The column name ... was not found in this ResultSet - postgresql

Question

We are using java jdk 1.7.0_45, postgresql jdbc connector postgresql-9.3-1100.jdbc41.jar.
Here is a synopsis of our problem, as much as possible of code pasted below.
This code:
ResultSet rs = DbConn.getInstance().doQuery("Select d.deptId from Depts d");
while (rs.next()){
System.out.println(rs.getInt("d.deptId"));
Produces the error:
org.postgresql.util.PSQLException: The column name d.deptId was not found in this ResultSet.
This code:
ResultSet rs = DbConn.getInstance().doQuery("Select d.deptId from Depts d");
while (rs.next()){
System.out.println(rs.getInt("deptId"));
Produces no error.
Is there a way, besides removing the "d." from the first query, to make the first code snippet not throw the error message?
Here is the source code:
public class JoinTest {
#Test
public void test(){
boolean pass = false;
try {
ResultSet rs = DbConn.getInstance().doQuery("Select d.deptId from Depts d");
String label = rs.getMetaData().getColumnLabel(1); // What do you get?
System.out.println("label = " + label);
while (rs.next()){
System.out.println(rs.getInt("d.deptId"));
pass = true;
}
} catch (SQLException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
pass=false;
}
assertTrue(pass);
}
#Test
public void test2(){
boolean pass = false;
try {
ResultSet rs = DbConn.getInstance().doQuery("Select d.deptId from Depts d");
while (rs.next()){
System.out.println(rs.getInt("deptId"));
pass = true;
}
} catch (SQLException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
pass=false;
}
assertTrue(pass);
}
}
public class DbConn {
private static String url = "jdbc:postgresql://server:port/schema";
private static Properties props = new Properties(); {
props.setProperty("user","userid");
props.setProperty("password","passwprd");
}
private Connection conn;
private DbConn(){}
private static DbConn instance;
public static DbConn getInstance() throws SQLException{
if (instance == null){
instance = new DbConn();
instance.conn = DriverManager.getConnection(url, props);
}
return instance;
}
public ResultSet doQuery(String query) throws SQLException{
Logger.log("DbConn.doQuery: " + query);
Statement st = conn.createStatement();
ResultSet rs = st.executeQuery(query);
return rs;
}
}
}

Answer 1

The query:
select d.deptId from Depts d
produces a single-column resultset with the result-alias "deptId". There is no "d.deptId" column. If you want one, you can request that as the column alias instead:
select d.deptId AS "d.deptId" from Depts d
PgJDBC can't do anything about this because it has no idea that the resultset column "deptId" is related to the "d.deptId" in the select-list. Teaching it about that would force it to understand way more about the SQL it processes than would be desirable, and lead to maintenance and performance challenges.

Answer 2

The second one works - why isn't that acceptable?
You can also do this:
System.out.println(rs.getInt(1));
If you change the query you have to change the code, too.