Adding MySQL alias fields together

Question

Consider a query similar to:

 SELECT sum(EXPR) as total,
        sum(EXPR) as total2, 
        sum(total+total2) as grandtotal 
 FROM tablename

Answer 1

SELECT total, total2, total + total2 as grandtotal from (
 SELECT sum(EXPR) as total, 
        sum(EXPR) as total2,  
 FROM tablename 
) x