=== modified file 'dhis-2/dhis-api/src/main/java/org/hisp/dhis/sqlview/SqlView.java'
--- dhis-2/dhis-api/src/main/java/org/hisp/dhis/sqlview/SqlView.java	2015-02-17 23:04:46 +0000
+++ dhis-2/dhis-api/src/main/java/org/hisp/dhis/sqlview/SqlView.java	2015-02-18 12:16:29 +0000
@@ -56,7 +56,6 @@
     extends BaseIdentifiableObject
 {
     public static final String PREFIX_VIEWNAME = "_view";
-    public static final String REGEX_SELECT_QUERY = "^(?i)\\s*select\\s{1,}.+$";
 
     public static final Set<String> PROTECTED_TABLES = Sets.newHashSet( "users", "userinfo", 
         "trackedentityinstance", "trackedentityattribute", "trackedentityattributevalue", "relationship" );

=== modified file 'dhis-2/dhis-api/src/main/java/org/hisp/dhis/sqlview/SqlViewService.java'
--- dhis-2/dhis-api/src/main/java/org/hisp/dhis/sqlview/SqlViewService.java	2015-02-13 15:23:56 +0000
+++ dhis-2/dhis-api/src/main/java/org/hisp/dhis/sqlview/SqlViewService.java	2015-02-18 12:16:29 +0000
@@ -43,8 +43,12 @@
 public interface SqlViewService
 {
     final String ID = SqlViewService.class.getName();
+    
     final String VARIABLE_EXPRESSION = "\\$\\{(\\w+)\\}";
-    final Pattern VARIABLE_PATTERN = Pattern.compile( VARIABLE_EXPRESSION );
+    final String SELECT_EXPRESSION = "^(?i)\\s*select\\s+.+";
+    
+    final Pattern VARIABLE_PATTERN = Pattern.compile( VARIABLE_EXPRESSION, Pattern.DOTALL );
+    final Pattern SELECT_PATTERN = Pattern.compile( SELECT_EXPRESSION, Pattern.DOTALL );
     
     // -------------------------------------------------------------------------
     // CRUD

=== modified file 'dhis-2/dhis-services/dhis-service-administration/src/main/java/org/hisp/dhis/sqlview/DefaultSqlViewService.java'
--- dhis-2/dhis-services/dhis-service-administration/src/main/java/org/hisp/dhis/sqlview/DefaultSqlViewService.java	2015-02-13 15:23:56 +0000
+++ dhis-2/dhis-services/dhis-service-administration/src/main/java/org/hisp/dhis/sqlview/DefaultSqlViewService.java	2015-02-18 12:16:29 +0000
@@ -246,7 +246,7 @@
         final Set<String> sqlVars = getVariables( sqlView.getSqlQuery() );
         final String sql = sqlView.getSqlQuery();
         
-        if ( !sqlView.getSqlQuery().matches( SqlView.REGEX_SELECT_QUERY ) )
+        if ( !SELECT_PATTERN.matcher( sqlView.getSqlQuery() ).matches() )
         {
             violation = "SQL query must be a select query";
         }

=== modified file 'dhis-2/dhis-services/dhis-service-administration/src/test/java/org/hisp/dhis/sqlview/SqlViewServiceTest.java'
--- dhis-2/dhis-services/dhis-service-administration/src/test/java/org/hisp/dhis/sqlview/SqlViewServiceTest.java	2015-02-17 23:04:46 +0000
+++ dhis-2/dhis-services/dhis-service-administration/src/test/java/org/hisp/dhis/sqlview/SqlViewServiceTest.java	2015-02-18 12:16:29 +0000
@@ -283,4 +283,12 @@
         
         sqlViewService.validateSqlView( sqlView, null, null );
     }
+    
+    @Test
+    public void testValidateSuccessC()
+    {
+        SqlView sqlView = new SqlView( "Name", "SELECT a.dataelementid as dsd_id,a.name as dsd_name,b.dataelementid as ta_id,b.ta_name FROM dataelement a", false );
+        
+        sqlViewService.validateSqlView( sqlView, null, null );
+    }
 }