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From: okey on 20 Apr 2010 18:07 I have large list I use in an 'IN' clause select * from mytable where x in { HUGE LIST } What I want to do is find all the entries in that huge list that do not match. Some how I have to get the list value into a variable. Can that be done? select var from mytable where var putinvar { HUGE LIST } and var <> field This has to be easy to do... it just ain't click'n Thanks for your help.
From: joel garry on 20 Apr 2010 20:30 On Apr 20, 3:07 pm, okey <oldyor...(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > I have large list I use in an 'IN' clause > > select * from mytable where x in { HUGE LIST } > > What I want to do is find all the entries in that huge list that do > not match. Some how I have to get the list value into a variable. > Can that be done? > > select var from mytable where var putinvar { HUGE LIST } > and var <> field > > This has to be easy to do... it just ain't click'n > > Thanks for your help. One discussion: http://asktom.oracle.com/pls/apex/f?p=100:11:0::::P11_QUESTION_ID:210612357425 jg -- @home.com is bogus. http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2010/apr/20/two-brokers-plead-guilty-in-foreclosure-scam/
From: Gunter Herrmann on 21 Apr 2010 17:31
Hi! joel garry wrote: > One discussion: http://asktom.oracle.com/pls/apex/f?p=100:11:0::::P11_QUESTION_ID:210612357425 This is 8i style. As of 9i you don't need the cast any more in the select, just use select * from table(myfunc(xyz)) If you want to return a lot of data use a pipelined table function to reduce memory consumption (also available as of 9i). Best regards Gunter, Orlando, Fl |