Many thanks again Igor.

On 16/11/2010 13:15, Igor Tandetnik wrote:
> Ian Hardingham<i...@omroth.com>  wrote:
>> Thanks Igor.  Can i get custom results like
>>
>> GamesWonByPlayer1
>>
>> By using getColumn in the normal way?
> I'm not familiar with the term "custom result". GamesWonByPlayer1 is just a 
> column alias which a) is completely optional, you could safely drop it from 
> the query (I've just included it for clarity), and b) does not in any way 
> interfere with sqlite3_column_* API (on which, I guess, getColumn is based in 
> whatever language binding you are using).
>
>> That may be a stupid question - I guess what I mean is, are those custom
>> identifiers treated as column names when reading back from the select?
> Basically, yes. With SQLite, you could address a column by name or by 
> position (numbered left to right starting from 0). Column alias in the query 
> makes it more convenient to do the former.

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