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How do I use a function result as my alias?

I am wondering if it is possible to use an SQL function to name the column of a query. As a simple example: should theoretically return If we can, which databases would this be available for? If not, then why? Answer AFAIK, there is no SQL way in any major DBMS product to support this. To name PIVOT columns i…

connecting sqlalchemy to MSAccess

How can I connect to MS Access with SQLAlchemy? In their website, it says connection string is access+pyodbc. Does that mean that I need to have pyodbc for the connection? Since I am a newbie, please …

How to count number of records per day?

I have a table in a with the following structure: I would like to know how I can count the number of records per day, for the last 7 days in SQL and then return this as an integer. At present I have the following SQL query written: However this only returns all entries for the past 7 days. How

Creating text file without using bcp in sql

I have to query a table and print the output in a text file. I have a normal user login with dbo permission on the database. I cannot use bcp or cannot give any special permissions. Can anyone help me with this? Answer You can’t create a text file on the server or elsewhere with only permissions in the …

Index for nullable column

I have an index on a nullable column and I want to select all it’s values like this: In the explain plan I see a FULL TABLE SCAN (even a hint didn’t help) Does use the index… I googled and found out there are no null entries in indexes, thus the first query can’t use the index. My ques…