[kwlug-disc] [OT] how to create a mysql table alias in the db itself?

[Robert P. J. Day]

  i have a bunch of mysql queries from two different sources, and they
purport to work on the same database but they access the same table by
two different names.  can i add a simple alias to the database for
just that one table?

  i know i can add an alias to the queries themselves but there are
hundreds of them and that would be painful.  i also see something
called "views" which might work.  but is there a canonical way to
simply add an alternative name for an existing table within the
database itself so that all the existing queries don't need to be
munged?  thanks.

rday
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