From: | "Robert J(dot)C(dot) Ivens" <robert(at)roclasi(dot)com> |
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To: | pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org |
Subject: | Using column aliasses in the same query |
Date: | 2011-04-17 11:01:45 |
Message-ID: | 647F9FC9-1511-4FBC-A4B9-60AA256A623B@roclasi.com |
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Hi,
I am not sure if there ever was a feature request for using defined column aliases in the rest of a query.
This would make queries with a lot of logic in those aliased columns a lot smaller and this easier to write/debug.
I already know you can use the following syntax:
SELECT col1, col2, col3, (col2-col3) as col4 FROM (SELECT col1, (long and lots of logic here) as col2, col3 FROM table) s WHERE col2 < aValue
But when you need to use (calculated) values from the actual record and or have sub-selects in your main select that also need to use these values things get really hairy.
I don't know if the SQL specification allows it but I know that RDBMS's like Sybase already support this.
Any thoughts?
Cheers,
Robert
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