so then the next obvious question to ask is... is this just not implemented yet, or is it not even on the radar as a 'feature'?
Out of curiosity, do other SQL implementations (RDBMS) allow this syntax? On Wed, 2003-04-02 at 08:06, Egor Egorov wrote: > On Wednesday 02 April 2003 04:04, Daevid Vincent wrote: > > Is this a bug or just not implemented in 3.23.56-Max? > > > > mysql> SELECT alarm_notes, DATE_FORMAT(alarm_date,'%m/%d/%y %h:%i %p') AS > > alarm_date_format, IFNULL(CONCAT(contact_fname, ' ', alarm_date), > > alarm_date_format) AS contact_name, contact_email, contact_phone FROM > > alarm_table LEFT JOIN contact_table ON alarm_contact_table_id = contact_id > > WHERE alarm_rep_table_id = '1' ORDER BY alarm_date; > > ERROR 1054: Unknown column 'alarm_date_format' in 'field list' > > [skip] > > It's not a bug. You can't reference column aliases in the select list. > > > > -- > For technical support contracts, goto https://order.mysql.com/?ref=ensita > This email is sponsored by Ensita.net http://www.ensita.net/ > __ ___ ___ ____ __ > / |/ /_ __/ __/ __ \/ / Egor Egorov > / /|_/ / // /\ \/ /_/ / /__ [EMAIL PROTECTED] > /_/ /_/\_, /___/\___\_\___/ MySQL AB / Ensita.net > <___/ www.mysql.com > > > -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
