You can try using a CTE/With clause.  Failing that use a function with SELECT 
INTO...

On Jun 18, 2011, at 22:45, lover boi <lover-...@live.co.uk> wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> In the following statement, does the custom function get executed twice?
> 
> SELECT
>   MY_FUNCTION(...),
>   CASE WHEN MY_FUNCTION(...) = '...' THEN '...' ELSE '...' END
> ...
> ...
> 
> 
> If so, is there a way I can make it execute once?  I tried this but it gave 
> me a "Column my_function does not exist" error.
> 
> SELECT
> 
>   MY_FUNCTION(...) AS my_function,
> 
>   CASE WHEN my_function = '...' THEN '...' ELSE '...' END
> 
> ...
> 
> ...
> 
> 
> Thank you in advance.

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