The SQL ALIAS is used to temporarily rename the table names and column headings. In SQL Server, sometimes column names will not be user-friendly, for instance we store [First Name] as either [FirstName] or [First_Name]. When we read the data it will annoying to see the column heading like that so, We use the Alias and rename them to more user-friendly (such as [First Name] or [FIRST NAME].
SQL Alias Syntax
The basic syntax to write Alias Names in SQL Server is as shown below:
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SELECT [Column_Name] AS [Name] FROM [Table_Name] --OR You can Simply Write without using AS Keyword SELECT [Column_Name] [Name] FROM [Table_Name] |
TIP: In SQL Server Alias, AS Keyword is optional. It is up to you to include it or not.
We are going to use the below shown data to explain the ALIAS Names in SQL Server 2014 with example.
SQL Alias Example 1
In this example we are going to rename the column names to read them easily. We are going to rename [FirstName] to [First Name], [LastName] to [Last Name], [YearlyIncome] to [Yearly Income] and [Occupation] to [Profession]
T-SQL CODE
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SELECT [FirstName] AS [First Name] ,[LastName] AS [Last Name] ,[YearlyIncome] AS [Yearly Income] ,[Education] ,[Occupation] AS [Profession] FROM [Customer] |
OUTPUT
SQL Alias Example 2
In this example, We added the [FirstName] and [LastName] column to create Full Name and we assigned [Full Name] as the Alias Name.
T-SQL CODE
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SELECT [FirstName] + ' ' + [LastName] AS [Full Name] ,[YearlyIncome] ,[Education] ,[Occupation] FROM [Customer] |
OUTPUT
SQL Alias Example 3
We can also apply the Alias names to calculated columns. In this example we will show you, How to apply Alias names to calculated columns
T-SQL CODE
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SELECT [FirstName] ,[LastName] ,([YearlyIncome] + 15000) AS Income ,[Education] ,[Occupation] FROM [Customer] |
We added 15000 to each and every record of the [YearlyIncome] column and renamed the column name as Income.
OUTPUT
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