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layout: global
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title: Inline Table
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displayTitle: Inline Table
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Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
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contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed with
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this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
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The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
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(the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
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the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
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http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
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Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
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distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
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WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
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See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
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limitations under the License.
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---
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### Description
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An inline table is a temporary table created using a VALUES clause.
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### Syntax
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```sql
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VALUES ( expression [ , ... ] ) [ table_alias ]
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```
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### Parameters
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* **expression**
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Specifies a combination of one or more values, operators and SQL functions that results in a value.
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* **table_alias**
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Specifies a temporary name with an optional column name list.
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**Syntax:** `[ AS ] table_name [ ( column_name [ , ... ] ) ]`
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### Examples
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```sql
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-- single row, without a table alias
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SELECT * FROM VALUES ("one", 1);
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+----+----+
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|col1|col2|
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+----+----+
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| one| 1|
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+----+----+
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-- three rows with a table alias
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SELECT * FROM VALUES ("one", 1), ("two", 2), ("three", null) AS data(a, b);
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+-----+----+
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| a| b|
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+-----+----+
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| one| 1|
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| two| 2|
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|three|null|
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+-----+----+
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-- complex types with a table alias
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SELECT * FROM VALUES ("one", array(0, 1)), ("two", array(2, 3)) AS data(a, b);
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+---+------+
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| a| b|
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+---+------+
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|one|[0, 1]|
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|two|[2, 3]|
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+---+------+
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```
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### Related Statements
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* [SELECT](sql-ref-syntax-qry-select.html)
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