Creating a Materialized View from different agregate queries

Question

I want to create a materialized view. The problem is that doing so can get sticky. The view should have one row, with each column representing the return of an aggregate function on the base table. Here is a query that returns this kind of result:
select
     (select count(rowid) from pasta) "PASTA_ROWS",
     (select count(salt) from pasta where salt='F') "SALT_IS_FEMALE_ROWS"
from dual;
You can see that by selecting the subqueries from dual, I get the return to be in seperate columns. The problem is that when I try creating a Materialized view, I get an error.
ERROR at line 8:
ORA-22818: subquery expressions not allowed here
So, is there a simple SQL query that will return the values I am asking for, in seperate columns, but will not make the materialized view produce an error?
Thanks,
Edward
For your reference, here is a describe of the pasta table:
SQL> desc pasta
Name Null? Type
CHEESE NUMBER(4)
TOMATO VARCHAR2(20)
SALT VARCHAR2(1)
OREGANO VARCHAR2(20)
OLIVE_OIL VARCHAR2(40)

Answer 1

Edward:
Something like this should work:
SELECT COUNT(*) PASTA_ROWS,
       SUM(DECODE(salt,'F',1,0)) SALT_IS_FEMALE_ROWS
FROM pastaTTFN
John