Re: Column alias giving ORA-00972

From: Norman Dunbar <norman.dunbar_at_environment-agency.gov.uk>
Date: Thu, 06 Apr 2006 09:25:43 +0100
Message-Id: <s434deaf.093@environment-agency.gov.uk>

Morning Jon,

does this help ?

SQL> column col1 heading 'this is what the supplier wants - a very long heading indeed'

SQL> select rpad(dummy, 60) as col1 from dual;

this is what the supplier wants - a very long heading indeed

At least this way you can exceed the 30 character limit encountered when doing it like this :

SQL> select rpad(dummy, 60) as "this is what the supplier wants - a very long heading indeed" from dual

ERROR at line 1:
ORA-00972: identifier is too long

No the only problem is, does your reporting tool let you do SQL*Plus commands like 'column' ?

Cheers,
Norman.

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>>> Jonathan Knight <knightjck_work_at_yahoo.com> 04/05/06 09:13pm >>>
Thanks Dennis, Mark, & Igor for the responses ...

The instance in question is 8.1.7
Our reporting system:

doesn't understand PL/SQL (only SQL selects)
only uses the column name (or alias) in the report.

So, the vendor will have to settle for 30 characters. I wonder which 30 they'll choose ... hmmmmm.

Thanks for the effort.
Jon Knight

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