I would think it does the same thing as your example below. Learn something new every day. You are in effect selecting a constant value for that particular column. Thanks.

>I'm curious: what does the specified syntax do in SQL Server?
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>I know in Oracle you can do something like
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>SELECT column1, (SELECT x FROM y WHERE q) AS column2 FROM table1;
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>This works provided that the inner select ("inline view") returns one row only.
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>Is this the same thing?
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>Les
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>>>Disclaimer: I don't have an Oracle testing environment or I would have tested this myself ;)
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>>>In SQL Server a subquery such as

Select Column1 = <span style="background:yellow">(Select X From Y Where yadayada)</span>, Column2
>>>From Table1

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>>>is possible. Will it work in Oracle?
>>>
>>>
>>>TIA
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>>No