Subject Re: [ib-support] SELECT to retrieve Constants...
Author Arno Brinkman
Hi,

> It's possible in FB 1.5 to do somethig like this?...
>
> SELECT 1 as ONE
>
> (IN MySQL, MsSQL this code returns 1 in a column named ONE)...
>
> But, in FB this raises an error because, the FROM clause is required for
> SELECTs... So, How can I produce the similar effect in FB?...

SELECT
1 AS ONE
FROM
RDB$DATABASE


RDB$DATABASE is a system-table that always contains one record.

Regards,
Arno Brinkman
ABVisie

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