The AS keyword
Part of the Fundamentals section of Coddy's SQL journey — lesson 21 of 72.
Clear and descriptive column names are essential for presenting data in a meaningful way. If you show a table with bad column names, it will be hard for your audience to understand what you are talking about.
To change column names you may use the AS keyword
SELECT col1 AS firstColumn, col2 AS secondColumn, ...
FROM table1
Challenge
EasyAvailable tables and columns:
<strong>kitchen_items</strong>:<strong>cutlery</strong>,<strong>amount</strong>
Fetch all of the kitchen items that the amount is less than 3 items. Change the cutlery column name to silverware
Cheat sheet
To change column names use the AS keyword:
SELECT col1 AS firstColumn, col2 AS secondColumn
FROM table1Try it yourself
Test yourselfThis lesson includes a short quiz. Start the lesson to answer it and track your progress.
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