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rnelsch
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USA
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Posted - 01/29/2013 :  09:43:51  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Is it possible to use an alias to create a new calculated column. For example, I have the following query:

SELECT COUNT(DISTINCT JOB.JobID) AS JobsRun,
COUNT (DISTINCT CASE WHEN Job.SaleIsSold = 'True' THEN JOB.JobId END) as JobsSold
FROM JOB
WHERE JOB.PrimaryEmp = '294'
AND JOB.SchedDate between '12/27/2012' and '1/23/2013'

And I'd like to ad a calculated column to get the difference between JobsRun and Jobs Sold so I tried the following but it doesn't work:

SELECT COUNT(DISTINCT JOB.JobID) AS JobsRun,
COUNT (DISTINCT CASE WHEN Job.SaleIsSold = 'True' THEN JOB.JobId END) as JobsSold,
JobsRun - JobsSold as NotSold
FROM JOB
WHERE JOB.PrimaryEmp = '294'
AND JOB.SchedDate between '12/27/2012' and '1/23/2013'

Ryan A Nelsch

rnelsch
Starting Member

USA
31 Posts
Posted - 01/29/2013 :  09:46:27  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Nevermind I fixed this with the following in case anyone was interested:

SELECT COUNT(DISTINCT JOB.JobID) AS JobsRun,
COUNT (DISTINCT CASE WHEN Job.SaleIsSold = 'True' THEN JOB.JobId END) as JobsSold,
COUNT (DISTINCT CASE WHEN Job.SaleIsSold = 'False' THEN JOB.JobId END) as NotSold
FROM JOB
WHERE JOB.PrimaryEmp = '294'
AND JOB.SchedDate between '12/27/2012' and '1/23/2013'

Ryan A Nelsch
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visakh16
Very Important crosS Applying yaK Herder

India
47037 Posts
Posted - 01/29/2013 :  09:46:54  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
you cant use aliases created in same level like this. it should be

SELECT *,
JobsRun - JobsSold as NotSold
FROM
(
SELECT COUNT(DISTINCT JOB.JobID) AS JobsRun,
COUNT (DISTINCT CASE WHEN Job.SaleIsSold = 'True' THEN JOB.JobId END) as JobsSold
FROM JOB
WHERE JOB.PrimaryEmp = '294'
AND JOB.SchedDate between '12/27/2012' and '1/23/2013'
)t


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