On Wed, Jan 14, 2009 at 05:53:57AM -0800, Lennin Caro wrote:
> --- On Wed, 1/14/09, Louis-David Mitterrand
> <vindex+lists-pgsql-gene...@apartia.org> wrote:
>
> > From: Louis-David Mitterrand <vindex+lists-pgsql-gene...@apartia.org>
> > Subject: Re: [GENERAL] inconsistency in aliasing
> > To: pgsql-general@postgresql.org
> > Date: Wednesday, January 14, 2009, 11:27 AM
> > On Wed, Jan 14, 2009 at 12:06:47PM +0100, A. Kretschmer
> > wrote:
> > > In response to Louis-David Mitterrand :
> > > > Hi,
> > > >
> > > > This works:
> > > >
> > > > critik=# select current_timestamp::abstime::int4
> > as score order by score;
> > > >
> > > > This doesn't:
> > > >
> > > > critik=# select current_timestamp::abstime::int4
> > as score order by score + 1;
> > > > ERROR: column "score" does not exist
> > > > LINE 1: ...urrent_timestamp::abstime::int4 as
> > score order by score + 1 ...
> > > >
> > > > Any idea ?
> > >
> > > Yes, you can't use the alias in the ORDER BY. Use
> > the real column-name.
> > >
> > > select current_timestamp::abstime::int4 as score order
> > by
> > > current_timestamp::abstime::int4;
> >
> > Did you try
> >
> > "select current_timestamp::abstime::int4 as score
> > order by score;" ?
> >
> > This seems to be an "order by <alias>"
> >
> > --
> > http://www.critikart.net
> >
>
> you can't use operator in the group by, try this
Really?
select current_timestamp::abstime::int4 as score order by 1 + 1 ;
score
------------
1231941662
(1 row)
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