Display a single field in one table as 2 colums

Question

Hi all..,
I am using oracle 8.1.5.,I have two tables table 1 and table 2, i have one single field
as name how to display it in 2 columns....
here i have given the thing,,,,,
create table table1(user_id int,name varchar(50))
create table table2(host_id int,user_id int)
/* here host_id refers to the user_id in the table1 */
insert into table1 values(1,'Arul')
insert into table1 values (2,'Bala')
insert into table1 values(3,'Karthik')
insert into table1 values(4,'Chandru')
insert into table1 values(5,'Pandi')
insert into table1 values(6,'Sathya')
/* here user_id 1,2 are the hosts, so i assign the users to the host in the table2 as follows*/
insert into table2 values(1,3)
insert into table2 values(1,4)
insert into table2 values(2,5)
insert into table2 values(2,6)
/* here host_id refers to the user_id in the table1 */
now i want to diaplay the host_name and user_name as follows..
i.e.,
=========================
host_name | user_name |
=========================
| |
Arul | Karthik |
Arul | Chandru |
Bala | Pandi |
Bala | Sathya |
==========================
how to do this...
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Answer 1

You can get the result by this sql as below,
select t1_1.name || '|' || t1_2.name || '|'
from table2 t2
inner join table1 t1_1 on t2.host_id = t1_1.user_id
inner join table1 t1_2 on t2.user_id = t1_2.user_id;You would better post to the 'SQL and PL/SQL forum' in next time.