RE: Does PostgreSQL support Constant Expression (Alias Name)?

Try SELECT fname as "First Name", lname as "Last Name" FROM aTable;

Regards

Ben

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Raymond Chui [mailto:raymond(dot)chui(at)noaa(dot)gov]
> Sent: 02 March 2001 14:30
> To: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
> Subject: [GENERAL] Does PostgreSQL support Constant Expression (Alias
> Name)?
>
>
> If a table has columns fname, lname.
> I want to do query like
>
> SELECT fname "First Name", lname "Last Name" FROM aTable;
>
> This SELECT statement is fine in Oracle, Sybase and Informix.
> But I get an error message in PostgreSQL
>
> Because I want the output like
>
> First Name | Last Name
> --------------------------
> fn | ln
>
> instead default like
>
> fname | lname
> ---------------
> fn | ln
>
> What is the correct way doing this in PostgreSQL?
> Thank you very much in advance!
>
>
>
> --Raymond
>
>