Re: mysql question

[Phillip Ward]

In what context?
If you're selecting data, you can add aliases to any column:

select   field1  a 
,        field2  b 
,        field3  c 
from     table1  t1 
order by 1 ; 

+-----+-----+-----+ 
| a   | b   | c   | 
+-----+-----+-----+ 
|   0 |   1 |   2 | 
|  11 |  22 |  33 | 
| 222 | 333 | 444 | 
 . . .