Document that WITH queries are also called Common Table Expressions.

Peter Geoghegan, reviewed by Stephen Frost
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Robert Haas 15 years ago
parent f43c4d9ec4
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      doc/src/sgml/acronyms.sgml
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      doc/src/sgml/queries.sgml

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<term><acronym>CTE</acronym></term>
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<para>
<link linkend="queries-with">Common Table Expression</link>
</para>
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<varlistentry>
<term><acronym>CVE</acronym></term>
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<sect1 id="queries-with">
<title><literal>WITH</literal> Queries</title>
<title><literal>WITH</literal> Queries (Common Table Expressions)</title>
<indexterm zone="queries-with">
<primary>WITH</primary>
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<para>
<literal>WITH</> provides a way to write subqueries for use in a larger
<literal>SELECT</> query. The subqueries can be thought of as defining
<literal>SELECT</> query. The subqueries, which are often referred to as Common Table
Expressions or <acronym>CTE</acronym>s, can be thought of as defining
temporary tables that exist just for this query. One use of this feature
is to break down complicated queries into simpler parts. An example is:

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