Re: How do you use Aliases?

I suspect this is because UID is a reserved word.

That does not explain why the query would work on plsql or perl and not with 
Python; but see if it works with a different name, say "UIZ".

HTH,
	Shai.

On Wednesday 10 June 2015 00:50:56 Jay wrote:
> Yes,
> 
>      It also results in "cx_Oracle.DatabaseError: ORA-00923: FROM keyword
> not found where expected"
> 
>      I know when I run the command from plsql, or perl, I can quote the
> Alias "UID" and the query works as expected. But I've tried every way I can
> find on the Internet of quoting a string to Oracle with Python, and none of
> it seems to work. for some reason, python just refuses to pass that string
> to Oracle as a quoted value it would seem.
> 
> -= Jay =-
> 
> 
> On Tue, Jun 9, 2015 at 3:27 PM, Fawcett, David (MNIT) <
> 
> [email protected]> wrote:
> >  Have you tried
> > 
> > 'SELECT EMPLID AS UID FROM TABLE WHERE EMPLID=:emplid'
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > *From:* Jay [mailto:[email protected]]
> > *Sent:* Tuesday, June 09, 2015 3:49 PM
> > *To:* cx-oracle-users-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org
> > *Subject:* [cx-oracle-users] How do you use Aliases?
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > Trying to use an alias with cx_Oracle and nothing I'm trying seems to
> > work:
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > cursor.execute('SELECT EMPLID "UID" FROM TABLE WHERE EMPLID=:emplid',
> > {'emplid':'123456'}):
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > fails with:
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > cx_Oracle.DatabaseError: ORA-00923: FROM keyword not found where expected
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > I've tried every way I can find on the internets to quote/insert that
> > Alias, but nothing seems to work. All I'm trying to do is alias EMPLID as
> > UID.
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > Is this just something that can't be done with this driver?? or Python?
> > or??
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > -= Jay =-
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
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