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Reputation: 45

Using Alias Column in WHERE Statement

I know that I cannot use an alias column inside of a WHERE clause, so I'm trying to figure out the best way to write my query, but am struggling. I tried "HAVING" to filter it, but then I can't use GROUP BY at the same time, which makes my Subtotal column sum all of the records in the entire DB.

Here's what I'm trying to do:

SELECT a.ID, SUM(b.Qty * b.Price) AS Subtotal
FROM tbl_One AS a
LEFT JOIN tbl_Two AS b ON b.TwoID = a.ID
WHERE Subtotal > 100 AND Subtotal < 200
GROUP BY a.ID

Any suggestions on how I could do this differently would be greatly appreciated!

Upvotes: 1

Views: 46

Answers (1)

Brian Driscoll
Brian Driscoll

Reputation: 19635

You're right, you cannot call out your alias in the WHERE or HAVING clauses, but other than that I'm not sure what you mean; GROUP BY and HAVING are meant to be used together:

SELECT a.ID, sum(b.Qty*b.Price) AS Subtotal
FROM tbl_One AS a
LEFT JOIN tbl_Two AS b ON b.TwoID = a.ID
GROUP BY a.ID
HAVING sum(b.Qty*b.Price) > 100 AND sum(b.Qty*b.Price) < 200

Upvotes: 2

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