On Thu, Aug 15, 2019 at 2:53 PM Keith Medcalf <kmedc...@dessus.com> wrote:
> > Using AS to name columns means NOT using *. One only uses * when one does > not care about column names (or the ordering of the result columns). > Sounds like a personal gospel. This is closer to the test case.... (yes it doesn't make a lot of sense without the additional wheres and other context, but the structure is closer to what I'd have) select count(*)count,* from ( select count(*)count,* from addresses join users on users.address_id=addresses.id ) address join pets pet on pet.user_id='address.user.id'; from a test driven development viewpoint, I want to see what's available Then I can later refine the query. Second though, Providing the ability to get table alias I can make queries that reference different tables in reality but appear to have the same results as other queries. The query itself does a pretty good job of defining the structure of the data itself even with *. > > -- > The fact that there's a Highway to Hell but only a Stairway to Heaven says > a lot about anticipated traffic volume. > > > > _______________________________________________ > sqlite-users mailing list > sqlite-users@mailinglists.sqlite.org > http://mailinglists.sqlite.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sqlite-users > _______________________________________________ sqlite-users mailing list sqlite-users@mailinglists.sqlite.org http://mailinglists.sqlite.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sqlite-users
