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September 13, 2014 at 2:18 pm

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Eirikur Eiriksson SSC Guru Points: 182948 More actions · Answer 1

This code

CREATE SYNONYM Emp

FOR Human.Resources.Employee

;

go

select

BusinessEntityID

, NationalIDNumber

, JobTitle

from Emp

;

will not work as there is no such thing as

Human.Resources.Employee

Try it out if you don't have the AWDB

CREATE SYNONYM FLEH

FOR sy.s.columns;

GO

SELECT

*

FROM FLEH;

DROP SYNONYM FLEH;

😎

Edit: There was a typo in the question, Steve fixed it straight away;-)

Steve Jones - SSC Editor SSC Guru Points: 738632 More actions · Answer 2

Thanks. Corrected.

That's what I get for typing the question instead of cut/paste

Hany Helmy SSChampion Points: 13921 More actions · Answer 3

Steve Jones - SSC Editor (9/13/2014)
Thanks. Corrected.
That's what I get for typing the question instead of cut/paste

So u should consider using cut/paste instead 😀

Thanks & Best Regards,
Hany Helmy
SQL Server Database Consultant

Hany Helmy SSChampion Points: 13921 More actions · Answer 4

Eazy mozo 🙂

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Hany Helmy
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Vimal Lohani SSCommitted Points: 1650 More actions · Answer 5

basic question.

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Koen Verbeeck SSC Guru Points: 259197 More actions · Answer 6

Easy one to start the week, thanks. 🙂

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Ed Wagner SSC Guru Points: 287026 More actions · Answer 7

An easy one to start the week to be sure, but it had me re-reading the question 3 times and looking at the code a couple of times because I didn't see the trick. It was almost too easy to not have a trick in there somewhere. Nonetheless, if you're not familiar with synonyms, it's a good learning opportunity. Sometimes the simple things teach the most because they reach the people without making them do a pile of work to get the point.

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SqlMel SSCrazy Points: 2901 More actions · Answer 8

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Easy one, Steve.

Thanks!

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Mel. 😎

OCTom SSChampion Points: 11785 More actions · Answer 9

I know nothing about synonyms but I thought "what good would it be if you couldn't use it in a simple select?".

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Tom

RLilj33 SSCrazy Points: 2203 More actions · Answer 10

Ed Wagner (9/15/2014)
An easy one to start the week to be sure, but it had me re-reading the question 3 times and looking at the code a couple of times because I didn't see the trick. It was almost too easy to not have a trick in there somewhere.

+1. Was thinking the same thing...

Raghavendra Mudugal SSChampion Points: 10658 More actions · Answer 11

Thank you, Steve, good one.

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SQLRNNR SSC Guru Points: 281344 More actions · Answer 12

Everybody loves a good synonym now and then. It's more fun with a bad synonym though.

Thanks for the question Steve.

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timwell SSCertifiable Points: 5315 More actions · Answer 13

I got it wrong because he talked about 4-part naming and then only used a 2-part name.

It seems if he says he's "working in" the database, that mean he's connected (presumably in SSMS) so that the server and database are known?

Kick6Tiger SSCrazy Points: 2380 More actions · Answer 14

"A synonym is used to create a short name for an object, replacing the four part naming of an object with a shorter name."

Not entirely accurate as Four-part names for function base objects are not supported. Synonyms are restricted to using three part naming of functions. 🙂

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