Re: Pet Peeves?

Octavio Alvarez <alvarezp(at)alvarezp(dot)ods(dot)org> writes:

> In any case, the results are the same as GROUPing BY from the data
> source.
> +-------------+---------+
> | Assignment | Average |
> +-------------+---------+
> | Assignment1 | 94.67 |
> | Assignment2 | 90.33 |
> | Assignment3 | 86.67 |
> +-------------+---------+
>
> A crosstab is not but a presentational transform of the data set. Any
> information you would eventually need can be taken from the original
> data source, one way or another. That's why dynamic-column crosstab are
> not a problem, and the DBMS should not worry about providing the
> information about the columns, maybe by simply not allowing the
> dynamic-column ones in subqueries.

What about a WHERE clause like

WHERE P1 > P2

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