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Asked: May 12, 20262026-05-12T22:31:08+00:00 2026-05-12T22:31:08+00:00

What are some cool SQL shorthands that you know of? For example, something I

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What are some cool SQL shorthands that you know of?

For example, something I learned today is you can specify to group by an index:

SELECT col1, col2 FROM table GROUP BY 2

This will group by col2

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    2026-05-12T22:31:08+00:00Added an answer on May 12, 2026 at 10:31 pm

    See Aaron Bertrand’s “Bad Habits in SQL to kick” series – he has a post on this and highly recommends not using that notation:

    • Bad habits to kick : ORDER BY ordinal
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