When I went over my example of using the WITH clause to solve how to use a series of literal values in data sets, some students got it right away and some didn’t. The original post showed how to solve a problem where one value in the data set is returned in the SELECT-list and two values are used as the minimum and maximum values with a BETWEEN operator. It used three approaches with literal values:
- A list of Python dictionaries that require you to filter the return set from the database through a range loop and if statement that mimics a SQL BETWEEN operator.
- A WITH clause that accepts the literals as bind variables to filter the query results inside the query.
- A table design that holds the literals values that an analyst might use for reporting.
It was the last example that required elaboration. I explained you might build a web form that uses a table, and the table could allow a …
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