SELECT with a Replace()

Question

I have a table of names and addresses, which includes a postcode column. I want to strip the spaces from the postcodes and select any that match a particular pattern. I\'m tryin

Answer 1

You can reference is that way if you wrap the query, like this:

SELECT P
FROM (SELECT Replace(Postcode, ' ', '') AS P
      FROM Contacts) innertable
WHERE P LIKE 'NW101%'

Be sure to give the wrapped select an alias, even unused (SQL Server doesn't allow it without one IIRC)