>Did you read the link? Yes.
>The OP wanted to know if MySQL supported the = sign in a SELECT statement. The documentaion I referred the OP to clearly >differentiates the use of = and := within SELECT statements and SET statements for MySQL. If the MySQL behavior is not what >they were hoping for then they are now informed that a form used in MS SQL to produce column aliases does not work the same >way on MySQL platform and why it doesn't work that way. I don't think I could have explained it myself any better than what >was already documented. Hence, the simple RTFM answer.... Ah, just wanted to make clear you didn't mean to say something along the lines of "with variables, you can use such and such and you can work around it with this". >BTW -- the "SELECT ID TAG_ID,..." form works equally well on MS SQL to produce column aliases because it is ANSI >compliant. Agreed. With regards, Martijn Tonies Database Workbench - tool for InterBase, Firebird, MySQL, Oracle & MS SQL Server Upscene Productions http://www.upscene.com Database development questions? Check the forum! http://www.databasedevelopmentforum.com -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
