Question

I need to do:

SELECT COUNT(*)
  FROM some_table
 WHERE someAlias1 = someValue1 
   AND someAlias2 = someValue2;

someAlias is an alias for a column in some_table. In my case I can’t name the columns directly; I need to use aliases.

The issue is that I only know about defining aliases inside the select clause which I don’t see how I can do in this case.

Is there a way to accomplish what I need in this case?

edit: Why do I need aliases? I’m building a query from alternative parts, and the condition above applies to different columns from different tables, but with the same logical role. So I need a way to relate to different alternative columns with the same name.

I will appreciate if you answer this question only if you know an answer, even if you don’t understand why may I need an alias

Answer 1

You could do a nested SELECT statement then draw the count out from the inner query, I don’t really see a way to escape using the column names

SELECT COUNT(*) 
  FROM(
        SELECT col1 as someAlias1, 
               col2 as someAlias2
        FROM   some_table
        WHERE  someAlias1 = someValue1
        AND    someAlias2 = someValue2
       ) as inner