Using an Alias column in the where clause in ms-sql 2000

Question

I know you cannot use a alias column in the where clause for T-SQL; however, has Microsoft provided some kind of workaround for this?

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Answer 1

One workaround would be to use a derived table.

For example:

select *
from 
   (
   select a + b as aliased_column
   from table
   ) dt
where dt.aliased_column = something.

I hope this helps.