In addition to qualifying column names with table names or view names, you can qualify column names with correlation names. Correlation names are analogous to aliases, but they refer to tables instead of databases. Just as aliases provide temporary names for databases to qualify ambiguous table names, correlation names give temporary names to tables to qualify ambiguous column names. Specify a correlation name after a table name within the FROM clause of a select expression or DELETE statement, or in an UPDATE statement. Use any valid name that has not already been used in the FROM clause either as a correlation name or as a table name without a correlation name. You must use correlation names to qualify column names in statements that join a table with itself. As with table names and view names, however, you can always specify a correlation name for clarity