[sql] add a temporary column with a value

I have a select statement like this

select field1, field2  
  from table1

What I want is to have a newfield with only value "example".

newfield does not exist in the table, but when I run this query it kinda makes a virtual column with the values of example field.

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I giving you an example in wich the TABLE registrofaena doesn't have the column called minutos. Minutos is created and it content is a result of divide demora/60, in other words, i created a column to show the values of the delay in minutes.

This is the query:

SELECT idfaena,fechahora,demora, demora/60 as minutos,comentario 
FROM registrofaena  
WHERE fecha>='2018-10-17' AND comentario <> '' 
ORDER BY idfaena ASC;

This is the view:

This is the result


I'm rusty on SQL but I think you could use select as to make your own temporary query columns.

select field1, field2, 'example' as newfield from table1

That would only exist in your query results, of course. You're not actually modifying the table.


select field1, field2, '' as newfield from table1

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select field1, field2, NewField = 'example' from table1 

You mean staticly define a value, like this:

SELECT field1, 
       field2,
       'example' AS newfield
  FROM TABLE1

This will add a column called "newfield" to the output, and its value will always be "example".