How can I correct the correlation names on this sql join?

Question

I need a join that yields three fields with the same name from two different tables. When I try to run my sql query, VS gives me the following error.

Answer 1

You need to use AS on the tables to give them aliases:

SELECT Countries.Name AS Country, Pres.Name AS President, Vice.Name AS VicePresident FROM Countries
LEFT OUTER JOIN PoliticalFigures AS Pres ON Countries.President_Id = Pres.Id
LEFT OUTER JOIN PoliticalFigures AS Vice ON Countries.VicePresident_Id = Vice.Id