Обсуждение: Simple SQL
Is it possible to do something like: select 1 as a, a*a; in postgres?
Not SELECT 1 as a, a*2; ERROR: column "a" does not exist Regards Pavel On Tue, 21 Oct 2003, Bob Messenger wrote: > Is it possible to do something like: > > select 1 as a, a*a; > > in postgres? > > > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- > TIP 9: the planner will ignore your desire to choose an index scan if your > joining column's datatypes do not match >
On Fri, Oct 24, 2003 at 07:25:44AM +0200, Pavel Stehule wrote: > Not > > SELECT 1 as a, a*2; > ERROR: column "a" does not exist But you can try SELECT a, a*a FROM (select 1 as a); > On Tue, 21 Oct 2003, Bob Messenger wrote: > > > Is it possible to do something like: > > > > select 1 as a, a*a; > > > > in postgres? -- Alvaro Herrera (<alvherre[a]dcc.uchile.cl>) "Hay que recordar que la existencia en el cosmos, y particularmente la elaboración de civilizaciones dentre de él no son, por desgracia, nada idílicas" (Ijon Tichy)
Alvaro Herrera wrote: > On Fri, Oct 24, 2003 at 07:25:44AM +0200, Pavel Stehule wrote: > >>Not >> >>SELECT 1 as a, a*2; >>ERROR: column "a" does not exist > > > But you can try > > SELECT a, a*a FROM (select 1 as a); > > >>On Tue, 21 Oct 2003, Bob Messenger wrote: >> >> >>>Is it possible to do something like: >>> >>> select 1 as a, a*a; >>> >>>in postgres? > > alien=# SELECT a, a*a FROM (select 1 as a); ERROR: sub-SELECT in FROM must have an alias For example, FROM (SELECT ...) [AS] foo Thanks for idea though. It led me to this: alien=# SELECT a, a*a FROM (SELECT 2 AS a) AS a; a | ?column? ---+---------- 2 | 4 (1 row)