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What is a DUAL table in SQL?
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Anonymous
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I understand its a 1x1 table but i don't see where it is used and what it stands for. Could you please explain it?

Vivekanand Vellanki
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Take a look at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DUAL_table.


Looks like it is not required - in fact, Teradata does not use it.


This seems to have been introduced as a convenience since SQL queries need to specify a table. Having a dummy table helps run queries like:

select 1+1 from dual;


The link has a more detailed explanation for why Oracle introduced the DUAL table