Of course write
SELECT (some subselect) AS blah FROM t WHERE blah = 'const'
What is the best way to do this?
SELECT (some subselect) FROM t WHERE (some subselect) = 'const'
you can move (some subselect) as a table in FROM :
(some subselect)
FROM
SELECT s.blah FROM t, (some subselect) s WHERE t.id = s.id AND s.blah = 'const'