But this IS expected behaviour. If you use * to grab all columns in all tables, how do you propose to get the results where the column names are the same, but the values are different?
-----Original Message----- From: Bud [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, November 17, 2006 3:03 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: Queries adding table Alias to column name The point is. This isn't expected behavior. The driver isn't supposed to make up names. I'd alias the column myself if I wanted that. I've never ever seen this. I see many people using just * to grab all the fields in all the tables in a query. When you need all the fields, * is faster than specifying all the field names. Faster to type and the query runs faster. >What's changed about it? Anyway, Why can't you just exclude it from one of >the tables like you said. My guess is that they are identical values every >time anyway. Why have it in there twice? > > >..:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:. >Bobby Hartsfield >http://acoderslife.com > > > > > >-----Original Message----- >From: Bud [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Friday, November 17, 2006 8:13 AM >To: CF-Talk >Subject: Queries adding table Alias to column name > >ARRGGHH!! Is this a CF issue or an Access database driver issue? > >http://azarflooringgallery.com/bud.cfm > >This is a very simple, and quite standard query. > >SELECT M.*,C.* >FROM Main_Categories M LEFT OUTER JOIN Categories C on >M.Main_Category_ID = C.Main_Category_ID > >Note the Main_Category_ID is being returned with the alias in it's >name. The field is actually named Main_Category_ID > >C.Main_Category_ID and M.Main_Category_ID > >I'm getting the error Variable MAIN_CATEGORY_ID is undefined. > >I can get it to go away, but only if I manually enter all field names >and exclude Main_Category_ID from one of the tables. > >Why would someone change the behavior of something so drastically? >This will be affecting code everywhere. >-- > >Bud Schneehagen - Tropical Web Creations, Inc. > >_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/ >Web Based Solutions / eCommerce Development & Hosting >http://www.twcreations.com/ - http://www.cf-ezcart.com/ >Toll Free: 877.207.6397 - Local & Int'l Phone/Fax: 386.789.0968 > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:260940 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
