It seems I cannot use an alias in WHERE clause, but I can use it in ORDER BY.
An examples: this doesn't work SELECT field1 AS ABC, field2 AS XXX, field3 AS QQQ FROM mytable WHERE ABC = 'abc' ORDER BY ABC this works SELECT field1 AS ABC, field2 AS XXX, field3 AS QQQ FROM mytable WHERE field1 = 'abc' ORDER BY ABC Why I cannot use the alias 'ABC' in WHERE clause and I can use it in ORDER BY clause? I'm using mySQL 3.23.47 on W98 with ODBC (myODBC 3.51.02). TIA, Massimo. _______________________________________ Massimo Colurcio mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.softhor.com/developmentarea ICQ #96413649 ATIC #1219 SONORK 100.10862 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Before posting, please check: http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php
