PRB: Aliased Field Not Saved in Query Designer

• Microsoft Visual FoxPro for Windows, version 3.0

SYMPTOMS

If the AS clause is used to rename a field in the Query or View designer, it will be lost when the Query or View is reopened. As long as the Query or View is created and saved, the AS clause remains and works correctly. If the Query or View is modified, then the AS clause will disappear.

WORKAROUND

A query can be created with FoxPro's SELECT - SQL statement. The following example will create a query.

   SELECT <tablename.fieldname> AS custom_name FROM ;
       <tablename> INTO CURSOR queryname

   CREATE SQL VIEW mysqlview AS SELECT <tablename.fieldname> AS ;
       custom_name FROM <database container.tablename>

STATUS

Microsoft is researching this behavior and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

MORE INFORMATION

In the Query or View designer, a field can be assigned another name using the AS clause. This is done under the Fields tab in the Functions/Expressions box. Typing the field name and adding the AS clause with a name after it gives the field the name that follows the AS clause. For example,

   customer.cust_id AS Customer_Id

Steps to Reproduce Behavior

Creating a Query:

1. Select the File menu pad and choose New. Click the Query radio button and choose the New File button. Select a table from the "Add Table or View" window.

2. Choose the Fields tab and type the name of a field from the table in the Functions/Expressions box, followed by "AS custom_name" (without the quotation marks).

3. Click the Add button to place the expression In the Selected Output box.

4. Run the query, and note that the field has the title of "custom_name." Save and close the query after giving it a name. Reopen the query and choose the Fields tab. Note that the field in the Selected Output box no longer contains the AS clause.

1. A database container must be open to create a view and it has to be opened exclusively. So, make sure Exclusive is on by typing "SET EXCLUSIVE ON (without the quotation marks) in the Command window. Then, open a database container.

2. From the File menu, click New. Click the View radio button, and then click the New File button. Select a table from the "Add Table or View" window.

3. Click the Fields tab and type the name of a field from the table in the Functions/Expressions box, followed by "AS custom_name" (without the quotation marks).

4. Click the Add button to place the expression In the Selected Output box.

5. Run the view and note that the field has the title of "custom_name." Save and close the view after giving it a name. Reopen the view and click the Fields tab. Note that the field in the Selected Output box no longer contains the AS clause.