A while ago, I came across an interesting post Bad Habits to Kick : Using AS instead of = for column aliases by Aaron Bertrand, a major contributor on SQLblog.com – The SQL Server blog spot on the web.
The last link indicates my problem with this “AS” versus “=”: it is SQL Server specific.
So, if you mainly use SQL Server, then it is OK (or even preferable) to use “=” for aliasing columns in human written SQL as it makes spotting the names used much easier. Read the rest of this entry »
