A non-standard inquiry. An ad hoc query is created to obtain information as the need arises. Contrast with a query that is predefined and routinely processed. See query and ad hoc. THIS DEFINITION IS ...

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Drill is also unique, says Norris, in that it was designed to scale across more data types than other ad hoc query methods for data in various stages of structure. Drill supports ANSI SQL standards, ...

As I discussed in an earlier column, SQL Server keeps a plan cached for each query it sees (assuming the query requires planning in the first place, of course). That's great for speeding up processing ...