Re: Temporary table and virtual column

Ian, Try: SELECT field1, field2, "TR" lit_col FROM table1 WHERE some_conditions1 UNION SELECT field1, field2, "SH" lit_col FROM table1 WHERE some_conditions2 INTO TEMP temp_table You have to name the column that the literal will be going into. Regards David AShby ______________________________ Reply Separator _________________________________ Subject: Temporary table and virtual column Author: <ian@tubeway-army.demon.co.uk (Ian Clark)> at WCA-INET Date: 14/5/98 12:25 PM Hi All, Take a look at the following statements written into a 4GL program: SELECT field1, field2, "TR" FROM table1 WHERE some_conditions1 UNION SELECT field1, field2, "SH" FROM table1 WHERE some_conditions2 INTO TEMP temp_table This doesn't go down to well with the compiler since the virtual column of static values I want to insert cannot be achieved unless I somehow have a column name too. Replacing the above with this; SELECT field1, field2, field3 "TR" FROM table1 WHERE some_conditions1 UNION SELECT field1, field2, field3 "SH" FROM table1 WHERE some_conditions2 INTO TEMP temp_table yields more error messages. I am not sure where to go from here. For simplicity I would like to perform the SELECT and creation of the temporary table in one go but if I can't, how can I achieve what I want. Any help would be very much appreciated. Cheers, Ian.