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A SELECT statement that uses parentheses to control the sequence of operations
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7>
8>
9> create table Billings (
10> BankerID INTEGER,
11> BillingNumber INTEGER,
12> BillingDate datetime,
13> BillingTotal INTEGER,
14> TermsID INTEGER,
15> BillingDueDate datetime ,
16> PaymentTotal INTEGER,
17> CreditTotal INTEGER
18>
19> );
20> GO
1>
2> INSERT INTO Billings VALUES (1, 1, '2005-01-22', 165, 1,'2005-04-22',123,321);
3> GO
(1 rows affected)
1> INSERT INTO Billings VALUES (2, 2, '2001-02-21', 165, 1,'2002-02-22',123,321);
2> GO
(1 rows affected)
1> INSERT INTO Billings VALUES (3, 3, '2003-05-02', 165, 1,'2005-04-12',123,321);
2> GO
(1 rows affected)
1> INSERT INTO Billings VALUES (4, 4, '1999-03-12', 165, 1,'2005-04-18',123,321);
2> GO
(1 rows affected)
1> INSERT INTO Billings VALUES (5, 5, '2000-04-23', 165, 1,'2005-04-17',123,321);
2> GO
(1 rows affected)
1> INSERT INTO Billings VALUES (6, 6, '2001-06-14', 165, 1,'2005-04-18',123,321);
2> GO
(1 rows affected)
1> INSERT INTO Billings VALUES (7, 7, '2002-07-15', 165, 1,'2005-04-19',123,321);
2> GO
(1 rows affected)
1> INSERT INTO Billings VALUES (8, 8, '2003-08-16', 165, 1,'2005-04-20',123,321);
2> GO
(1 rows affected)
1> INSERT INTO Billings VALUES (9, 9, '2004-09-17', 165, 1,'2005-04-21',123,321);
2> GO
(1 rows affected)
1> INSERT INTO Billings VALUES (0, 0, '2005-10-18', 165, 1,'2005-04-22',123,321);
2> GO
(1 rows affected)
1>
2>
3> SELECT BankerID,
4> BankerID + 7 * 3 AS OrderOfPrecedence,
5> (BankerID + 7) * 3 AS AddFirst
6> FROM Billings
7> GO
BankerID OrderOfPrecedence AddFirst
----------- ----------------- -----------
1 22 24
2 23 27
3 24 30
4 25 33
5 26 36
6 27 39
7 28 42
8 29 45
9 30 48
0 21 21
(10 rows affected)
1>
2> drop table Billings;
3> GO
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