How to add a calculated column to Access via SQL

Question

How do i add a calculated column to an Access table in SQL?

I know i can add a column with SQL like this:

ALTER TABLE Clients ADD COLUMN AccountDate          


        

Answer 1

I don't think MS Access supports computed columns. Instead, you can create a view:

create view v_clients as
    select c.*, (col1 + col2) as col3
    from clients;