Variable Names and Labels (GET CAPTURE command)

Database columns are read as variables.

• A column name is converted to a variable name if it conforms to variable naming conventions and is different from all other names created for the active dataset. If not, GET CAPTURE gives the column a name formed from the first few letters of the column and its column number. If this is not possible, the letters COL followed by the column number are used. For example, the seventh column specified in the select statement could be COL7.
• GET CAPTURE labels each variable with its full column name specified in the original database.
• You can display a table of variable names with their original database column names using the DISPLAY LABELS command.