I'm trying to compile this in my mind.. i have a table with firstname and lastname fields and i have a string like "Bob Jones" or "Bob Michael Jones" and several others.
the thing is, i have for example Bob in firstname, and Michael Jones in lastname
so i'm trying to
SELECT neededfield, CONCAT(firstname, ' ', lastname) as firstlast
FROM users
WHERE firstlast = "Bob Michael Jones"
but it says unknown column "firstlast".. can anyone help please ?
The aliases you give are for the output of the query - they are not available within the query itself.
You can either repeat the expression:
SELECT neededfield, CONCAT(firstname, ' ', lastname) as firstlast
FROM users
WHERE CONCAT(firstname, ' ', lastname) = "Bob Michael Jones"
or wrap the query
SELECT * FROM (
SELECT neededfield, CONCAT(firstname, ' ', lastname) as firstlast
FROM users) base
WHERE firstLast = "Bob Michael Jones"