diff --git a/uppsrc/TSql/util.cpp b/uppsrc/TSql/util.cpp
index bded3ebf9..a9657fc65 100644
--- a/uppsrc/TSql/util.cpp
+++ b/uppsrc/TSql/util.cpp
@@ -577,6 +577,11 @@ SqlVal SchemaAlias(const SqlVal& table)
 	return SqlCol(~SchemaTable(table) + SqlCase(MSSQL, " as ")(" ") + ~table);
 }
 
+SqlId SchemaId(SqlId table_id)
+{
+	return SqlId(SchemaTableName(~table_id) + SqlCase(MSSQL, " as ")(" ") + ~table_id);
+}
+
 VectorMap<String, SqlColumnInfo> Describe(const SqlVal& table, Sql& cursor)
 {
 	VectorMap<String, SqlColumnInfo> map;
diff --git a/uppsrc/TSql/util.h b/uppsrc/TSql/util.h
index 2cddcf0f0..7e62eb08b 100644
--- a/uppsrc/TSql/util.h
+++ b/uppsrc/TSql/util.h
@@ -89,6 +89,7 @@ bool                  IsNotSchemaEmpty(const SqlVal& table, SqlId column, const
 SqlVal                Alias(const SqlVal& value, const SqlVal& alias);
 SqlVal                SchemaAlias(const SqlVal& table, const SqlVal& alias);
 SqlVal                SchemaAlias(const SqlVal& table);
+SqlId                 SchemaId(SqlId table);
 
 inline SqlInsert      InsertSchema(SqlId table) { return SqlInsert(SqlId(SchemaTableName(~table))); }
 inline SqlUpdate      UpdateSchema(SqlId table) { return SqlUpdate(SqlId(SchemaTableName(~table))); }