When to use with clause in sql
Can Anybody tell me when to use with clause.
The WITH
keyword is used to create a temporary named result set. These are called Common Table Expressions.
A very basic, self-explanatory example:
WITH Administrators (Name, Surname)
AS
(
SELECT Name, Surname FROM Users WHERE AccessRights = 'Admin'
)
SELECT * FROM Administrators
For further reading and more examples, I suggest starting out with the following MSDN article:
- Common Table Expressions by John Papa
In SQL Server you sometimes need the WITH clause to force a query to use an Index. This is often a necessity in spatial queries that can reduce query time from 1 minute to a few seconds.
select * from MyTable with(index(MySpatialIndex)) where...
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