create table t1 (id int(10)) ENGINE=MyISAM; Warnings: Warning 1681 Integer display width is deprecated and will be removed in a future release. insert into t1 values (1); CREATE VIEW v1 AS select t1.id as id from t1; CREATE VIEW v2 AS select t1.id as renamed from t1; CREATE VIEW v3 AS select t1.id + 12 as renamed from t1; select * from v1 group by id limit 1; Catalog Database Table Table_alias Column Column_alias Type Length Max length Is_null Flags Decimals Charsetnr def test t1 v1 id id 3 10 1 Y 32768 0 63 id 1 select * from v1 group by id limit 0; Catalog Database Table Table_alias Column Column_alias Type Length Max length Is_null Flags Decimals Charsetnr def test v1 v1 id id 3 10 0 Y 32768 0 63 id select * from v1 where id=1000 group by id; Catalog Database Table Table_alias Column Column_alias Type Length Max length Is_null Flags Decimals Charsetnr def test v1 v1 id id 3 10 0 Y 32768 0 63 id select * from v1 where id=1 group by id; Catalog Database Table Table_alias Column Column_alias Type Length Max length Is_null Flags Decimals Charsetnr def test t1 v1 id id 3 10 1 Y 32768 0 63 id 1 select * from v2 where renamed=1 group by renamed; Catalog Database Table Table_alias Column Column_alias Type Length Max length Is_null Flags Decimals Charsetnr def test t1 v2 id renamed 3 10 1 Y 32768 0 63 renamed 1 select * from v3 where renamed=1 group by renamed; Catalog Database Table Table_alias Column Column_alias Type Length Max length Is_null Flags Decimals Charsetnr def v3 v3 renamed renamed 8 12 0 Y 32896 0 63 renamed drop table t1; drop view v1,v2,v3;