Thread: Reusing columns in SELECT list

Hello all.

Is there a way to reuse in the SELECT list columns defined earlier
in it ? With PostgreSQL 8.0, I couldn't manage to do it :

  => CREATE table a (x int);
  CREATE TABLE
  => CREATE table b (y int);
  CREATE TABLE
  => SELECT x * y AS xy, xy + xy AS twoxy FROM a, b;
  ERROR:  column "xy" does not exist

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Andre Majorel <aym-lqsgp@teaser.fr> writes:
> Is there a way to reuse in the SELECT list columns defined earlier
> in it ?

No.

You can use multiple levels of select:

select xy, xy + xy from (select x * y as xy from a,b) ss;

but this is not likely to save any computation, just typing.

            regards, tom lane