Bug in inline view

Hi,
Here is a reproducible bug I just meet. I tried it on 9.2.0.5 and 10.1.0.2 (AIX).
the "select *" generates duplicates !
Regards
Laurent Schneider
OCM DBA
SQL> select * from ( select distinct deptno from ( select deptno, job, min(sal) from scott.emp group by deptno, job ) where deptno = 20 );
    DEPTNO
        20
        20
        20

No problems on my Windows 10g system
SQL> /
    DEPTNO DNAME           LOC
        10 ACCOUNTING      NEW YORK
        20 RESEARCH        DALLAS
        30 SALES           CHICAGO
        40 OPERATIONS      BOSTON
SQL> select * from emp;
EMPNO ENAME     JOB         MGR HIREDATE          SAL       COMM     DEPTNO
7369 SMITH     CLERK      7902 17-DEC-80         800                    20
7499 ALLEN     SALESMAN   7698 20-FEB-81        1600        300         30
7521 WARD      SALESMAN   7698 22-FEB-81        1250        500         30
7566 JONES     MANAGER    7839 02-APR-81        2975                    20
7654 MARTIN    SALESMAN   7698 28-SEP-81        1250       1400         30
7698 BLAKE     MANAGER    7839 01-MAY-81        2850                    30
7782 CLARK     MANAGER    7839 09-JUN-81        2450                    10
7788 SCOTT     ANALYST    7566 19-APR-87        3000                    20
7839 KING      PRESIDENT       17-NOV-81        5000                    10
7844 TURNER    SALESMAN   7698 08-SEP-81        1500          0         30
7876 ADAMS     CLERK      7788 23-MAY-87        1100                    20
EMPNO ENAME     JOB         MGR HIREDATE          SAL       COMM     DEPTNO
7900 JAMES     CLERK      7698 03-DEC-81         950                    30
7902 FORD      ANALYST    7566 03-DEC-81        3000                    20
7934 MILLER    CLERK      7782 23-JAN-82        1300                    10
14 rows selected.
SQL> select * from ( select distinct deptno from ( select deptno, job, min(sal) from scott.emp group
by deptno, job ) where deptno = 20 );
    DEPTNO
        20
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18 - access("WORKFLOW_NODE"."WORKFLOW_ID"="WORKFLOW_NODE"."WORKFLOW_ID")
20 - access("SYS_ALIAS_1"."TEST_TEMPLATE_ID"="WORKFLOW_NODE"."TEMPLATE")
22 - access("SYS_ALIAS_2"."TEST_TEMPLATE_ID"="SYS_ALIAS_1"."TEST_TEMPLATE_ID")
24 - access("SYS_ALIAS_3"."ALIQUOT_ID"="SYS_ALIAS_2"."ALIQUOT_ID")
Note: rule based optimization

Can You Explain This SQL Query - Inline View Included

The query is taken from "Oracle Database 10g: SQL Fundamentals II" page 3-7 (chapter 3)
I do not fully understand the following query:
SELECT a.last_name, a.salary, a.department_id, b.salavg
FROM   employees a, (SELECT   department_id,
AVG(salary) salavg
FROM     employees
GROUP BY department_id) b
WHERE a.department_id = b.department_id
AND    a.salary > b.salavg;
The inline view can return several records. Can you please tell me in step by step how does this work. I understand the concept of join tables and aliases, etc. I just need to know the mechanism of this code.
Thanks

user11164565 wrote:
The query is taken from "Oracle Database 10g: SQL Fundamentals II" page 3-7 (chapter 3)
I do not fully understand the following query:
SELECT a.last_name, a.salary, a.department_id, b.salavg
FROM   employees a, (SELECT   department_id,
AVG(salary) salavg
FROM     employees
GROUP BY department_id) b
WHERE a.department_id = b.department_id
AND    a.salary > b.salavg;
The inline view can return several records. Can you please tell me in step by step how does this work. I understand the concept of join tables and aliases, etc. I just need to know the mechanism of this code.
The query is returning the last name, salary , department and average salary of all the departments where salary is greater than the average salary.
HTH
Aman....

Using inline view with NOT IN clause

I have a query with a NOT IN clause in the where clause that I would like to convert to an inline view. The select looks something like this:
select uid, SYSDATE from tab1, tab2
where tab1.uid = tab2.uid
and ...
and tab1.uid not in (select uid from tab3 where....)
I've used inline queries elsewhere to great effect, but this one has me stumped. If anyone can help, it would be greatly appreciated.

There can be problem with using not in or not exists depending on the amount of data in the tables and the relationship between them.
I didn't got if you had problem with the existing SQL-statement, created view or both.
Check statistics and look at explain plan for the sql-statement and the view.
The problem can actually be some where clause that you have in the sql-statement but not in the view, but apply later when using the view.
//Anders

Need help with SQL Query with Inline View + Group by

Hello Gurus,
I would really appreciate your time and effort regarding this query. I have the following data set.
Reference_No---Check_Number---Check_Date--------Description-------------------------------Invoice_Number----------Invoice_Type---Paid_Amount-----Vendor_Number
1234567----------11223-------------- 7/5/2008----------paid for cleaning----------------------44345563------------------I-----------------*20.00*-------------19
1234567----------11223--------------7/5/2008-----------Adjustment for bad quality---------44345563------------------A-----------------10.00------------19
7654321----------11223--------------7/5/2008-----------Adjustment from last billing cycle-----23543556-------------------A--------------------50.00--------------19
4653456----------11223--------------7/5/2008-----------paid for cleaning------------------------35654765--------------------I---------------------30.00-------------19
Please Ignore '----', added it for clarity
I am trying to write a query to aggregate paid_amount based on Reference_No, Check_Number, Payment_Date, Invoice_Number, Invoice_Type, Vendor_Number and display description with Invoice_type 'I' when there are multiple records with the same Reference_No, Check_Number, Payment_Date, Invoice_Number, Invoice_Type, Vendor_Number. When there are no multiple records I want to display the respective Description.
The query should return the following data set
Reference_No---Check_Number---Check_Date--------Description-------------------------------Invoice_Number----------Invoice_Type---Paid_Amount-----Vendor_Number
1234567----------11223-------------- 7/5/2008----------paid for cleaning----------------------44345563------------------I-----------------*10.00*------------19
7654321----------11223--------------7/5/2008-----------Adjustment from last billing cycle-----23543556-------------------A--------------------50.00--------------19
4653456----------11223--------------7/5/2008-----------paid for cleaning------------------------35654765-------------------I---------------------30.00--------------19
The following is my query. I am kind of lost.
select B.Description, A.sequence_id,A.check_date, A.check_number, A.invoice_number, A.amount, A.vendor_number
from (
select sequence_id,check_date, check_number, invoice_number, sum(paid_amount) amount, vendor_number
from INVOICE
group by sequence_id,check_date, check_number, invoice_number, vendor_number
) A, INVOICE B
where A.sequence_id = B.sequence_id
Thanks,
Nick

It looks like it is a duplicate thread - correct me if i'm wrong in this case ->
Need help with SQL Query with Inline View + Group by
Regards.
Satyaki De.

Problem while using inline view.

hello everyone, i have a certain problem. i have a query where i have used 3 inline views.which is as follow.
SELECT X.MC_ID,
X.PROD,X.EFF,Y.PROD,Y.EFF,Z.PROD,Z.EFF
FROM
(SELECT A.MC_ID MC_ID,A.COARSE_FINE,DECODE(A.COARSE_FINE,'F',NVL(A.PRODUCTION,0),0) PROD,
DECODE(A.COARSE_FINE,'F',(NVL(A.PRODUCTION,0)/NVL(A.FINE_TARGET_PROD,0))* 100,0) EFF
FROM PR_DAILY_DOFFING_ENTRY A
WHERE A.SHIFT = 'A'
AND MC_ID = 24
AND TO_CHAR(A.DOFFING_DATE,'DD/MM/RRRR') = '28/10/2004') X,
(SELECT A.MC_ID,A.COARSE_FINE,DECODE(A.COARSE_FINE,'F',NVL(A.PRODUCTION,0),0) PROD,
DECODE(A.COARSE_FINE,'F',(NVL(A.PRODUCTION,0)/NVL(A.FINE_TARGET_PROD,0))* 100,0) EFF
FROM PR_DAILY_DOFFING_ENTRY A
WHERE A.SHIFT = 'B'
AND MC_ID = 24
AND TO_CHAR(A.DOFFING_DATE,'DD/MM/RRRR') = '28/10/2004') Y,
(SELECT A.MC_ID,A.COARSE_FINE,DECODE(A.COARSE_FINE,'F',NVL(A.PRODUCTION,' '),' ') PROD,
DECODE(A.COARSE_FINE,'F',(NVL(A.PRODUCTION,' ')/NVL(A.FINE_TARGET_PROD,' '))* 100,' ') EFF
FROM PR_DAILY_DOFFING_ENTRY A
WHERE A.SHIFT = 'C'
AND MC_ID = 24
AND TO_CHAR(A.DOFFING_DATE,'DD/MM/RRRR') = '28/10/2004') Z
Now my problem is that the view z is returning null as results in the prod and eff coloums.( well that is fine since i actually have no datas in my table against shift 'C') but inline views x and y are returning datas. but when i am selecting this -- SELECT X.MC_ID,
X.PROD,X.EFF,Y.PROD,Y.EFF,Z.PROD,Z.EFF nothing is being returned as all the coloums are showing null values. when it should show values in (X.PROD,X.EFF,Y.PROD,Y.EFF) coloumns and null in (Z.PROD,Z.EFF) coloumns. please suggest me what to do now.
Edited by: pari kankaria on Aug 23, 2009 11:02 PM

is this your complete query? I guess you are missing the joining conditions if this is your complete query.
it should be like this
SELECT x.mc_id, x.prod, x.eff, y.prod, y.eff, z.prod, z.eff
FROM (SELECT a.mc_id mc_id, a.coarse_fine,
               DECODE (a.coarse_fine, 'F', NVL (a.production, 0), 0) prod,
               DECODE (a.coarse_fine,
                       'F', ( NVL (a.production, 0)
                             / NVL (a.fine_target_prod, 0)
                        * 100,
                       0
                      ) eff
          FROM pr_daily_doffing_entry a
         WHERE a.shift = 'A'
           AND mc_id = 24
           AND TO_CHAR (a.doffing_date, 'DD/MM/RRRR') = '28/10/2004') x,
       (SELECT a.mc_id, a.coarse_fine,
               DECODE (a.coarse_fine, 'F', NVL (a.production, 0), 0) prod,
               DECODE (a.coarse_fine,
                       'F', ( NVL (a.production, 0)
                             / NVL (a.fine_target_prod, 0)
                        * 100,
                       0
                      ) eff
          FROM pr_daily_doffing_entry a
         WHERE a.shift = 'B'
           AND mc_id = 24
           AND TO_CHAR (a.doffing_date, 'DD/MM/RRRR') = '28/10/2004') y,
       (SELECT a.mc_id, a.coarse_fine,
               DECODE (a.coarse_fine,
                       'F', NVL (a.production, ' '),
                      ) prod,
               DECODE (a.coarse_fine,
                       'F', ( NVL (a.production, ' ')
                             / NVL (a.fine_target_prod, ' ')
                        * 100,
                      ) eff
          FROM pr_daily_doffing_entry a
         WHERE a.shift = 'C'
           AND mc_id = 24
           AND TO_CHAR (a.doffing_date, 'DD/MM/RRRR') = '28/10/2004') z
WHERE x.mc_id = y.mc_id AND y.mc_id = z.mc_id     ----something like this should be there change it according to your conditionNOTE : NOT TESTED
Edited by: Qwerty on Aug 24, 2009 11:46 AM

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