subquery

A query embedded within a more extensive query, relating only to the data returned by the parent query.

Noun

  1. A query embedded within a more extensive query, relating only to the data returned by the parent query.

Origin

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *upó Proto-Italic *supo Latin sub Latin sub-der. English sub- English query English subquery From sub- + query.

Forms

subqueries

Verb

  1. To run a subquery upon.
    • We subqueried the customer data to retrieve only customers based in Europe.

Forms

subqueries subquerying subqueried