Select from dual in T-SQL / SQL Server

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Raymond Raymond Code Snippets & Tips

Code snippets and tips for various programming languages/frameworks. All code examples are under MIT or Apache 2.0 license unless specified otherwise. 

In Oracle database, you can select from dual table if you only want to return a one row result set. In many other databases, the query engine supports select directly from constant values without specifying a table name. 

In SQL Server, you can directly select values without specifying a table name. 

Code snippet

SELECT "Constant Value" AS COLUMN_NAME;
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