List with more than 1000 elements

Question

I'm trying to use this query:
select *
from street
where street_cod in ('street_code_list')
It working well when the 'street_code_list' has less than 1000 codes but it fails when it have more, with a message that says that a list can't have more than 1000 elements. How can I fix this problem? Can I use any other kind of object to store my list?
I'm querying the database in ColdFusion using ODBC.
Thank you in advance,
Rui

Answer 1

Another thing to consider doing is simply creating a "list table" which would contain your list elements and allow you to do a
SELECT X
FROM Y
WHERE X IN (SELECT X
FROM Z)
type query.
I don't know where you are getting your list from, but if it is persistant (i.e, doesn't change with every program run) this is certainly a viable option (and may be usable even if the list does change every run).
If this is being executed in PL/SQL (or some other procedural language) you could also just loop through your list: execute the query with the first 1000 list elements and do your processing, then the next, and so on. Of course, to some extent this depends on your processing, but if you need the entire result set before you can process it, then you could store the individual result sets in a PL/SQL table or an array (if you are using Pro*C or whatever) and then process when the PL/SQL table/array was fully populated.