
  if( pSel ){
    n = pParse->nTab;
    sqlite3SrcListAssignCursors(pParse, pSel->pSrc);
    pTable->nCol = -1;
    db->lookaside.bDisable++;
#ifndef SQLITE_OMIT_AUTHORIZATION
    xAuth = db->xAuth;
    db->xAuth = 0;
    pSelTab = sqlite3ResultSetOfSelect(pParse, pSel);
    db->xAuth = xAuth;
#else
    pSelTab = sqlite3ResultSetOfSelect(pParse, pSel);
#endif

    pParse->nTab = n;
    if( pTable->pCheck ){
      /* CREATE VIEW name(arglist) AS ...
      ** The names of the columns in the table are taken from
      ** arglist which is stored in pTable->pCheck.  The pCheck field
      ** normally holds CHECK constraints on an ordinary table, but for
      ** a VIEW it holds the list of column names.
      */
      sqlite3ColumnsFromExprList(pParse, pTable->pCheck, 
                                 &pTable->nCol, &pTable->aCol);
      if( db->mallocFailed==0 
       && pParse->nErr==0
       && pTable->nCol==pSel->pEList->nExpr
      ){
        sqlite3SelectAddColumnTypeAndCollation(pParse, pTable, pSel);
      }
    }else if( pSelTab ){
      /* CREATE VIEW name AS...  without an argument list.  Construct
      ** the column names from the SELECT statement that defines the view.
      */
      assert( pTable->aCol==0 );
      pTable->nCol = pSelTab->nCol;
      pTable->aCol = pSelTab->aCol;
      pSelTab->nCol = 0;
      pSelTab->aCol = 0;

      assert( sqlite3SchemaMutexHeld(db, 0, pTable->pSchema) );
    }else{
      pTable->nCol = 0;
      nErr++;
    }
    if( pSelTab ) sqlite3DeleteTable(db, pSelTab);
    sqlite3SelectDelete(db, pSel);
    db->lookaside.bDisable--;
  } else {
    nErr++;

  }
  pTable->pSchema->schemaFlags |= DB_UnresetViews;
#endif /* SQLITE_OMIT_VIEW */
  return nErr;  
}
#endif /* !defined(SQLITE_OMIT_VIEW) || !defined(SQLITE_OMIT_VIRTUALTABLE) */

** The column list presumably came from selectColumnNamesFromExprList().
** The column list has only names, not types or collations.  This
** routine goes through and adds the types and collations.
**
** This routine requires that all identifiers in the SELECT
** statement be resolved.
*/
void sqlite3SelectAddColumnTypeAndCollation(
  Parse *pParse,        /* Parsing contexts */
  Table *pTab,          /* Add column type information to this table */
  Select *pSelect       /* SELECT used to determine types and collations */
){
  sqlite3 *db = pParse->db;
  NameContext sNC;
  Column *pCol;

  assert( (pSelect->selFlags & SF_Resolved)!=0 );
  assert( pTab->nCol==pSelect->pEList->nExpr || db->mallocFailed );
  if( db->mallocFailed ) return;
  memset(&sNC, 0, sizeof(sNC));
  sNC.pSrcList = pSelect->pSrc;
  a = pSelect->pEList->a;
  for(i=0, pCol=pTab->aCol; i<pTab->nCol; i++, pCol++){
    const char *zType;
    int n, m;
    p = a[i].pExpr;
    zType = columnType(&sNC, p, 0, 0, 0, &pCol->szEst);
    szAll += pCol->szEst;
    pCol->affinity = sqlite3ExprAffinity(p);
    if( zType && (m = sqlite3Strlen30(zType))>0 ){
      n = sqlite3Strlen30(pCol->zName);
      pCol->zName = sqlite3DbReallocOrFree(db, pCol->zName, n+m+2);
      if( pCol->zName ){
        memcpy(&pCol->zName[n+1], zType, m+1);
        pCol->colFlags |= COLFLAG_HASTYPE;
      }
    }
    if( pCol->affinity==0 ) pCol->affinity = SQLITE_AFF_BLOB;
    pColl = sqlite3ExprCollSeq(pParse, p);
    if( pColl && pCol->zColl==0 ){
      pCol->zColl = sqlite3DbStrDup(db, pColl->zName);
    }
  }
  pTab->szTabRow = sqlite3LogEst(szAll*4);

  /* The sqlite3ResultSetOfSelect() is only used n contexts where lookaside
  ** is disabled */
  assert( db->lookaside.bDisable );
  pTab->nRef = 1;
  pTab->zName = 0;
  pTab->nRowLogEst = 200; assert( 200==sqlite3LogEst(1048576) );
  sqlite3ColumnsFromExprList(pParse, pSelect->pEList, &pTab->nCol, &pTab->aCol);
  sqlite3SelectAddColumnTypeAndCollation(pParse, pTab, pSelect);
  pTab->iPKey = -1;
  if( db->mallocFailed ){
    sqlite3DeleteTable(db, pTab);
    return 0;
  }
  return pTab;
}

    Table *pTab = pFrom->pTab;
    assert( pTab!=0 );
    if( (pTab->tabFlags & TF_Ephemeral)!=0 ){
      /* A sub-query in the FROM clause of a SELECT */
      Select *pSel = pFrom->pSelect;
      if( pSel ){
        while( pSel->pPrior ) pSel = pSel->pPrior;
        sqlite3SelectAddColumnTypeAndCollation(pParse, pTab, pSel);
      }
    }
  }
}
#endif

void sqlite3Pragma(Parse*,Token*,Token*,Token*,int);
void sqlite3ResetAllSchemasOfConnection(sqlite3*);
void sqlite3ResetOneSchema(sqlite3*,int);
void sqlite3CollapseDatabaseArray(sqlite3*);
void sqlite3CommitInternalChanges(sqlite3*);
void sqlite3DeleteColumnNames(sqlite3*,Table*);
int sqlite3ColumnsFromExprList(Parse*,ExprList*,i16*,Column**);
void sqlite3SelectAddColumnTypeAndCollation(Parse*,Table*,Select*);
Table *sqlite3ResultSetOfSelect(Parse*,Select*);
void sqlite3OpenMasterTable(Parse *, int);
Index *sqlite3PrimaryKeyIndex(Table*);
i16 sqlite3ColumnOfIndex(Index*, i16);
void sqlite3StartTable(Parse*,Token*,Token*,int,int,int,int);
#if SQLITE_ENABLE_HIDDEN_COLUMNS
  void sqlite3ColumnPropertiesFromName(Table*, Column*);

do_test view-1.8 {
  db close
  sqlite3 db test.db
  execsql {
    SELECT * FROM v1 ORDER BY a;
  }
} {2 3 5 6 8 9}

do_execsql_test view-1.10 {
  CREATE TABLE t9(x INTEGER);
  CREATE VIEW v9a AS SELECT x FROM t9;
  CREATE VIEW v9b AS SELECT * FROM t9;
  CREATE VIEW v9c(x) AS SELECT x FROM t9;
  CREATE VIEW v9d(x) AS SELECT * FROM t9;
} {}
do_execsql_test view-1.11 {
  PRAGMA table_info(v9a);
} {0 x INTEGER 0 {} 0}
do_execsql_test view-1.12 {
  PRAGMA table_info(v9b);
} {0 x INTEGER 0 {} 0}
do_execsql_test view-1.13 {
  PRAGMA table_info(v9c);
} {0 x INTEGER 0 {} 0}
do_execsql_test view-1.14 {
  PRAGMA table_info(v9d);
} {0 x INTEGER 0 {} 0}

do_test view-2.1 {
  execsql {
    CREATE VIEW v2 AS SELECT * FROM t1 WHERE a>5
  };  # No semicolon
  execsql2 {
    SELECT * FROM v2;