Spaces in database column names

Hi folks!
Does anyone know if there is some way to reference Micosoft Access
database columns that contain spaces using Forte and ODBC?
I know it's like trying to use a jet plane to go down to the high street, but
we want to extend a (large) in-house system with a good Forte front-end.
I am aware that there are utilities available to rename entities within
Access databases, but if there is an easy way to do this in Forte we'd
prefer to go that way.
Cheers,
Duncan Kinnear,
McCarthy and Associates, Email: [email protected]
PO Box 764, McLean Towers, Phone: +64 6 834 3360
Shakespeare Road, Napier, New Zealand. Fax: +64 6 834 3369
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Duncan,
Just put the column in double quotes.
Example:
sql SELECT
,ipool.id
,asgn."Assignment Date"
,asgn.router
,asgn."Order Number"
FROM assigned_ips addr
,assignments asgn
WHERE
addr.id = asgn.Assigned_IP
AND asgn.master_ip = mpool.id
AND mpool.ip_pool = ipool.id
AND ipool.ncc = ncc.id
ORDER BY addr.id
on session accessDbSession
At 09:31 AM 6/17/99 +1200, you wrote:
Hi folks!
Does anyone know if there is some way to reference Micosoft Access
database columns that contain spaces using Forte and ODBC?
I know it's like trying to use a jet plane to go down to the high street,but
we want to extend a (large) in-house system with a good Forte front-end.
I am aware that there are utilities available to rename entities within
Access databases, but if there is an easy way to do this in Forte we'd
prefer to go that way.
Cheers,
Duncan Kinnear,
McCarthy and Associates, Email: [email protected]
PO Box 764, McLean Towers, Phone: +64 6 834 3360
Shakespeare Road, Napier, New Zealand. Fax: +64 6 834 3369
Providing Integrated Software to the Meat Processing Industry for over 10years
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