Is it possible to rename generated column names?

[rhodeon]

I've been attempting to use Jet with a database which has a table having a column called alias.
This becomes a problem when the table file is generated as the column name overrides the postgres.Table Alias() method.

A simplified example is shown below:

type userTable struct {
	postgres.Table

	// Columns
	Alias postgres.ColumnString // this conflicts with the Alias() method of the postgres.Table interface
	Name  postgres.ColumnString

	AllColumns     postgres.ColumnList
	MutableColumns postgres.ColumnList
}

Thus, the FromSchema method of the userTable:

func (a UserTable) FromSchema(schemaName string) *UserTable {
	return newUserTable(schemaName, a.TableName(), a.Alias())
}

results in an error:
Cannot use 'a.Alias()' (type postgres.ColumnString) as the type string

Renaming the column in the database itself isn't an option as the database has been mature and in use for many years.

So I wanted to know if it's possible to instead generate the userTable with an alternate name for the alias column.

From my research, I've seen it's possible to change the types of columns, but I have found nothing about renaming columns.

[go-jet]

Hi @rhodeon, it is possible using generator customization. Check this test as example.

[rhodeon]

Thanks, that was exactly what I needed.