SQL Server2005杂谈（1）：使用公用表表达式（CTE）简化嵌套SQL

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<!--<br /> <br /> Code highlighting produced by Actipro CodeHighlighter (freeware)<br /> http://www.CodeHighlighter.com/<br /> <br /> --> select * from person.StateProvince where CountryRegionCode in
( select CountryRegionCode from person.CountryRegion where Name like ' C% ' )

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<!--<br /> <br /> Code highlighting produced by Actipro CodeHighlighter (freeware)<br /> http://www.CodeHighlighter.com/<br /> <br /> --> declare @t table (CountryRegionCode nvarchar ( 3 ))
insert into @t (CountryRegionCode)( select CountryRegionCode from person.CountryRegion where Name like ' C% ' )

select * from person.StateProvince where CountryRegionCode
in ( select * from @t )

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虽然上面的SQL语句要比第一种方式更复杂，但却将子查询放在了表变量@t中，这样做将使SQL语句更容易维护，但又会带来另一个问题，就是性能的损失。由于表变量实际上使用了临时表，从而增加了额外的I/O开销，因此，表变量的方式并不太适合数据量大且频繁查询的情况。为此，在SQL Server 2005中提供了另外一种解决方案，这就是公用表表达式（CTE），使用CTE，可以使SQL语句的可维护性，同时，CTE要比表变量的效率高得多。

下面是 CTE 的语法：

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< common_table_expression > :: =
expression_name [ (column_name[,n ] )]
AS
(CTE_query_definition)

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现在使用CTE来解决上面的问题，SQL语句如下：

<!--<br /> <br /> Code highlighting produced by Actipro CodeHighlighter (freeware)<br /> http://www.CodeHighlighter.com/<br /> <br /> --> with
cr as
(
select CountryRegionCode from person.CountryRegion where Name like ' C% '
)

select * from person.StateProvince where CountryRegionCode in ( select * from cr)

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其中cr是一个公用表表达式，该表达式在使用上与表变量类似，只是SQL Server 2005在处理公用表表达式的方式上有所不同。

在使用CTE时应注意如下几点：
1.CTE后面必须直接跟使用CTE的SQL语句（如select、insert、update等），否则，CTE将失效。如下面的SQL语句将无法正常使用CTE：

<!--<br /> <br /> Code highlighting produced by Actipro CodeHighlighter (freeware)<br /> http://www.CodeHighlighter.com/<br /> <br /> --> with
cr as
(
select CountryRegionCode from person.CountryRegion where Name like ' C% '
)
select * from person.CountryRegion -- 应将这条SQL语句去掉
-- 使用CTE的SQL语句应紧跟在相关的CTE后面--
select * from person.StateProvince where CountryRegionCode in ( select * from cr)

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2.CTE后面也可以跟其他的CTE，但只能使用一个with，多个CTE中间用逗号（,）分隔，如下面的SQL语句所示：

<!--<br /> <br /> Code highlighting produced by Actipro CodeHighlighter (freeware)<br /> http://www.CodeHighlighter.com/<br /> <br /> --> with
cte1 as
(
select * from table1 where name like ' abc% '
),
cte2 as
(
select * from table2 where id > 20
),
cte3 as
(
select * from table3 where price < 100
)
select a. * from cte1a,cte2b,cte3c where a.id = b.id and a.id = c.id

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3.如果CTE的表达式名称与某个数据表或视图重名，则紧跟在该CTE后面的SQL语句使用的仍然是CTE，当然，后面的SQL语句使用的就是数据表或视图了，如下面的SQL语句所示：

<!--<br /> <br /> Code highlighting produced by Actipro CodeHighlighter (freeware)<br /> http://www.CodeHighlighter.com/<br /> <br /> --> -- table1是一个实际存在的表

with
table1 as
(
select * from persons where age < 30
)
select * from table1 -- 使用了名为table1的公共表表达式
select * from table1 -- 使用了名为table1的数据表

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4.CTE 可以引用自身，也可以引用在同一 WITH 子句中预先定义的 CTE。不允许前向引用。

5.不能在 CTE_query_definition 中使用以下子句：

（1）COMPUTE 或 COMPUTE BY

（2）ORDER BY（除非指定了 TOP 子句）

（3）INTO

（4）带有查询提示的 OPTION 子句

（5）FOR XML

（6）FOR BROWSE

6.如果将 CTE 用在属于批处理的一部分的语句中，那么在它之前的语句必须以分号结尾，如下面的SQL所示：

<!--<br /> <br /> Code highlighting produced by Actipro CodeHighlighter (freeware)<br /> http://www.CodeHighlighter.com/<br /> <br /> --> declare @s nvarchar ( 3 )
set @s = ' C% '
; -- 必须加分号
with
t_tree as
(
select CountryRegionCode from person.CountryRegion where Name like @s
)
select * from person.StateProvince where CountryRegionCode in ( select * from t_tree)

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CTE除了可以简化嵌套SQL语句外，还可以进行递归调用，关于这一部分的内容将在下一篇文章中介绍。

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