Can I create a view based on two tables that have the same column name?

Question

I have two tables A and B. Each table has 50+ columns.
I want to create a view that includes all the columns in A and all the columns in B. I created a view with a select statement that says
Select A.*, B.*
From A, B
where A.id = B.id
It returns an error because in each table I have a column that keeps track if a record has been changed called Modified_By. That's where it chokes up on I figure. I would like to write the view without explicitly writing each column name from A and B as part of the select statement. The actual select statement works fine and only bombs when trying to turn the select statement into a view.

Answer 1

You will have to type the full column list at least once. You can save a few keystrokes (i.e. alias. on every column) by providing the column names to the CREATE part instead of in the SELECT part. Something like:
SQL> desc t
Name                                      Null?    Type
ID                                                 NUMBER
NAME                                               VARCHAR2(10)
SQL> desc t1
Name                                      Null?    Type
T_ID                                               NUMBER
LOC_ID                                             NUMBER
NAME                                               VARCHAR2(15)
SQL> CREATE VIEW t_v (id, t_name, t_id, loc_id, t1_name) AS
  2  SELECT t.*, t1.*
  3  FROM t, t1
  4  WHERE t.id = t1.t_id;
View created.HTH
John