... or might it even be so, that good praxis is when using field
names, to always use the AS clause, even if no table-alias are used?
Like:
rs=db.SQLSelect("SELECT x AS x FROM t")
zstring=rs.Field("x").StringValue

Lennart Ramberg

On Fri, Jul 31, 2009 at 3:12 PM, Lennart
Ramberg<ramberg.lenn...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Thanks for quick responses,
>
> Actually, removing DISTINCT removes the problem, but anyway, as I
> understand, I should always use the AS clause when using alias to be
> on the safe side, right?
>
> Lennart Ramberg
>
> On Fri, Jul 31, 2009 at 2:40 PM, Igor Tandetnik<itandet...@mvps.org> wrote:
>> Lennart Ramberg wrote:
>>> dim rs as RecordSet
>>> rs=dbEta.SQLSelect("SELECT DISTINCT V.resanr,C.namn"_
>>>  +" FROM Voyages V,Category C WHERE C.kategorinr=V.kategorinr")
>>>
>>> dim namnstr as string
>>>
>>> namnstr=rs.Field("namn").StringValue   'I get a NilObjectException
>>> here in 3.6.0 ...
>>> namnstr=rs.Field("C.namn").StringValue   '... but not here.
>>
>> Unless explicitly specified with AS clause in the statement, column
>> names are implementation-defined and subject to change without notice. I
>> believe the algorithm did change between 3.6.0 and 3.6.3. But you
>> shouln't have been relying on them in the first place.
>>
>>> Yes, at sqlite.org I read:
>>> "SQLite version 3.6.3 fixes a bug in SELECT DISTINCT that was
>>> introduced by the previous version."
>>> So that shouldn't be it, since it was introduced in 3.6.2, right?
>>
>> I don't believe this issue has anything to do with DISTINCT. I'm pretty
>> sure the problem will remain if you remove DISTINCT.
>>
>> Igor Tandetnik
>>
>>
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