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Why do I need to explicitly specify all columns in a SQL "GROUP BY" clause - why not "GROUP BY *"?

This has always bothered me - why does the GROUP BY clause in a SQL statement require that I include …

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ORDER BY in both queries of the EXCEPT clause

I am loking to implement a paging query in ANSI SQL. I tried the following query in SQL Server, but …

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Why does no database fully support ANSI or ISO SQL standards?

If I were designing a oil refinery, I wouldn't expect that materials from different vendors would not comply with published …

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