Github user DaveBirdsall commented on a diff in the pull request:
https://github.com/apache/incubator-trafodion/pull/1001#discussion_r106044651
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@@ -7784,6 +7784,120 @@ SELECT (SELECT a FROM t1) FROM t GROUP BY (SELECT a
FROM t1);
SELECT a+1 FROM t GROUP BY 1+a;
```
+=======
+[[with_clause_syntax]]
+=== Syntax Description of WITH clause
+
+WITH clause, known as Common Table Expressions (CTEs) or subquery
factoring clause, was introduced in the SQL-99 standard and has been
implemented into Trafodion R2.1.
+
+For a complex expression which is referenced multiple times within the
body of a SELECT statement, the WITH clause assigns it an alias. The alias is
treated like a temporary table or an inline view that lasts only for the
duration of the query and can be referenced various times in the same query.
+
+By abstracting the complicated parts of the query into simpler, separate
and logical blocks, and materializing the results of these parts to avoid
recomputing it multiple times, the WITH clause has following advantages:
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We might not materialize. I suggest inserting "possibly" ahead of
"materializing".
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