Re: syntax for access an alias in the where clause ?

From: Wei Weng <wweng(at)kencast(dot)com>
To: Michael Agbaglo <byteshifter(at)shifted-bytes(dot)de>
Cc: pgsql-sql(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: syntax for access an alias in the where clause ?
Date: 2002-06-19 19:56:19
Message-ID: 1024516580.20296.8.camel@Monet
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Is it allowed to use spaces in postgresql alias?

Why dont you try to use alias1 instead of "alias 1"?

On Wed, 2002-06-19 at 14:03, Michael Agbaglo wrote:
> Hi !
>
> It's long ago since I used SQL :-)
>
> select [expression 1] as [alias 1], [expression 2] as [alias 2]
> where [alias 1] < [alias 2]
> order by [alias 2] - [alias 1]
>
> ---> ERROR: Attribute '[alias 1]' not found
>
> I found a lot of 'select [expression] as' but I've never seen somebody
> accessing the alias ... Can't this be done ?
>
> M.
>
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