>When is someone going to hold ANSI's feet to the fire for their slowness? ANSI 99? I understand their prudence -- they define standards, after all -- but they are pretty slow. 1999 was 15 years ago. This business moves a lot faster than that.
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Just to clarify, CTEs were added in the ANSI 99 standard.
There have been a few additions/revisions since.