MySQL/Language/Alias

表達式與列可以使用AS定義別名。別名可用於ORDER BY, GROUP BY 或 HAVING子句，但不能用於WHERE 子句。例如：

 SELECT 
     CONCAT(last_name,' ', first_name) AS full_name,
     nickname AS nick 
 FROM
     mytable 
 ORDER BY
     full_name

表名也可以有別名。可以使用或忽略AS關鍵字。

 SELECT
     COUNT(B.Booking_ID), U.User_Location 
 FROM
     Users U
 LEFT OUTER JOIN
     Bookings AS B
 ON 
     U.User_ID    = B.Rep_ID AND
     B.Project_ID = '10'
 GROUP BY
     (U.User_Location)

自連接（self join）時表名的別名非常重要。

 SELECT
     p.name                                   AS parent,
     c.name                                   AS child,
     MIN((TO_DAYS(NOW())-TO_DAYS(c.dob))/365) AS minage
 FROM
     people AS p 
 LEFT JOIN
     people AS c 
 ON
     p.name=c.parent WHERE c.name IS NOT NULL
 GROUP BY
     parent HAVING minage > 50 ORDER BY p.dob;