-- https://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/8.0/en/parenthesized-query-expressions.html /* parenthesized_query_expression: ( query_expression [order_by_clause] [limit_clause] ) [order_by_clause] [limit_clause] [into_clause] query_expression: query_block [set_op query_block [set_op query_block ...]] [order_by_clause] [limit_clause] [into_clause] query_block: SELECT ... | TABLE | VALUES order_by_clause: ORDER BY as for SELECT limit_clause: LIMIT as for SELECT into_clause: INTO as for SELECT set_op: UNION | INTERSECT | EXCEPT */ (SELECT 1 AS result UNION SELECT 2); (SELECT 1 AS result UNION SELECT 2) LIMIT 1; (SELECT 1 AS result UNION SELECT 2) LIMIT 1 OFFSET 1; (SELECT 1 AS result UNION SELECT 2) ORDER BY result DESC LIMIT 1; (SELECT 1 AS result UNION SELECT 2) ORDER BY result DESC LIMIT 1 OFFSET 1; (SELECT 1 AS result UNION SELECT 3 UNION SELECT 2) ORDER BY result LIMIT 1 OFFSET 1 INTO @var; SELECT @var; SELECT a FROM t1 EXCEPT SELECT b FROM t2 INTERSECT SELECT c FROM t3; SELECT a FROM t1 EXCEPT (SELECT b FROM t2 INTERSECT SELECT c FROM t3); (SELECT * FROM t1 ORDER BY a) UNION (SELECT * FROM t2 ORDER BY b) ORDER BY z; (SELECT 1 LIMIT 1) UNION (VALUES ROW(2) LIMIT 1); (VALUES ROW(1), ROW(2) LIMIT 2) EXCEPT (SELECT 2 LIMIT 1); VALUES ROW(1), ROW(2) INTERSECT VALUES ROW(2), ROW(1) LIMIT 1; (SELECT 1 LIMIT 1) UNION (SELECT 2 LIMIT 1) LIMIT 1; (SELECT 1 LIMIT 1) UNION (SELECT 2) LIMIT 1; (SELECT 'a' UNION SELECT 'b' LIMIT 2) LIMIT 3;