Different behaviour of column name between table and view

Question

I have a table and a view based on the table:

require 'sequel'

db = Sequel.sqlite
db.create_table(:t1){
  String :f1
  String :f2
}
db.create_view(:v1, db[:t1].select(:f1))

If I create a dataset based on the table, the field name in the dataset an table are the same (:f1):

sel = db[:t1].select(:f1)
p sel.sql       #"SELECT `f1` FROM `t1`"
p sel.columns#[:f1]

But if I do the same with the view, the column name is changed from :f1 to :"'f1'" (see the code example for correct value, I have to modify a bit for markdown)

sel = db[:v1].select(:f1)
p sel.sql         #"SELECT `f1` FROM `v1`"
p sel.columns  #[:"`f1`"]

How can I avoid this behaviour?

My environment:

• Win 7
• Ruby 1.9.3
• Sequel gem version "4.6.0".
• sqlite3-1.3.7-x86-mingw32

Answer 1

I tried your code in the rails console in a new rails app (3.2.15) with sequel added (4.6.0) and I did not see that behavior. Not sure what, but something is borked on your installation:

db = Sequel.sqlite
# => #<Sequel::SQLite::Database: {:adapter=>:sqlite}> 
db.create_table(:t1){
  String :f1
  String :f2
}
# => nil 
db.create_view(:v1, db[:t1].select(:f1))
# => nil 
sel = db[:t1].select(:f1)
# => #<Sequel::SQLite::Dataset: "SELECT `f1` FROM `t1`"> 
p sel.sql
# "SELECT `f1` FROM `t1`"
# => "SELECT `f1` FROM `t1`" 
p sel.columns#[:f1]
# [:f1]
# => [:f1] 
sel = db[:v1].select(:f1)
# => #<Sequel::SQLite::Dataset: "SELECT `f1` FROM `v1`"> 
p sel.sql
# "SELECT `f1` FROM `v1`"
# => "SELECT `f1` FROM `v1`" 
p sel.columns  #[:"`f1`"]
# [:f1]
# => [:f1]