Is there a way of setting an alias to a column name when you create the table or by using the "alter" command.
My problem is i have 2 versions of the same table with one column having a slightly different name (e.g old column name is id, new column name is a_id). Now, to save having to amend (& test) 20 or so scripts running off the old version, i would like to set an alias against "a_id" so it is aliased as "id". therefore both old & new code will be able to run off the same (new) table version.
If i could do the above it would mean i could amend the older scripts to run on the newer version code over a period of time.
Any ideas ??
Regards
Sean
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