What does 't' mean in a query?

Question

MySQL

CDbCommand failed to execute SQL query: SQLSTATE[42S22]: Column not found: 1054 Unknown column 'type' in 'where clause'. The SQL statement executed was: SELECT * FROM `eps_gallery` `t` WHERE type = 1 ORDER BY id DESC
What does 't' mean?

Answer 1

This is a table alias.

SELECT t.* FROM eps_gallery t WHERE t.type = 1 ORDER BY t.id DESC