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>>>>SQL Server. Thanks for the suggestion.
>>>
>>>;with cte as (select Col1, Col2 from A where SomeExpr)
>>>
>>>select * from cte
>>>UNION
>>>select Col1, Col2 from table2 where Col1 in (select Col1 from cte)
>>
>>Thank you for the sample. Do I understand correctly that cte will work with SQL 2005 or later only, right?
>
>Correct. CTE and many other great enhancements were introduced in SQL Server 2005. It will not work in SQL 2000.
Thank you.
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