Question

Is there any way of setting an “Column Alias” in SQL Server?

For Example i have two columns. Description and Price

ID    colDescription                                colPrice
1     Red ball costs %colPrice% dollars             2
2     Blue ball costs %colPrice% dollars            3

The selection of colDescription for ID=2, should fetch

Blue ball costs 3 dollars

Answer 1

You could use a Computed Column since you’re on SQL Server 2005:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms191250.aspx