Lets say we are using Laravel's query builder:
$users = DB::table('really_long_table_name')
->select('really_long_table_name.id')
->get();
I'm looking for an equivalent to this SQL:
really_long_table_name AS short_name
This would be especially helpful when I have to type a lot of selects and wheres (or typically I include the alias in the column alias of the select as well, and it get's used in the result array). Without any table aliases there is a lot more typing for me and everything becomes a lot less readable. Can't find the answer in the laravel docs, any ideas?
You can use less code, writing this:
$users = DB::table('really_long_table_name')
->get(array('really_long_table_name.field_very_long_name as short_name'));
And of course if you want to select more fields, just write a "," and add more:
$users = DB::table('really_long_table_name')
->get(array('really_long_table_name.field_very_long_name as short_name', 'really_long_table_name.another_field as other', 'and_another'));
This is very practical when you use a joins complex query
To use in Eloquent. Add on top of your model
protected $table = 'table_name as alias'
//table_name should be exact as in your database
..then use in your query like
ModelName::query()->select(alias.id, alias.name)
Here is how one can do it. I will give an example with joining so that it becomes super clear to someone.
$products = DB::table('products AS pr')
->leftJoin('product_families AS pf', 'pf.id', '=', 'pr.product_family_id')
->select('pr.id as id', 'pf.name as product_family_name', 'pf.id as product_family_id')
->orderBy('pr.id', 'desc')
->get();
Hope this helps.
To use aliases on eloquent models modify your code like this:
Item
::from( 'items as items_alias' )
->join( 'attachments as att', DB::raw( 'att.item_id' ), '=', DB::raw( 'items_alias.id' ) )
->select( DB::raw( 'items_alias.*' ) )
->get();
This will automatically add table prefix to table names and returns an instance of Items
model. not a bare query result.
Adding DB::raw
prevents laravel from adding table prefixes to aliases.
Same as AMIB answer, for soft delete error "Unknown column 'table_alias.deleted_at'",
just add ->withTrashed()
then handle it yourself like ->whereRaw('items_alias.deleted_at IS NULL')
Source: Stackoverflow.com