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

Depending on what you are aliasing, you could turn it into a user defined function and reference that in both places. Otherwise your copying the aliased code in several places, which tends to become very ugly and means updating 3+ spots if you are also ordering on that column.