SELECT with column specified by subquery

[webcoyote <stein@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I desire to create a SELECT statement where one of the column names comes
from another table.  Something like:

  SELECT id, (SELECT type FROM favorite_food_type WHERE user = 'ralph')
  FROM foods;

If Ralph's favorite food type is fruit, ultimately I'd like the query to
become:

  SELECT id, fruit FROM foods;

Instead I get:

  SELECT id, 'fruit' FROM foods;

Where 'fruit' is a string and not treated as a column name.  Is there any
way to do this?

Thank you!



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