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Re: Exchange Rate Conversions
Posted by: Peter Brawley
Date: May 07, 2020 11:44AM

a and x are aliases for the tables named immediately preceding their first mention. That declares them.

Aliases are variable names for tables or subqueries that return tables. Think variables in algebra (sql is dumbed down relational algebra). Look up aliases in a SQL guide, or in the MySQL manual.

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