When creating a proxy table to an existing remote table via CREATE EXISTING TABLE MyLocalTable(...) AT ..., I surely
However, what I like to be able to do - for reasons of compatibility - is using a different column name for (some of) the local columns, i.e. a mapping between MyRemoteTable.ColumnX and MyLocalTable.ColumnY. Unfortunately, that seems not possible with proxy tables, as the syntax of CREATE EXISTING TABLE does not allow for that - and I guess the system catalog does not have a "place" for aliased remote columns, either. Question: Is there any better alternative than to use the proxy table with the (undesired) original columns names and use a view based on the proxy table to map thoses column names to the desired ones, such as create view MyLocalView as select ..., ColumnX as ColumnY, ... from MyLocalTable asked 23 Mar '13, 18:22 Volker Barth |
You are correct. You cannot rename a column when using CREATE EXISTING COLUMN to access a remote table and this is clearly documented as the first bullet in the Remarks section on the page that you linked. So using a view is the only method that I can think of that would accomplish what you are wanting to do - the view could exist either in the remote database or in the local database. A use of a view to rename a column has very small performance impact (likely not even measurable) in SQL Anywhere. answered 23 Mar '13, 22:19 Mark Culp Thanks for the clarification - so am I right that the working view approach would be seen as sufficient, and as a consequence there won't be much sense in asking for an enhancement to supply a "column alias" matching facility for CREATE EXISTING TABLE?
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Volker Barth
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