Question

Does the result of SELECT MAX([ColumnName]) have a column name? I know the result is a view of only one record and I’d thought this view has the original column name as the result column name?

Answer 1

It does not but you can give it one

SELECT MAX([ColumnName]) AS MaxName

If you think about it you will see why your assumption is wrong. What if the code was like this:

SELECT MAX([ColumnName]), MIN([ColumnName])

Which of the two will take the name of the column?