Lars Erik Thorsplass wrote:
> On Tue, 20 Jul 2004 09:45:06 -0600, Scott Marlowe <smarlowe@qwest.net> wrote:
> > > Kinda like this:
> > >
> > > SELECT *, acl_check( objects.obid, <user_id> ) AS mode FROM objects
> > > WHERE mode > 0;
> >
> > Here's the problem. In order to do the select, the query first needs to
> > run the where clause. I.e.:
> >
> > select a as test from table where a > 50;
> >
> > works, but
> >
> > select a as test from table where test > 50;
> >
> > fails. The reason is that when the where clause fires first, there IS
> > no test yet, as it hasn't been materialized. what you need to do is:
> >
> > select custom_function(a,b) from table where custom_function(a,b) > 0;
> >
> >
>
> Thanks for clearing that up. I just hoped there was some magic I could
> sprinkle on my query to get away from the extra overhead of running
> the procedure twice :)
>
> Best regards..
>
> L.E.Thorsplass
>
Pretty late, I know, but just for the record, AFAICS there is this magic as
SELECT * FROM (
SELECT *, acl_check( objects.obid, <user_id> ) AS mode FROM objects
) AS foo WHERE mode > 0;
Regards, Christoph
