Subqueries: calculate an aggregate value on the fly and use it in the outer query for comparison
1>
2> CREATE TABLE works_on (emp_no INTEGER NOT NULL,
3> project_no CHAR(4) NOT NULL,
4> job CHAR (15) NULL,
5> enter_date DATETIME NULL)
6>
7> insert into works_on values (1, 'p1', 'analyst', '1997.10.1')
8> insert into works_on values (1, 'p3', 'manager', '1999.1.1')
9> insert into works_on values (2, 'p2', 'clerk', '1998.2.15')
10> insert into works_on values (2, 'p2', NULL, '1998.6.1')
11> insert into works_on values (3, 'p2', NULL, '1997.12.15')
12> insert into works_on values (4, 'p3', 'analyst', '1998.10.15')
13> insert into works_on values (5, 'p1', 'manager', '1998.4.15')
14> insert into works_on values (6, 'p1', NULL, '1998.8.1')
15> insert into works_on values (7, 'p2', 'clerk', '1999.2.1')
16> insert into works_on values (8, 'p3', 'clerk', '1997.11.15')
17> insert into works_on values (7, 'p1', 'clerk', '1998.1.4')
18>
19> select * from works_on
20> GO
(1 rows affected)
(1 rows affected)
(1 rows affected)
(1 rows affected)
(1 rows affected)
(1 rows affected)
(1 rows affected)
(1 rows affected)
(1 rows affected)
(1 rows affected)
(1 rows affected)
emp_no project_no job enter_date
----------- ---------- --------------- -----------------------
1 p1 analyst 1997-10-01 00:00:00.000
1 p3 manager 1999-01-01 00:00:00.000
2 p2 clerk 1998-02-15 00:00:00.000
2 p2 NULL 1998-06-01 00:00:00.000
3 p2 NULL 1997-12-15 00:00:00.000
4 p3 analyst 1998-10-15 00:00:00.000
5 p1 manager 1998-04-15 00:00:00.000
6 p1 NULL 1998-08-01 00:00:00.000
7 p2 clerk 1999-02-01 00:00:00.000
8 p3 clerk 1997-11-15 00:00:00.000
7 p1 clerk 1998-01-04 00:00:00.000
(11 rows affected)
1> -- Subquery Advantages
2>
3> -- Subqueries: calculate an aggregate value on the fly and use it in the outer query for comparison.
4>
5> SELECT emp_no, enter_date FROM works_on
6> WHERE enter_date = (SELECT min(enter_date) FROM works_on)
7> GO
emp_no enter_date
----------- -----------------------
1 1997-10-01 00:00:00.000
(1 rows affected)
1>
2> drop table works_on
3> GO
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