MySQL - Alias Question

Hi Chaps,
Have a quick one for you...
In a SQL Query, I know you can create an alias for column name, eg.
...tbl_jobxml.job1 as job2
but can you create an alias for the value within that column, eg.
...tbl_jobxml.job1='y' as job2='Complete'
Sorry if this is dumb question, but better to ask that claim ignorance!

Hi Guys,
sorry to the delay in responding, basically this is what I want to do:
I want to show all results when:
- tableA
projectstatus='complete'
- tableB
projectstatus='complete'
- tableC
jobstatus='y'
I'm familiar with UNIONs and INNER JOINs, it's just not sure how to go about getting all the results form the 3 tables, when the values are different.

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this prod_id to the prim key.
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"Field 'prodid' doesn't have a default value"
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