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Nested <strong>Queries</strong>: Comments<br />

• <strong>The</strong> nested formulation of a query is usually executed<br />

less efficiently than an equivalent unnested formulation<br />

(due <strong>to</strong> limitations of the query optimizer).<br />

• <strong>The</strong> nested formulation is sometimes more readable.<br />

• <strong>The</strong> subqueries cannot conta<strong>in</strong> set opera<strong>to</strong>rs (“union is<br />

only performed at the <strong>to</strong>p level”), but this is not a<br />

significant limitation.<br />

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Nested <strong>Queries</strong>: Example with all<br />

“Persons who have an <strong>in</strong>come that is higher than the <strong>in</strong>come of all<br />

persons younger than 30”<br />

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