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Database design
Belgium Campus – DBD2x1 – lesson 19

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Common Table Expressions

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Common WITH TitleCount (authorID, titleCount) AS

(
table SELECT au_id, COUNT(title_id)

expressions FROM titleauthor

GROUP BY au_id
)

SELECT au_id, au_lname, au_fname, titleCount

FROM authors a
INNER JOIN TitleCount
ON TitleCount.authorID = a.au_id

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WITH GhostTableName We always define a proper name for this table.

Common (Col1, Col2) One of the columns needs to be an ID to link to other tables.

table AS This specifies the body of the CTE.

( This SELECT is used to give the CTE its data.

expressions SELECT Col1ID, SUM(Col2) Must contain same number of columns as defined.

FROM Table

GROUP BY Col1ID

SELECT Columns This is the display.

FROM Table

INNER JOIN CTE

ON Table.ID = CTE.Col1

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WITH ProductSold (ProductID, TotalSold)

Common AS

table (

SELECT ProductID, SUM(OrderQty)

expressions FROM Sales.SalesOrderDetail

GROUP BY ProductID

SELECT p.ProductID, p.Name, p.ProductNumber, ps.TotalSold

FROM Production.Product AS p

INNER JOIN ProductSold AS ps

ON p.ProductID = ps.ProductID

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WITH Cost (ProductID, AvgCost)
AS
Common (SELECT ProductID, AVG(StandardCost)
FROM Production.ProductCostHistory

table GROUP BY ProductID),

expressions Sold (ProductID, AvgSold)

AS
(SELECT ProductID, AVG(OrderQty)
FROM Sales.SalesOrderDetail
GROUP BY ProductID)

SELECT p.ProductID, p.Name,

(AvgCost * AvgSold)AS TotalCost
FROM Sold s
INNER JOIN Production.Product p
ON s.ProductID = p.ProductID
INNER JOIN Cost c
ON p.ProductID = c.ProductID

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AS
(SELECT ProductID, AVG(StandardCost)

Common FROM Production.ProductCostHistory

GROUP BY ProductID),

table Sold (ProductID, AvgSold)

AS
expressions (SELECT ProductID, AVG(OrderQty)
FROM Sales.SalesOrderDetail
GROUP BY ProductID),

Total (ProductID, TotalCost)

AS
(SELECT c.ProductID, (AvgCost * AvgSold)
FROM Cost c
INNER JOIN Sold s
ON c.ProductID = s.ProductID)

SELECT p.ProductID, p.Name, t.TotalCost

FROM Production.Product p
INNER JOIN Total t
ON p.ProductID = t.ProductID
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