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I've used both CTEs as well as temp/variable tables. What would be the benefit of using a CTE over the latter two?

Jared
– Jared

2014-05-12 19:36:54 +00:00
Commented May 12, 2014 at 19:36
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@Jared Using CTEs keeps the code readable because you don't need to define a temp table and it's column types and by using cte you even get an intellisense for the column type and name even you didn't specified them.

Aleks
– Aleks

2014-08-21 08:22:20 +00:00
Commented Aug 21, 2014 at 8:22
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Recursion is one benefit that needs a mention.

Faiz
– Faiz

2015-10-03 17:29:35 +00:00
Commented Oct 3, 2015 at 17:29
3

Mysql 8 supports CTE

user2188550
– user2188550

2018-08-27 16:40:38 +00:00
Commented Aug 27, 2018 at 16:40
So mysql now also gets syntactic candy.

TheLegendaryCopyCoder
– TheLegendaryCopyCoder

2019-01-17 17:42:38 +00:00
Commented Jan 17, 2019 at 17:42

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