Re: [HACKERS] Open 6.5 items

Thus spake ZEUGSWETTER Andreas IZ5
> > Allow "col AS name" to use name in WHERE clause?  Is this ANSI? 
> > 	Works in GROUP BY

> But it probably adds some complexity:
> 
> create table a (a int, b int, c int);
> select a, b as c from a where c=5; 
> 
> Which c do you use alias or column ? You prbly need to use the column, 
> since this is how all others work, but would this be intuitive ?

Not to me.  What if I don't know that a c exists in the table, or it is
added after creating many scripts?  I think we should use the alias in
that case.  Either that or it should generate an error.

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