mysql - How to differentiate between same field names of two tables in a select query?

Question

I have more than two tables in my database and all of them contains same field names like

table A           table B       table C
field1            field1        field1
field2            field2        field2
field3            field3        field3
.                 .             .
.                 .             .
.                 .             .
.                 .             .

I have to write a SELECT query which gets almost all same fields from these 3 tables. I am using something like this :

select a.field1,a.field2,a.field3,b.field1,b.field2,b.field3,c.field1,c.field2,c.field3 from table A as a, table B as b,table C as c where so and so.

but when I print field1's value it gives me the last table values.

How can I get all the values of three tables with the same field names? do I have to write individual query for every table OR there is any ways of fetching them all in a single query?

Answer 1

Just write like this,

select a.field1 as af1,a.field2 as af2,a.field3 as af3,b.field1 as bf1,b.field2 as bf2,b.field3 as bf3,c.field1 as cf1,c.field2 as cf2,c.field3 as cf3 from table A as a, table B as b,table C as c where so and so.