--- Will Leshner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Can't you just use "as": > > SELECT t1.column1 as column1, t2.column2 as column2 > FROM tableA t1, > table2 t2
Yes I could do that but that would not be efficient for a table with lots of column names. Something like t1.* is easier to read. This latest finding makes it more difficult to write applications that can use different database storage. If I wanted my app to be able to use MySQL or MSSQL I would just have to change the DB scripts and not have to change the field names used inside the app. But if I wanted it to make use of SQLite, then I would certainly have to modify the field names inside the app. Why not add a PRAGMA type that allows SQLite to return only the column names? __ Raymond Irving > > On Oct 24, 2004, at 2:59 PM, Raymond Irving wrote: > > > I would like to only return the field names and > not > > table.fieldnames... > > > > SELECT t1.column1,t2.clumn2 > > FROM tableA t1,table2 t2 > > > > > Can't you just use "as": > > SELECT t1.column1 as column1, t2.column2 as column2 > FROM tableA t1, > table2 t2 > >
