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

The answer is you can't - you can do this

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