ORDER BY Alias not working

Question

UPDATING QUESTION:

ERROR:  column \"Fruits\" does not exist

Running Postgres 7.4(Yeah we are upgrading)

Why can\'t I ORDER BY the

Answer 1

Consider something like this:

SELECT * FROM (SELECT (CASE
    WHEN tof."TypeOfFruits" = 'A' THEN 'Apple' 
    WHEN tof."TypeOfFruits" = 'P' THEN 'Pear' 
    WHEN tof."TypeOfFruits" = 'G' THEN 'Grapes' 
    ELSE 'Other' END) AS "Fruits", 
    (CASE 
    WHEN tof."TypeOfFruits" = 'A' THEN 1 
    WHEN tof."TypeOfFruits" = 'P' THEN 2 
    WHEN tof."TypeOfFruits" = 'G' THEN 3 
    ELSE 4 END) as NUM

        FROM .....