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Thread ID: 130223 2013-04-02 00:04:00 SQL view removing spaces from Field Names Mike (15) Press F1
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1335016 2013-04-02 00:04:00 Hi,

I am accessing some tables in SQL (SQL Server 2008) that have spaces in both the table name. and the field names. Is it possible to create a view to a table that removes the spaces from the field names, without me having to type in ever field name to make it happen? I cannot modify the source database, so will need to be a view on my own database (also SQL 2008).

Cheers,
Mike.
Mike (15)
1335017 2013-04-06 21:51:00 Do you want to create a view, showing data from another database ? Chasseur2lapin (17049)
1335018 2013-04-07 01:43:00 Do you want to create a view, showing data from another database ?Yes. I need to create approximately 60 views, each to a matching table in the other database. The fields in the master DB have spaces, I need my views to have no spaces.

Cheers,
Mike.
Mike (15)
1335019 2013-04-07 20:32:00 You can probably do something by querying the INFORMATION_SCHEMA.Tables and INFORMATION_SCHEMA.Columns views to generate the CREATE VIEW statements for you. somebody (208)
1335020 2013-04-07 22:07:00 So if you have a database called "clientdata" wiith two columns labelled "First Name" and "Last Name", you could do something like: SELECT 'First Name' as 'Firstname', 'Last Name' as 'Surname' from clientdata
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