How do I create a table alias in MySQL

Question

I am migrating an MS Access application (which has linked tables to a MSSQL Server) to MySQL.

As a means to overcome some MSAccess table naming problems, I am seeki

Answer 1

Aliases would be nice, yet MySQL does NOT have such a feature.

One option that may serve your needs, besides creating a view, is to use the FEDERATED storage engine locally.

CREATE TABLE dbo_customers (
    id     INT(20) NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
    name   VARCHAR(32) NOT NULL DEFAULT '',
    PRIMARY KEY  (id),
)
ENGINE=FEDERATED
DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1
CONNECTION='mysql://fed_user@localhost:9306/federated/customers';

There are currently some limitations with the FEDERATED storage engine. Here are a couple especially important ones:

• FEDERATED tables do not support transactions
• FEDERATED tables do not work with the query cache