--- In ib-support@y..., "Ivan Prenosil" <prenosil@m...> wrote:

> Diane,
> Are you saying that
>
> SELECT tab.x
> FROM tab myalias
>
> is wrong, because the original table name is totally hidden by alias

??

By SQL92 rules, yes.

db

P.S. In case you are disappointed at not receiving a long and dreary
reply, I'll do the SQL92 incantation thing :-). [But where is my SQL92
hat? Ahh, here it is, a bit dusty, but warmer than the tiara.]:

From SQL92, subclause 6.3 <table reference>:
"<table reference> ::=
<table name> [ [ AS ] <correlation name> <etc. etc.>

Syntax Rules:
1) A <correlation name> immediately contained in a <table reference>
TR is exposed by TR. A <table name> immediately contained in a <table
reference> TR is exposed by TR if and only if TR does not specify a
<correlation name>."

<blah blah blah ... exposed name must be unique in scope ... blah blah
blah>

5) A <table name> immediately contained in a <table reference> TR has
a scope clause and scope defined by that <table reference> if and only
if the <table name> is exposed by TR.

<blah blah blah>"

[Translated: When it comes time to figure out which table-like-thing a
particular name refers to in a particular query context/scope, the
"name" of this table is the <correlation name> if it exists, otherwise
it's the <table name>. (Or perhaps: If there is a <correlation name>,
then <table name> doesn't get to play in the scope games.)]


From SQL92, subclause (or "cubslause", for the dyslexic among me) 6.4
<column reference>:

"<column reference> ::= [ <qualifier> <period> ] <column name>
<qualifier> ::= <table name> | <correlation name>
<...>

Syntax rules:
1) Let CR be the <column reference>, <... blah blah let a train leave
Chicago travelling west etc. etc.>

2) If CR contains a <qualifier> Q, then CR shall appear within the
scope of one or more <table name>s or <correlation name>s that are
equal to Q."

[In the previous clause, the only <table name>s or <correlation name>s
to be considered are those that have scope clauses ... in other words,
"exposed" things.]

Does that help?

db