Set 'alias' for all the column names in a single MySQL query

To set alias for column names, the syntax is as follows −

select yourColumnName1 anyAliasName1,yourColumnName2 anyAliasName2
   from yourTableName anyAliasName;

To understand the above syntax, let us create a table −

mysql> create table DemoTable2014
   -> (
   -> FirstName varchar(20),
   -> LastName varchar(20)
   -> );
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.70 sec)

Insert some records in the table using insert command −

mysql> insert into DemoTable2014 values('John','Smith');
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.17 sec)

mysql> insert into DemoTable2014 values('David','Miller');
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.16 sec)

mysql> insert into DemoTable2014 values('John','Doe');
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.15 sec)

mysql> insert into DemoTable2014 values('Chris','Brown');
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.16 sec)

Display all records from the table using select statement −

mysql> select *from DemoTable2014;

This will produce the following output −

+-----------+----------+
| FirstName | LastName |
+-----------+----------+
| John      | Smith    |
| David     | Miller   |
| John      | Doe      |
| Chris     | Brown    |
+-----------+----------+
4 rows in set (0.00 sec)

Here is the query to set 'alias' for column names in a single MySQL query −

mysql> select FirstName StudentFirstName,LastName StudentLastName
   -> from DemoTable2014 tbl;

This will produce the following output −

+------------------+-----------------+
| StudentFirstName | StudentLastName |
+------------------+-----------------+
| John             | Smith           |
| David            | Miller          |
| John             | Doe             |
| Chris            | Brown           |
+------------------+-----------------+
4 rows in set (0.00 sec)