mysql alias

[abdelelbouhy]

hello guys if someone can explain this when we create alias we say "select p.product_id from product as p" that is fine but in oscommerce the statement is written like that "select p.product_id from products.p" there's no "AS" so i wonder if both products.p and products AS p are equal

[birbal]

here in products.p 'products' refer to the database where table 'p' exist and in p.product p refer to the column product_id od table 'p' .this is not alias.