> I by accident mistyped an SQL query and it actually works on my Firebird
> Final Release version. Just asking if this should be so and if
> yes what it
> should do.
>
> SELECT * FROM Country CountryAreaCode ;
>

this is just giving the name a n alias for the life of the query -it's as
planned.
e.g. select s.id from table1 s joib table2 t on ... etc

Alan