reusing alias in SELECT

Question

What I am trying to do is add another column that calculates (cr - dr)

Seeing as you cannot re-use an alias inside a SELECT clause, how would you go about calculatin

Answer 1

In SQL Server or Oracle, I'd use a CTE, but since you're using MySQL, you'd use a subquery:

SELECT dr, cr, cr + dr as total 
FROM (
    SELECT 
         SUM(b.bet_win * cy.fx_rate ) as dr, 
         SUM(b.bet_loss * cy.fx_rate ) as cr
    FROM ....
    WHERE ....) t;

Answer 2

EDIT: DOES NOT WORK. See comments. Isn't using a user variable faster in this case?

SELECT
  @dr:=SUM(b.bet_win * cy.fx_rate ),
  @cr:=SUM(b.bet_loss * cy.fx_rate ), 
  @cr+@dr as total

Answer 3

You can repeat the calculations in the "total" column.

SELECT 
    SUM(b.bet_win * cy.fx_rate) as dr, 
    SUM(b.bet_loss * cy.fx_rate) as cr, 
    SUM(b.bet_win * cy.fx_rate) + SUM(b.bet_loss * cy.fx_rate) as total
FROM ....
WHERE ....