Releasesby IbisYou can now use reusable column aliases in GoogleSQL
GA9 days agoUnverifiedAdded Oct 20, 2026
You can now use reusable column aliases in GoogleSQL. This feature lets you define an alias for an expression in the SELECT clause of a SQL query and immediately reference that alias within the same SELECT list or in the WHERE clause of the same query block.
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