>Hi,
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>I am trying to find a good term (for documentation) of the table in SQL Select from which records are selected? For example, the table in the JOIN expression I call "JOIN table" (obviously). What would be a term to use for the table in FROM Table? TIA.
There is no any special term. You can use MAIN table in this context assuming the first table is the 'leading' one.
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