Union Query and Field Alias

[SSi308]

I have created a union query and now want to create a field alias to specify
which records come from which query.
The union query works as such:
SELECT * FROM [qryTodBefore10]
UNION
SELECT * FROM [qryTod10To12]
UNION
SELECT * FROM [qryTod12To2]
UNION
SELECT * FROM [qryTodAfter2];


But when I try to add the field alias I get the error: Syntax Error in From
clause. The error is not any more specific than that. I have tried so many
different statements I thought it may be better to just ask: What is the
correct syntax to add a field alias called [TimeOfDay]?

Thanks.

Lori

 

[Krzysztof Naworyta]

SELECT "Before10" as TimeOfDay, * FROM [qryTodBefore10]
UNION ALL
SELECT "10To12", * FROM [qryTod10To12]
UNION ALL
SELECT "12To2", * FROM [qryTod12To2]
UNION ALL
SELECT "After2", * FROM [qryTodAfter2];

--
KN


Juzer SSi308 <[email protected]> napisaÅ‚
| I have created a union query and now want to create a field alias to
| specify which records come from which query.
| The union query works as such:
| SELECT * FROM [qryTodBefore10]
| UNION
| SELECT * FROM [qryTod10To12]
| UNION
| SELECT * FROM [qryTod12To2]
| UNION
| SELECT * FROM [qryTodAfter2];
|
|
| But when I try to add the field alias I get the error: Syntax Error in
| From clause. The error is not any more specific than that. I have tried
| so many different statements I thought it may be better to just ask:
| What is the correct syntax to add a field alias called [TimeOfDay]?

 

[KARL DEWEY]

Try this --
SELECT *, "TodBefore10" AS qry_Source FROM [qryTodBefore10]
UNION
SELECT *, "Tod10To12" FROM [qryTod10To12]
UNION
SELECT *, "Tod12To2" FROM [qryTod12To2]
UNION
SELECT *, "TodAfter2" FROM [qryTodAfter2];

 

[SSi308]

Thank you that worked. I had the comma after "TodBefore10".

One more question if you have time and the answer. The queries that I am
using in the union include calculated fields as percents. When running the
queries themselves these fields are formatted correctly. When running the
union query the fields are shown as a decimal. Since I cannot use design
view, how do I format the fields? (Or can this be done when creating a
report?)

Thanks again.

Lori

Try this --
SELECT *, "TodBefore10" AS qry_Source FROM [qryTodBefore10]
UNION
SELECT *, "Tod10To12" FROM [qryTod10To12]
UNION
SELECT *, "Tod12To2" FROM [qryTod12To2]
UNION
SELECT *, "TodAfter2" FROM [qryTodAfter2];

--
Build a little, test a little.

I have created a union query and now want to create a field alias to specify
which records come from which query.
The union query works as such:
SELECT * FROM [qryTodBefore10]
UNION
SELECT * FROM [qryTod10To12]
UNION
SELECT * FROM [qryTod12To2]
UNION
SELECT * FROM [qryTodAfter2];


But when I try to add the field alias I get the error: Syntax Error in From
clause. The error is not any more specific than that. I have tried so many
different statements I thought it may be better to just ask: What is the
correct syntax to add a field alias called [TimeOfDay]?

Thanks.

Lori

 

[SSi308]

Thank you for the reply, however, I did try this and it did not work. Refer
to Karl Dewey's answer. The comma has to go after the *.

Lori

 

[Krzysztof Naworyta]

There's no difference between
SELECT "Before10" as TimeOfDay, * FROM ...
and
SELECT *, "Before10" as TimeOfDay FROM ...

--
KN


SSi308 wrote:
| Thank you for the reply, however, I did try this and it did not work.
| Refer to Karl Dewey's answer. The comma has to go after the *.
|
| Lori
|
| "Krzysztof Naworyta" wrote:
|
|| SELECT "Before10" as TimeOfDay, * FROM [qryTodBefore10]
|| UNION ALL
|| SELECT "10To12", * FROM [qryTod10To12]
|| UNION ALL
|| SELECT "12To2", * FROM [qryTod12To2]
|| UNION ALL
|| SELECT "After2", * FROM [qryTodAfter2];
||
|| --
|| KN
||
||
|| Juzer SSi308 <[email protected]> napisaÅ‚
||| I have created a union query and now want to create a field alias to
||| specify which records come from which query.
||| The union query works as such:
||| SELECT * FROM [qryTodBefore10]
||| UNION
||| SELECT * FROM [qryTod10To12]
||| UNION
||| SELECT * FROM [qryTod12To2]
||| UNION
||| SELECT * FROM [qryTodAfter2];
|||
|||
||| But when I try to add the field alias I get the error: Syntax Error
||| in From clause. The error is not any more specific than that. I
||| have tried so many different statements I thought it may be better
||| to just ask: What is the correct syntax to add a field alias called
||| [TimeOfDay]?
||
|| .

 

[John Spencer]

In the report use the control's format property. (Simplest solution in my mind)

You can format the calculated field using the Format function in the query
HOWEVER you would need to list all the fields (instead of using the *) in the
query to do so.

Or you could build another query that uses the union query as its source and
apply formatting there.

Or in your various queries you could multiply the results by 100 and round to
the needed degree.

Or in your various queries you could use the format function to format the
results instead of using the format property.

John Spencer
Access MVP 2002-2005, 2007-2010
The Hilltop Institute
University of Maryland Baltimore County

Thank you that worked. I had the comma after "TodBefore10".

One more question if you have time and the answer. The queries that I am
using in the union include calculated fields as percents. When running the
queries themselves these fields are formatted correctly. When running the
union query the fields are shown as a decimal. Since I cannot use design
view, how do I format the fields? (Or can this be done when creating a
report?)

Thanks again.

Lori

Try this --
SELECT *, "TodBefore10" AS qry_Source FROM [qryTodBefore10]
UNION
SELECT *, "Tod10To12" FROM [qryTod10To12]
UNION
SELECT *, "Tod12To2" FROM [qryTod12To2]
UNION
SELECT *, "TodAfter2" FROM [qryTodAfter2];

--
Build a little, test a little.

I have created a union query and now want to create a field alias to specify
which records come from which query.
The union query works as such:
SELECT * FROM [qryTodBefore10]
UNION
SELECT * FROM [qryTod10To12]
UNION
SELECT * FROM [qryTod12To2]
UNION
SELECT * FROM [qryTodAfter2];


But when I try to add the field alias I get the error: Syntax Error in From
clause. The error is not any more specific than that. I have tried so many
different statements I thought it may be better to just ask: What is the
correct syntax to add a field alias called [TimeOfDay]?

Thanks.

Lori

 

[SSi308]

Strange, I will need to try it again for my own curiosity. I tried this
syntax and did not have success, but it could be that there was some other
typo.

Thanks.
Lori