
Often there is a way to modify your view to avoid the different sequence, if it matters in your case. In this situation, the CONVERT may execute before the WHERE clause executes. However, there are uncommon cases where the sequence may differ.įor example, suppose you have a clustered index on a view, and the view excludes some table rows, and the view's SELECT column list uses a CONVERT that changes a data type from varchar to integer. The actual physical execution of the statement is determined by the query processor and the order may vary from this list. However, they can be referenced by subsequent clauses such as the ORDER BY clause. Conversely, because the SELECT clause is step 8, any column aliases or derived columns defined in that clause cannot be referenced by preceding clauses. For example, if the query processor can bind to (access) the tables or views defined in the FROM clause, these objects and their columns are made available to all subsequent steps. This order determines when the objects defined in one step are made available to the clauses in subsequent steps. The following steps show the logical processing order, or binding order, for a SELECT statement. Logical Processing Order of the SELECT statement Some syntax restrictions apply to SELECT statements that involve remote tables. A four-part name cannot be specified for Azure SQL Database. SELECT statements are permitted in user-defined functions only if the select lists of these statements contain expressions that assign values to variables that are local to the functions.Ī four-part name constructed with the OPENDATASOURCE function as the server-name part can be used as a table source wherever a table name can appear in a SELECT statement. Any one of the optional clauses can be omitted, but when the optional clauses are used, they must appear in the appropriate order. The order of the clauses in the SELECT statement is significant. Transact-SQL Syntax Conventions Syntax - Syntax for SQL Server and Azure SQL Database The UNION, EXCEPT, and INTERSECT operators can be used between queries to combine or compare their results into one result set.
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The full syntax of the SELECT statement is complex, but the main clauses can be summarized as: Retrieves rows from the database and enables the selection of one or many rows or columns from one or many tables in SQL Server. Applies to: SQL Server (all supported versions) Azure SQL Database Azure SQL Managed Instance Azure Synapse Analytics Analytics Platform System (PDW)
