SQL Dialects Reference/Select queries/Select without tables
Select without tables
Sometimes one needs to execute SQL scalar expressions without table context, i.e. make a query that would act as normal SELECT operator, evaluate given comma-separated expressions and return a table with single row and one or multiple columns (one for every individual expression). Obviously, expressions can't reference any columns from the tables, as there are none.
| Standard | ? |
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| DB2 |
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| Firebird | SELECT expressions FROM rdb$database |
| Ingres | SELECT expressions |
| Linter | SELECT expressions |
| MSSQL | SELECT expressions |
| MySQL |
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| Oracle | SELECT expressions FROM dual |
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| SQLite | SELECT expressions |
| Virtuoso | ? |