Subquery
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Subquery is a noun meaning (databases) A query embedded within a more extensive query, relating only to the data returned by the parent query.
Meaning
(databases) A query embedded within a more extensive query, relating only to the data returned by the parent query.
More Meanings
- (databases, transitive) To run a subquery upon.
Example Sentences
We subqueried the customer data to retrieve only customers based in Europe.
Word Forms
- subqueries
- subquerying
- subqueried
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include correlated, subselect, subdatabase, subtransaction, subrow, subselector.
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