selecting data from a view pointing to a redshift table having interleaved sort keys fails

Question

Hi,

I have a table in Redshift that has the interleaved sort keys defined. I am trying to create a view in a different database (in the same cluster) pointing to this table and it does not allow me perform select on this view because the table has interleaved sort keys defined. If I switch the sort key to default (compound) then it works fine, but given the scenario I am in, interleaved sort key style works best. What is the reason view does not work with interleaved sort key and if there's any workaround?

Thanks

PS - The view creation is successful. Querying data after view is created fails because of the interleaved sort key

Answer

I just repro'd this on a dc2 cluster with the following and it worked fine:

```
create table customer_interleaved (
  c_custkey     	integer        not null,
  c_name        	varchar(25)    not null,
  c_address     	varchar(25)    not null,
  c_city        	varchar(10)    not null,
  c_nation      	varchar(15)    not null,
  c_region      	varchar(12)    not null,
  c_phone       	varchar(15)    not null,
  c_mktsegment      varchar(10)    not null)
diststyle all
interleaved sortkey (c_custkey, c_city, c_mktsegment);

insert into customer_interleaved values
(1, 'a','b','c','d','e','f','g');

insert into customer_interleaved values
(2, 'h','i','j','k','l','m','n');

insert into customer_interleaved values
(3, 'o','p','q','r','s','t','u');

vacuum reindex customer_interleaved;

create view interleaver_view as select * from customer_interleaved;

select * from interleaver_view;
```

can you share the error you're getting when query'ing the view?

selecting data from a view pointing to a redshift table having interleaved sort keys fails

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