Subqueries Used in Place of an Expression

In Transact-SQL, a subquery can be substituted anywhere an expression can be used in SELECT, UPDATE, INSERT, and DELETE statements, except in an ORDER BY list.

The following example illustrates how you might use this enhancement. This query finds the prices of all mountain bike products, their average price, and the difference between the price of each mountain bike and the average price.

USE AdventureWorks2008R2;
GO
SELECT Name, ListPrice, 
(SELECT AVG(ListPrice) FROM Production.Product) AS Average, 
    ListPrice - (SELECT AVG(ListPrice) FROM Production.Product)
    AS Difference
FROM Production.Product
WHERE ProductSubcategoryID = 1;