Hi,
On Tue, 2004-11-02 at 09:05, Alex P wrote:
> Hi,
>
> when creating a query with a subselect
>
> SELECT name, (SELECT max(pop) FROM cities WHERE cities.state = states.name) AS
> max_pop
> FROM states;
>
> then it is not possible to sort after max_pop or use max_pop in a function or a CASE.
Hm. Here it works.
select 1 as foo,(select 2) as bar union select 5 as foo,(select 1) as
bar order by bar;
foo | bar
-----+-----
5 | 1
1 | 2
Postgresql 7.4.2 in this case.
You can also use the whole query as a subselect, for example:
SELECT name, max_pop FROM
(SELECT name, (SELECT max(pop) FROM cities WHERE
cities.state=states.name) AS max_pop FROM states) as statepop;
if you want to filter with where clauses or whatever.
Regards
Tino
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