> Most of them are, in fact, utterly pointless; SELECT statements that return no values, SELECT statements that return all values (equally pointless)
There are numerous examples of such queries which are far from pointless, such as "SELECT number FROM reals WHERE number = sqrt(-1)" for the former, and "SELECT number FROM reals WHERE number = number * 1".
I would call those results interesting, insofar as they're absolutely required to do any interesting number theory.
Not to detract from your interesting post! I enjoy the conceit, and could see myself using it in conversation.
There are numerous examples of such queries which are far from pointless, such as "SELECT number FROM reals WHERE number = sqrt(-1)" for the former, and "SELECT number FROM reals WHERE number = number * 1".
I would call those results interesting, insofar as they're absolutely required to do any interesting number theory.
Not to detract from your interesting post! I enjoy the conceit, and could see myself using it in conversation.