在PostgreSQL中，你可以做:

SELECT  *
FROM    (
        VALUES
        (1, 2),
        (3, 4)
        ) AS q (col1, col2)

在其他系统中，只需使用UNION ALL:

SELECT  1 AS col1, 2 AS col2
-- FROM    dual
-- uncomment the line above if in Oracle
UNION ALL
SELECT  3 AS col1, 3 AS col2
-- FROM    dual
-- uncomment the line above if in Oracle

在Oracle, SQL Server和PostgreSQL中，您还可以生成任意行数的记录集(可通过外部变量提供):

SELECT  level
FROM    dual
CONNECT BY
        level <= :n

在Oracle中,

WITH    q (l) AS
        (
        SELECT  1
        UNION ALL
        SELECT  l + 1
        FROM    q
        WHERE   l < @n
        )
SELECT  l
FROM    q
-- OPTION (MAXRECURSION 0)
-- uncomment line above if @n >= 100

在SQL Server中，

SELECT  l
FROM    generate_series(1, $n) l

在PostgreSQL。

这种方法可以帮助你

SELECT   TOP 3
         1 AS First, 
         2 AS Second, 
         3 AS Third 
FROM     Any_Table_In_Your_DataBase

Any_Table_In_Your_DataBase:任何包含超过3条记录的表，或者使用任何系统表。这里我们不关心该表的数据。

您可以通过连接Any_Table_In_Your_DataBase表中的第一列、第二列和第三列来带来结果集的变化。

下面介绍如何使用DB2的XML特性来实现这一点

SELECT *
FROM
XMLTABLE ('$doc/ROWSET/ROW' PASSING XMLPARSE ( DOCUMENT '
<ROWSET>
  <ROW>
    <A val="1" /> <B val="2" /> <C val="3" />
  </ROW>
  <ROW>
    <A val="4" /> <B val="5" /> <C val="6" />
  </ROW>
  <ROW>
    <A val="7" /> <B val="8" /> <C val="9" />
  </ROW>
</ROWSET>
') AS "doc"
   COLUMNS 
      "A" INT PATH 'A/@val',
      "B" INT PATH 'B/@val',
      "C" INT PATH 'C/@val'
) 
AS X
;

在PostgreSQL中，你可以做:

SELECT  *
FROM    (
        VALUES
        (1, 2),
        (3, 4)
        ) AS q (col1, col2)

在其他系统中，只需使用UNION ALL:

SELECT  1 AS col1, 2 AS col2
-- FROM    dual
-- uncomment the line above if in Oracle
UNION ALL
SELECT  3 AS col1, 3 AS col2
-- FROM    dual
-- uncomment the line above if in Oracle

在Oracle, SQL Server和PostgreSQL中，您还可以生成任意行数的记录集(可通过外部变量提供):

SELECT  level
FROM    dual
CONNECT BY
        level <= :n

在Oracle中,

WITH    q (l) AS
        (
        SELECT  1
        UNION ALL
        SELECT  l + 1
        FROM    q
        WHERE   l < @n
        )
SELECT  l
FROM    q
-- OPTION (MAXRECURSION 0)
-- uncomment line above if @n >= 100

在SQL Server中，

SELECT  l
FROM    generate_series(1, $n) l

在PostgreSQL。

SELECT 1, 2, 3
UNION ALL SELECT 4, 5, 6
UNION ALL SELECT 7, 8, 9

select (level - 1) * row_dif + 1 as a, (level - 1) * row_dif + 2 as b, (level - 1) * row_dif + 3 as c
    from dual 
    connect by level <= number_of_rows;

就像这样

select (level - 1) * 3 + 1 as a, (level - 1) * 3 + 2 as b, (level - 1) * 3 + 3 as c
    from dual 
    connect by level <= 3;