UNNEST operator in SQL

The inverse operator of GROUP is UNGROUP. SQL has an operator, UNNEST, that can be used for similar purposes, but its method of invocation is somewhat peculiar, as Example shows, and it can be used only to specify a FROM clause element.

Example: Inverse operator of GROUP by using UNNEST

SELECT DISTINCT * FROM C_ER2, UNNEST ( ExamResult ) AS M

The name C_ER2 could be defined using a WITH clause. Notice how the second element of the FROM clause has to be reevaluated for each row of C_ER2, whereas each FROM clause element is normally evaluated just once because its value does not vary from row to row of previous elements. The column reference ExamResult is a reference to the column of that name in C_ER2 and is permitted only because C_ER2 is specified before UNNEST (ExamResult) in the FROM clause-a switching of these two FROM clause elements would result in a syntax error.