>When will I be able to do something seemingly
>so basic as this re-use of an alias?
Do you know an implementation of SQL which allows this?
PB
Daevid Vincent wrote:
> When will I be able to do something seemingly so basic as this re-use of an
> alias?
>
> SELECT DATE_ADD('2007-10-23', INTERVAL user_access_hours HOUR)
> AS group_duration_date,
> UNIX_TIMESTAMP(group_duration_date)
> AS group_duration_date_timestamp
> FROM end_user_groups;
>
> Error Code : 1054
> Unknown column 'group_duration_date' in 'field list'
> (0 ms taken)
>
> So instead I must do this very cumbersome and inefficient way:
>
> SELECT DATE_ADD('2007-10-23', INTERVAL user_access_hours HOUR)
> AS group_duration_date,
> UNIX_TIMESTAMP(DATE_ADD('2007-10-23',
> INTERVAL user_access_hours HOUR))
> AS group_duration_date_timestamp
> FROM end_user_groups;
>
> *sigh*
>
> This has been a cause of frustration since mysql 3.x series.
> Are there any plans to fix this annoyance? If so, in what version?
>
> Currently using:
> mysql Ver 14.12 Distrib 5.0.41, for pc-linux-gnu (i686)
>
>
>
