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What is a correlated subquery?
Updated May 17, 2026
Short answer
A correlated subquery depends on the outer query for execution.
Deep explanation
Unlike regular subqueries, correlated subqueries execute once per row of the outer query, making them potentially expensive but useful for row-wise comparison logic.
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