- Introduction To SQL
- SQL Syntax
- SQL SELECT Statement
- SQL SELECT DISTINCT Statement
- SQL WHERE Clause
- SQL AND, OR And NOT Operators
- SQL ORDER BY Keyword
- SQL INSERT INTO Statement
- SQL NULL Values
- SQL UPDATE Statement
- SQL DELETE Statement
- SQL TOP, LIMIT, FETCH FIRST Or ROWNUM Clause
- SQL MIN() And MAX() Functions
- SQL COUNT(), AVG() And SUM() Functions
- SQL LIKE Operator
- SQL Wildcards
- SQL IN Operator
- SQL BETWEEN Operator
- SQL Aliases
- SQL Joins
- SQL INNER JOIN Keyword
- SQL LEFT JOIN Keyword
- SQL RIGHT JOIN Keyword
- SQL FULL OUTER JOIN Keyword
- SQL Self Join
- SQL UNION Operator
- SQL GROUP BY Statement
- SQL HAVING Clause
- SQL EXISTS Operator
- SQL ANY And ALL Operators
- SQL SELECT INTO Statement
- SQL INSERT INTO SELECT Statement
- SQL CASE Statement
- SQL NULL Functions
- SQL Stored Procedures For SQL Server
- SQL Comments
- SQL Operators
- SQL CREATE DATABASE Statement
- SQL DROP DATABASE Statement
- SQL BACKUP DATABASE For SQL Server
- SQL CREATE TABLE Statement
- SQL DROP TABLE Statement
- SQL ALTER TABLE Statement
- SQL Constraints
- SQL NOT NULL Constraint
- SQL UNIQUE Constraint
- SQL PRIMARY KEY Constraint
- SQL FOREIGN KEY Constraint
- ALTER TABLE Orders DROP CONSTRAINT FK_PersonOrder;
- SQL DEFAULT Constraint
- SQL CREATE INDEX Statement
- SQL AUTO INCREMENT Field
- SQL Working With Dates
- SQL Views
- SQL Injection
- SQL Hosting
- SQL Data Types For MySQL, SQL Server, And MS Access
SQL Aliases
SQL Aliases
SQL aliases are used to give a table, or a column in a table, a temporary name.
Aliases are often used to make column names more readable.
An alias only exists for the duration of that query.
An alias is created with the AS keyword.
Alias Column Syntax
FROM table_name;
Alias Table Syntax
FROM table_name AS alias_name;
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Demo Database
In this tutorial we will use the well-known Northwind sample database.
Below is a selection from the "Customers" table:
| CustomerID | CustomerName | ContactName | Address | City | PostalCode | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Ana Trujillo Emparedados y helados | Ana Trujillo | Avda. de la Constitución 2222 | México D.F. | 05021 | Mexico |
| 3 | Antonio Moreno Taquería | Antonio Moreno | Mataderos 2312 | México D.F. | 05023 | Mexico |
| 4 | Around the Horn | Thomas Hardy | 120 Hanover Sq. | London | WA1 1DP | UK |
And a selection from the "Orders" table:
| OrderID | CustomerID | EmployeeID | OrderDate | ShipperID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10354 | 58 | 8 | 1996-11-14 | 3 |
| 10355 | 4 | 6 | 1996-11-15 | 1 |
| 10356 | 86 | 6 | 1996-11-18 | 2 |
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Alias For Columns Examples
The following SQL statement creates two aliases, one for the CustomerID column and one for the CustomerName column:
Example
FROM Customers;
The following SQL statement creates two aliases, one for the CustomerName column and one for the ContactName column. Note: It requires double quotation marks or square brackets if the alias name contains spaces:
Example
FROM Customers;
The following SQL statement creates an alias named "Address" that combine four columns (Address, PostalCode, City and Country):
Example
FROM Customers;
Note: To get the SQL statement above to work in MySQL use the following:
FROM Customers;
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Alias For Tables Example
The following SQL statement selects all the orders from the customer with CustomerID=4 (Around the Horn). We use the "Customers" and "Orders" tables, and give them the table aliases of "c" and "o" respectively (Here we use aliases to make the SQL shorter):
Example
FROM Customers AS c, Orders AS o
WHERE c.CustomerName='Around the Horn' AND c.CustomerID=o.CustomerID;
The following SQL statement is the same as above, but without aliases:
Example
FROM Customers, Orders
WHERE Customers.CustomerName='Around the Horn' AND Customers.CustomerID=Orders.CustomerID;
Aliases can be useful when:
- There are more than one table involved in a query
- Functions are used in the query
- Column names are big or not very readable
- Two or more columns are combined together
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