Ambiguous reference

Reports columns that have identical names but belong to different tables.

Example (MySQL):

CREATE TABLE foo(id INT PRIMARY KEY);
CREATE TABLE bar(id INT PRIMARY KEY);

SELECT foo.id, bar.id FROM foo, bar WHERE id > 0;

The id column appears in foo and bar tables. You need to qualify the column name to make the query correct.

SELECT foo.id, bar.id FROM foo, bar WHERE foo.id > 0;

Locating this inspection

By ID

Can be used to locate inspection in e.g. Qodana configuration files, where you can quickly enable or disable it, or adjust its settings.

SqlAmbiguousColumn

Via Settings dialog

Path to the inspection settings via IntelliJ Platform IDE Settings dialog, when you need to adjust inspection settings directly from your IDE.

Settings or Preferences | Editor | Inspections | SQL

Inspection Details
By default bundled with:	CLion 2024.3, DataGrip 2024.3, GoLand 2024.3, IntelliJ IDEA 2024.3, JetBrains Rider 2024.3, PhpStorm 2024.3, PyCharm 2024.3, Qodana for .NET 2024.3, Qodana for Go 2024.3, Qodana for JS 2024.3, Qodana for JVM 2024.3, Qodana for PHP 2024.3, Qodana for Ruby 2024.3, RubyMine 2024.3, WebStorm 2024.3
Can be installed with plugin:	Database Tools and SQL, 243.23140

Last modified: 03 December 2024