Question

Consider:

SELECT * FROM `product` left join category on product.category_id = category.id

This query works fine. But the problem is, both the product table and the category table have fields named "name" and "id". So when I fetch the result of this query, it gives me only one name and one id, but I want both id’s and name’s.

How can I do this without having to rename the fields?
Is it possible to return with custom names such as product_name and category_name?

Answer 1

You can add aliases to the fields:

SELECT
    a.id,
    a.name,
    a.category_id,
    b.id AS catId,
    b.name AS catName
FROM
    product AS a
LEFT JOIN
    category AS b ON a.category_id = b.category.id