公用表表达式CTE表面上和派生表非常相似,看起来只是语义上的区别。但和派生表比较起来,CTE具有几个优势:第一,如果须要在一个CTE中引用另一个CTE,不需要像派生表那样嵌套,相反,只要简单地在同一个WITH子句中定义多个CTE,并用逗号把它们分隔开。每个CTE可以引用在它前面定义的所有CTE。而外部查询可以引用所有CTE。
下面是一个公用表表达式CTE的示例。
USE TSQLFundamentals2008;
GO -- 公用表表达式CTE
-- 一个简单的公用表表达式的例子
WITH USACusts AS
(
SELECT custid,companyname FROM Sales.Customers
WHERE country= N'USA'
)
SELECT * FROM USACusts; -- 分配列别名
WITH C AS
(
SELECT YEAR(orderdate) AS orderyear,custid FROM Sales.Orders
)
SELECT orderyear, COUNT(DISTINCT custid) FROM C
GROUP BY orderyear; -- 使用参数
DECLARE @empid AS INT=3; WITH C AS
(
SELECT YEAR(orderdate) AS orderyear,custid FROM Sales.Orders
WHERE empid= @empid
)
SELECT orderyear, COUNT(DISTINCT custid)
FROM C
GROUP BY orderyear; -- 定义多个CTE
WITH C1 AS
(
SELECT YEAR(orderdate) AS orderyear, custid FROM Sales.Orders
),
C2 AS
(
SELECT orderyear,COUNT(DISTINCT custid) AS numcusts FROM C1
GROUP BY orderyear
)
SELECT orderyear,numcusts FROM C2
WHERE numcusts>70; -- CTE的多引用
WITH YearlyCount AS
(
SELECT YEAR(orderdate) AS orderyear, COUNT(DISTINCT custid) AS numcusts FROM Sales.Orders
GROUP BY YEAR(orderdate)
)
SELECT Cur.orderyear, Cur.numcusts AS curnumcusts,Prv.numcusts AS prvnumcusts,Cur.numcusts-Prv.numcusts AS growth
FROM YearlyCount AS Cur
LEFT JOIN YearlyCount AS Prv ON Cur.orderyear = Prv.orderyear+1;