Yes, we can use a keyword as alias name for a column. Following is the syntax −
select yourColumnName AS `yourKeywordAsAliasName` from yourTableName;
Above, yourKeywordAsAliasName is the MySQL keyword.
Let us first create a table −
mysql> create table DemoTable (UserId int); Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.74 sec)
Example
Insert some records in the table using insert command −
mysql> insert into DemoTable values(10); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.21 sec) mysql> insert into DemoTable values(11); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.16 sec) mysql> insert into DemoTable values(12); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.14 sec) mysql> insert into DemoTable values(13); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.14 sec)
Display all records from the table using select statement −
mysql> select *from DemoTable;
Output
+--------+ | UserId | +--------+ | 10 | | 11 | | 12 | | 13 | +--------+ 4 rows in set (0.00 sec)
Here is the query to use MySQL keyword as alias name for a column. We have used the keyword ‘PRIMARY KEY’ as the alias name for a column −
mysql> select UserId AS `PRIMARY KEY` from DemoTable;
Output
+-------------+ | PRIMARY KEY | +-------------+ | 10 | | 11 | | 12 | | 13 | +-------------+ 4 rows in set (0.00 sec)