SQL select join: is it possible to prefix all columns as 'prefix.*'?

Question

I\'m wondering if this is possible in SQL. Say you have two tables A and B, and you do a select on table A and join on table B:

SELECT a.*, b.* FROM TABLE_A a         


        

Answer 1

Cant do this without aliasing , simply because, how are you going to reference a field in the where clause, if that field exists in the 2 or 3 tables you are joining? It will be unclear for mysql which one you are trying to reference.