How do I use SELECT on columns that don't have column names in SQL Server 2008 R2?

Question

Here's my code:

SELECT DISTINCT Column 3
FROM [TestTable].[dbo].data

I get an error on "Column 3". The error is Incorrect syntax near '3'.

My table has no column names so I don't know how to run my Select command on the third column.

Answer 1

If the name of you third column is indeed 'Column 3', you need to run this query:

SELECT DISTINCT [Column 3]
FROM [TestTable].[dbo].data

Answer 2

AFAIK it's impossible to have a table with no column names

Run

USE TestTable
GO

select *
from INFORMATION_SCHEMA.COLUMNS
where TABLE_NAME='data'

to get the column names