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Search for a literal LIKE wildcard
SQL: Declare an escape character so a percent sign in the pattern is literal.
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Select an inclusive range
Find rows with values between two endpoints.
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Select specific columns
Read only the fields a result needs.
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Select the top row in each group with a tie-breaker
SQL: Filter an outer query on ROW_NUMBER because window functions are not evaluated in WHERE.
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Select values in an inclusive range
SQL: BETWEEN includes both endpoints of the range.
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Show a group total beside each detail row
SQL: A partitioned aggregate preserves detail rows instead of collapsing them with GROUP BY.
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Sort preferred rows ahead of other rows
SQL: A CASE ordering key expresses business priority before a stable secondary sort.
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Sort the highest quantities first
SQL: Specify descending order and a stable tie breaker.
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Sum a row and its immediate predecessor
SQL: A ROWS frame counts physical ordered rows rather than all peers with the same sort value.
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Sum values per category
Calculate a grouped total.
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Test missing values with IS NULL
Find rows where an optional value is absent.
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Treat an empty trimmed value as missing
SQL: NULLIF converts an empty string to NULL before a fallback is applied.
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