add a temporary column with a value

Question

I have a select statement like this

select field1, field2  
  from table1

What I want is to have a newfield with only value \"example\".

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Answer 1

I'm rusty on SQL but I think you could use select as to make your own temporary query columns.

select field1, field2, 'example' as newfield from table1

That would only exist in your query results, of course. You're not actually modifying the table.