[dba-SQLServer] Does view support column alias?

Francisco Tapia fhtapia at gmail.com
Mon Feb 23 13:43:58 CST 2009


No Problem.  Sometimes when you need those types of calculations you can
just create the calculated columns out of your table, then your view is just
that a select * from transactions where cost >100

-Francisco
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On Mon, Feb 23, 2009 at 11:18 AM, Susan Harkins <ssharkins at gmail.com> wrote:

> That's the result I got too Francisco -- I'm wondering now what put that
> idea into my head -- it obviously is incorrect. Thanks for verifying it!
>
> Susan H.
>
>
> > Within the view... you'll need to write it as:
> > CREATE VIEW
> > FROM transactions
> > SELECT id, quantity * cost AS [Total Cost]
> > WHERE quantity * cost > 100
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