Dante, consider using views that are defined with your alternate column names and present
the application with these views rather than underlying table names.
David.
-----Original Message-----
From: D. Dante Lorenso [mailto:dante@stripped]
Sent: Friday, May 18, 2012 5:22 PM
To: mysql@stripped
Subject: create alias for columns bound to database?
All,
I'd like to be able to create column aliases which are bound to the
database itself. I have an assortment of columns without naming
standards which i'd like to migrate to a better naming scheme.
Is there a feature in MySQL that would allow me to give a database
column multiple names? I'm thinking that for SELECT * statements, you
would use the default column name, but for insert, delete, update, etc,
it would be fine to use the aliased name or default.
Doing this would *really* help to allow me to migrate the database to
the new naming convention without breaking existing code. I would then
be able to refactor at a more leisurely pace.
Does the feature exist, or can it be created?
-- Dante
D. Dante Lorenso
dante@stripped
972-333-4139
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