| From: | David Johnston <polobo(at)yahoo(dot)com> |
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| To: | Ryan Kelly <rpkelly22(at)gmail(dot)com> |
| Cc: | "Daniel Serodio \(lists\)" <daniel(dot)lists(at)mandic(dot)com(dot)br>, "pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: RFE: Column aliases in WHERE clauses |
| Date: | 2012-09-17 21:59:11 |
| Message-ID: | 8A187125-08CE-42F6-9DF3-F096063BF729@yahoo.com |
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On Sep 17, 2012, at 17:42, Ryan Kelly <rpkelly22(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 17, 2012 at 06:18:53PM -0300, Daniel Serodio (lists) wrote:
>> It would be nice if PostgreSQL supported column aliases in WHERE
>> clauses, eg:
>>
>> SELECT left(value, 1) AS first_letter
>> FROM some_table
>> WHERE first_letter > 'a';
>>
>> Is this the proper mailing list for such feature requests?
> I think this is explicitly disallowed by the spec.
>
Just to be clear, the spec does not care where you post your feature requests...it is the feature that it disallows.
When in doubt the general list is a good choice and all the key people monitor it and will move the discussion elsewhere if warranted.
David J.
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