sqlite: alias column name can't contains a dot “.”

Question

(sorry for my poor english)

If you try this select operation over a sqlite database:

SELECT column AS \'alias 1\' FROM table;

Answer 1

Enclose your alias in double quotes.

SELECT 'test' AS "testing.this"

Output:

| testing.this |
  test

Updated: Double quotes are used to enclose identifiers in SQL, not single quotes. Single quotes are only for strings. In this case you are trying to ensure that "testing.this" is used as is and not confused as testing.this (testing table this column).

http://www.sqlite.org/faq.html#q24