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The Rename Operation

  1. Rename: a mechanism to rename both relations and attributes.
  2. as-clause can appear in both the select and from clauses:

    old-name as new-name.

  3. Example.

     select distinct cname, borrower.loan# as loan_id
    

    from borrower, loan

    where borrower.loan# = loan.loan# and bname= ``SFU"



Osmar Zaiane
Fri May 22 19:39:12 PDT 1998