Answers for "mysql get column name without using information_schema"

mysql to get column name in database

SELECT table_name, column_name from information_schema.columns WHERE column_name LIKE '%column_name_to_search%';

how to output a different column name in mysql

-- MySQL

SELECT column1 AS name1, column2 AS name2
FROM table1;

-- AS allows your to replace the name of a column when outputting but does not
-- actually change the column name within the database.