[AccessD] Alias Table Name

The query builder tools we use for Oracle queries will make single
letter alias names for tables. SQL Navigator and Toad I think both do
that if you use the query builder in them.

GK

On Mon, Apr 14, 2008 at 10:36 AM, Jim Dettman <jimdettman at verizon.net> wrote:
> Rocky,
>
>   For some, it's just a matter of formatting and/or saving some time as Mark
>  and Susan said.
>
>   But also in the past, Access had a hard "compile" limit on queries of 64K.
>  A lot of developers used that technique to shorten table references to get
>  around that problem enabling them to run more complex queries.
>
>  Jim.
>
>
>  -----Original Message-----
>  From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
>  [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Rocky Smolin at
>  Beach Access Software
>  Sent: Monday, April 14, 2008 11:02 AM
>  To: 'Access Developers discussion and problem solving'
>  Subject: [AccessD] Alias Table Name
>
>
>
> Dear List:
>
>  In a legacy app I came across some queries which in the QBE had 'alias'ed
>  tables (or maybe queries).  one called P was joined to one called A.  The
>  list of field names didn't correspond to any table.  There are a lot of
>  queries so I didn't look through them to see if a query matched the field
>  list in either P or A.
>
>  But I've never seen this done.  Why would you do this?  How can you tell
>  what the source of the fields in the aliased table is?  Is there some
>  performance gain or other reason for doing this?
>
>  MTIA,
>
>  Rocky
>
>
>
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