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Databases Reporting with SQL Working with Text Changing Cases of Strings

Maryam Naz
Maryam Naz
3,636 Points
Posted by Maryam Naz
Maryam Naz
3,636 Points

how to combine "AS" statement so I wont have to re-type AS each time?

Hi all,

Solution 1 below does the job but isn't elegant. Anyway I can make Solution 2 work ( that is to only state "AS" once?

Solution 1: works, but I have to type "AS twice"

SELECT LOWER(title) AS lowercase_title, UPPER(author) AS uppercase_author FROM books;

Solution 2: how to combine all the "AS" together, to avoid retyping "AS", something example below?

SELECT LOWER(title) , UPPER(author) AS (lowercase_title, uppercase_author) FROM books;

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
229,732 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
229,732 Points

The first example is a correct solution. The second one is not proper SQL syntax, and aliases must be applied individually.

A common observation about SQL is that it tends to be a bit verbose and has very few "shortcut" variations in the syntax.

Maryam Naz
Maryam Naz
3,636 Points
Maryam Naz
Maryam Naz
3,636 Points

Thanks Steven.

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
229,732 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
229,732 Points

Maryam Naz — Glad to help. You can mark a question solved by choosing a "best answer".
And happy coding!