MySQL 8 Cookbook

Using the table alias

By default, whatever column you have given in the SELECT clause will appear in the results. In the previous examples, you have found out the count, but it is displayed as COUNT(*). You can change it by using the AS alias:

mysql> SELECT COUNT(*) AS count FROM employees WHERE hire_date BETWEEN '1986-12-01' AND '1986-12-31';+-------+| count |+-------+|  3081 |+-------+1 row in set (0.06 sec)