SQL Use alias in Where statement

Question

I wounder how I could use an alias in a where statement.

Example :

SELECT SUBSTRING(Column1, 1, 4) + SUBSTRING(Column1, 4, 3)  AS Col1
FROM MyTable
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Answer 1

You can do this:

SELECT Col1
FROM ( SELECT SUBSTRING(Column1, 1, 4) + SUBSTRING(Column1, 4, 3) AS Col1 ) AS x
WHERE Col1 = 'MySearch'