我想知道这在SQL中是否可行。假设你有两个表A和B,你在表A上做一个选择,在表B上做一个连接:

SELECT a.*, b.* FROM TABLE_A a JOIN TABLE_B b USING (some_id);

如果表A有“a_id”、“name”、“some_id”列,表B有“b_id”、“name”、“some_id”列,查询将返回“a_id”、“name”、“some_id”、“b_id”、“name”、“some_id”列。有什么方法可以为表B的列名加上前缀而不单独列出每一列吗?等价于这个:

SELECT a.*, b.b_id as 'b.b_id', b.name as 'b.name', b.some_id as 'b.some_id'
FROM TABLE_A a JOIN TABLE_B b USING (some_id);

但是,如前所述,没有列出每一列,所以像这样:

SELECT a.*, b.* as 'b.*'
FROM TABLE_A a JOIN TABLE_B b USING (some_id);

基本上就是说,“用‘something’为b.*返回的每一列添加前缀”。这可能吗,还是我运气不好?

编辑

关于不使用SELECT *等的建议是有效的建议,但与我的上下文无关,因此请关注眼前的问题——是否可以在连接中为表的所有列名添加前缀(SQL查询中指定的常量)?

我的最终目标是能够通过连接对两个表执行SELECT *操作,并且能够从结果集中获得的列的名称中分辨出哪些列来自表a,哪些列来自表b。同样,我不想单独列出列,我需要能够执行SELECT *操作。


当前回答

对此没有SQL标准。

然而,通过代码生成(在表创建或修改或运行时按需生成),你可以很容易地做到这一点:

CREATE TABLE [dbo].[stackoverflow_329931_a](
    [id] [int] IDENTITY(1,1) NOT NULL,
    [col2] [nchar](10) NULL,
    [col3] [nchar](10) NULL,
    [col4] [nchar](10) NULL,
 CONSTRAINT [PK_stackoverflow_329931_a] PRIMARY KEY CLUSTERED 
(
    [id] ASC
)WITH (PAD_INDEX  = OFF, STATISTICS_NORECOMPUTE  = OFF, IGNORE_DUP_KEY = OFF, ALLOW_ROW_LOCKS  = ON, ALLOW_PAGE_LOCKS  = ON) ON [PRIMARY]
) ON [PRIMARY]

CREATE TABLE [dbo].[stackoverflow_329931_b](
    [id] [int] IDENTITY(1,1) NOT NULL,
    [col2] [nchar](10) NULL,
    [col3] [nchar](10) NULL,
    [col4] [nchar](10) NULL,
 CONSTRAINT [PK_stackoverflow_329931_b] PRIMARY KEY CLUSTERED 
(
    [id] ASC
)WITH (PAD_INDEX  = OFF, STATISTICS_NORECOMPUTE  = OFF, IGNORE_DUP_KEY = OFF, ALLOW_ROW_LOCKS  = ON, ALLOW_PAGE_LOCKS  = ON) ON [PRIMARY]
) ON [PRIMARY]

DECLARE @table1_name AS varchar(255)
DECLARE @table1_prefix AS varchar(255)
DECLARE @table2_name AS varchar(255)
DECLARE @table2_prefix AS varchar(255)
DECLARE @join_condition AS varchar(255)
SET @table1_name = 'stackoverflow_329931_a'
SET @table1_prefix = 'a_'
SET @table2_name = 'stackoverflow_329931_b'
SET @table2_prefix = 'b_'
SET @join_condition = 'a.[id] = b.[id]'

DECLARE @CRLF AS varchar(2)
SET @CRLF = CHAR(13) + CHAR(10)

DECLARE @a_columnlist AS varchar(MAX)
DECLARE @b_columnlist AS varchar(MAX)
DECLARE @sql AS varchar(MAX)

SELECT @a_columnlist = COALESCE(@a_columnlist + @CRLF + ',', '') + 'a.[' + COLUMN_NAME + '] AS [' + @table1_prefix + COLUMN_NAME + ']'
FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.COLUMNS
WHERE TABLE_NAME = @table1_name
ORDER BY ORDINAL_POSITION

SELECT @b_columnlist = COALESCE(@b_columnlist + @CRLF + ',', '') + 'b.[' + COLUMN_NAME + '] AS [' + @table2_prefix + COLUMN_NAME + ']'
FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.COLUMNS
WHERE TABLE_NAME = @table2_name
ORDER BY ORDINAL_POSITION

SET @sql = 'SELECT ' + @a_columnlist + '
,' + @b_columnlist + '
FROM [' + @table1_name + '] AS a
INNER JOIN [' + @table2_name + '] AS b
ON (' + @join_condition + ')'

PRINT @sql
-- EXEC (@sql)

其他回答

I see two possible situations here. First, you want to know if there is a SQL standard for this, that you can use in general regardless of the database. No, there is not. Second, you want to know with regard to a specific dbms product. Then you need to identify it. But I imagine the most likely answer is that you'll get back something like "a.id, b.id" since that's how you'd need to identify the columns in your SQL expression. And the easiest way to find out what the default is, is just to submit such a query and see what you get back. If you want to specify what prefix comes before the dot, you can use "SELECT * FROM a AS my_alias", for instance.

这个问题在实践中很有用。在软件编程中,只需要列出所有显式列,在这些列中,您需要特别小心地处理所有条件。

想象一下,当调试或尝试使用DBMS作为日常办公工具,而不是特定程序员的抽象底层基础设施的可变实现时,我们需要编写大量的sql。这种场景随处可见,比如数据库转换、迁移、管理等。这些sql大多只执行一次,不会再使用,给每个列名只是浪费时间。不要忘记SQL的发明不仅仅是为程序员使用的。

通常我会创建一个带列名前缀的实用程序视图,这里是pl/pgsql中的函数,这并不容易,但你可以将它转换为其他过程语言。

-- Create alias-view for specific table.

create or replace function mkaview(schema varchar, tab varchar, prefix varchar)
    returns table(orig varchar, alias varchar) as $$
declare
    qtab varchar;
    qview varchar;
    qcol varchar;
    qacol varchar;
    v record;
    sql varchar;
    len int;
begin
    qtab := '"' || schema || '"."' || tab || '"';
    qview := '"' || schema || '"."av' || prefix || tab || '"';
    sql := 'create view ' || qview || ' as select';

    for v in select * from information_schema.columns
            where table_schema = schema and table_name = tab
    loop
        qcol := '"' || v.column_name || '"';
        qacol := '"' || prefix || v.column_name || '"';

        sql := sql || ' ' || qcol || ' as ' || qacol;
        sql := sql || ', ';

        return query select qcol::varchar, qacol::varchar;
    end loop;

    len := length(sql);
    sql := left(sql, len - 2); -- trim the trailing ', '.
    sql := sql || ' from ' || qtab;

    raise info 'Execute SQL: %', sql;
    execute sql;
end
$$ language plpgsql;

例子:

-- This will create a view "avp_person" with "p_" prefix to all column names.
select * from mkaview('public', 'person', 'p_');

select * from avp_person;

我知道的唯一一个这样做的数据库是SQLite,这取决于你使用PRAGMA full_column_names和PRAGMA short_column_names配置的设置。参见http://www.sqlite.org/pragma.html

否则,如果在查询中键入列名对您来说太麻烦的话,我所能建议的是通过序号位置而不是通过列名来获取结果集中的列。

这是一个很好的例子,说明了为什么使用SELECT *是不好的做法——因为最终您还是需要输入所有列名。

我理解需要支持可能更改名称或位置的列,但使用通配符会使这变得更加困难,而不是更容易。

对于使用MySQL C-API的人来说,你的问题有一个直接的答案。

给定SQL:

  SELECT a.*, b.*, c.* FROM table_a a JOIN table_b b USING (x) JOIN table_c c USING (y)

'mysql_stmt_result_metadata()'的结果将准备好的SQL查询中的字段定义提供到结构MYSQL_FIELD[]中。每个字段包含以下数据:

  char *name;                 /* Name of column (may be the alias) */
  char *org_name;             /* Original column name, if an alias */
  char *table;                /* Table of column if column was a field */
  char *org_table;            /* Org table name, if table was an alias */
  char *db;                   /* Database for table */
  char *catalog;              /* Catalog for table */
  char *def;                  /* Default value (set by mysql_list_fields) */
  unsigned long length;       /* Width of column (create length) */
  unsigned long max_length;   /* Max width for selected set */
  unsigned int name_length;
  unsigned int org_name_length;
  unsigned int table_length;
  unsigned int org_table_length;
  unsigned int db_length;
  unsigned int catalog_length;
  unsigned int def_length;
  unsigned int flags;         /* Div flags */
  unsigned int decimals;      /* Number of decimals in field */
  unsigned int charsetnr;     /* Character set */
  enum enum_field_types type; /* Type of field. See mysql_com.h for types */

请注意以下字段:catalog、table、org_name

现在您知道SQL中的哪个字段属于哪个模式(即目录)和表。 这足以从多表sql查询中通用地识别每个字段,而不需要别名。

一个实际的产品SqlYOG在这样一个庄园中使用这个确切的数据,当PK字段存在时,它们能够独立地更新多表连接的每个表。

我根据答案实现了一个解决方案,建议在节点中使用虚拟或哨兵列。你可以通过生成SQL来使用它:

select 
    s.*
  , '' as _prefix__creator_
  , u.*
  , '' as _prefix__speaker_
  , p.*
from statements s 
  left join users u on s.creator_user_id = u.user_id
  left join persons p on s.speaker_person_id = p.person_id

然后对从数据库驱动程序返回的行进行后处理,比如addPrefixes(row)。

实现(基于我的驱动程序返回的字段/行,但应该很容易为其他DB驱动程序更改):

const PREFIX_INDICATOR = '_prefix__'
const STOP_PREFIX_INDICATOR = '_stop_prefix'

/** Adds a <prefix> to all properties that follow a property with the name: PREFIX_INDICATOR<prefix> */
function addPrefixes(fields, row) {
  let prefix = null
  for (const field of fields) {
    const key = field.name
    if (key.startsWith(PREFIX_INDICATOR)) {
      if (row[key] !== '') {
        throw new Error(`PREFIX_INDICATOR ${PREFIX_INDICATOR} must not appear with a value, but had value: ${row[key]}`)
      }
      prefix = key.substr(PREFIX_INDICATOR.length)
      delete row[key]
    } else if (key === STOP_PREFIX_INDICATOR) {
      if (row[key] !== '') {
        throw new Error(`STOP_PREFIX_INDICATOR ${STOP_PREFIX_INDICATOR} must not appear with a value, but had value: ${row[key]}`)
      }
      prefix = null
      delete row[key]
    } else if (prefix) {
      const prefixedKey = prefix + key
      row[prefixedKey] = row[key]
      delete row[key]
    }
  }
  return row
}

测试:

const {
  addPrefixes,
  PREFIX_INDICATOR,
  STOP_PREFIX_INDICATOR,
} = require('./BaseDao')

describe('addPrefixes', () => {
  test('adds prefixes', () => {
    const fields = [
      {name: 'id'},
      {name: PREFIX_INDICATOR + 'my_prefix_'},
      {name: 'foo'},
      {name: STOP_PREFIX_INDICATOR},
      {name: 'baz'},
    ]
    const row = {
      id: 1,
      [PREFIX_INDICATOR + 'my_prefix_']: '',
      foo: 'bar',
      [STOP_PREFIX_INDICATOR]: '',
      baz: 'spaz'
    }
    const expected = {
      id: 1,
      my_prefix_foo: 'bar',
      baz: 'spaz',
    }
    expect(addPrefixes(fields, row)).toEqual(expected)
  })
})