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Asked: 2026-05-11T11:54:10+00:00

I wounder how I could use an alias in a where statement. Example :

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I wounder how I could use an alias in a where statement.

Example :

SELECT SUBSTRING(Column1, 1, 4) + SUBSTRING(Column1, 4, 3)  AS Col1 FROM MyTable WHERE Col1 = 'MySearch'

I use MSSQL 2005

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  1. Not possible, but you can do the following:

    SELECT SUBSTRING(Column1, 1, 4) + SUBSTRING(Column1, 4, 3)  AS Col1 FROM MyTable WHERE SUBSTRING(Column1, 1, 4) + SUBSTRING(Column1, 4, 3) = 'MySearch'

    No subqueries or hacks required

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