How do I perform a GROUP BY on an aliased column in MS-SQL Server?

Question

I\'m trying to perform a group by action on an aliased column (example below) but can\'t determine the proper syntax.

SELECT       LastName + \', \'         


        

Answer 1

In the old FoxPro (I haven't used it since version 2.5), you could write something like this:

SELECT       LastName + ', ' + FirstName AS 'FullName', Birthday, Title
FROM         customers
GROUP BY     1,3,2

I really liked that syntax. Why isn't it implemented anywhere else? It's a nice shortcut, but I assume it causes other problems?