Re: [GENERAL] referencing column aliases in select list

2008-04-03 Thread Seb
On Fri, 04 Apr 2008 00:35:01 -0400, Colin Wetherbee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [...] > SELECT foo - bar AS baz FROM ( SELECT a.a + b.a AS foo, a.b + b.b AS > bar FROM a JOIN b ON a.id = b.id ) AS subtable; > Although, I'm not really sure that's The Right Way to do it. Thanks Colin, yes, I thoug

Re: [GENERAL] referencing column aliases in select list

2008-04-03 Thread Colin Wetherbee
Seb wrote: ---<---cut here---start-->--- SELECT table1.col1 - table2.col1 AS diff1, table1.col2 + table2.col2 AS sum1, sum1 - diff1 FROM table1 INNER JOIN table2 ON (table1.id = table2.id) ---<---cut here---end>--

[GENERAL] referencing column aliases in select list

2008-04-03 Thread Seb
Hi, I have a SELECT statement that is a bit involved in terms of calculations, so I wanted to set up some column aliases and refer to them further down the select list: ---<---cut here---start-->--- SELECT table1.col1 - table2.col1 AS diff1, table1.col2 + t