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Re: SQL Puzzle - too many dimensions

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From	Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@geek-central.gen.new_zealand>
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In message <92r02mF24dU1@mid.individual.net>, Robert Klemme wrote:

> That's called an "inline view".

The only reason there’s a special term for it is because SQL doesn’t treat 
tables/views as first-class objects.

This is an example of a situation where a little bit more orthogonality 
could have made the language much simpler.

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SQL Puzzle - too many dimensions Zapanaz <http://joecosby.com/code/mail.pl@foo.com> - 2011-05-07 16:13 -0700
  Re: SQL Puzzle - too many dimensions Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@geek-central.gen.new_zealand> - 2011-05-08 14:00 +1200
    Re: SQL Puzzle - too many dimensions Robert Klemme <shortcutter@googlemail.com> - 2011-05-08 13:08 +0200
      Re: SQL Puzzle - too many dimensions Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@geek-central.gen.new_zealand> - 2011-05-09 00:01 +1200
        Re: SQL Puzzle - too many dimensions Lew <noone@lewscanon.com> - 2011-05-08 08:08 -0400
  Re: SQL Puzzle - too many dimensions Arved Sandstrom <asandstrom3minus1@eastlink.ca> - 2011-05-08 01:02 -0300
    Re: SQL Puzzle - too many dimensions Robert Klemme <shortcutter@googlemail.com> - 2011-05-08 13:03 +0200
      Re: SQL Puzzle - too many dimensions Arved Sandstrom <asandstrom3minus1@eastlink.ca> - 2011-05-08 11:14 -0300
        Re: SQL Puzzle - too many dimensions Robert Klemme <shortcutter@googlemail.com> - 2011-05-08 23:37 +0200
    Re: SQL Puzzle - too many dimensions Zapanaz <http://joecosby.com/code/mail.pl@foo.com> - 2011-05-08 16:06 -0700
      Re: SQL Puzzle - too many dimensions Robert Klemme <shortcutter@googlemail.com> - 2011-05-09 22:10 +0200
        Re: SQL Puzzle - too many dimensions Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@geek-central.gen.new_zealand> - 2011-05-10 13:50 +1200
          Re: SQL Puzzle - too many dimensions Robert Klemme <shortcutter@googlemail.com> - 2011-05-10 00:06 -0700
            Re: SQL Puzzle - too many dimensions Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@geek-central.gen.new_zealand> - 2011-05-13 22:55 +1200
              Re: SQL Puzzle - too many dimensions Robert Klemme <shortcutter@googlemail.com> - 2011-05-15 18:52 +0200
          Re: SQL Puzzle - too many dimensions Arved Sandstrom <asandstrom3minus1@eastlink.ca> - 2011-05-10 06:35 -0300
            Re: SQL Puzzle - too many dimensions Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@geek-central.gen.new_zealand> - 2011-05-13 22:57 +1200
              Re: SQL Puzzle - too many dimensions Lew <noone@lewscanon.com> - 2011-05-13 07:45 -0400
              Re: SQL Puzzle - too many dimensions Arved Sandstrom <asandstrom3minus1@eastlink.ca> - 2011-05-15 13:09 -0300
                Re: SQL Puzzle - too many dimensions Robert Klemme <shortcutter@googlemail.com> - 2011-05-15 18:56 +0200
  Re: SQL Puzzle - too many dimensions Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> - 2011-05-07 23:32 -0700
    Re: SQL Puzzle - too many dimensions Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> - 2011-05-07 23:36 -0700
      Re: SQL Puzzle - too many dimensions Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@geek-central.gen.new_zealand> - 2011-05-08 20:43 +1200
        Re: SQL Puzzle - too many dimensions Robert Klemme <shortcutter@googlemail.com> - 2011-05-09 01:27 -0700
  Re: SQL Puzzle - too many dimensions Lew <noone@lewscanon.com> - 2011-05-08 07:45 -0400

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