Getting report in a proper format

Question

Hi all,
I have some doubts in getting my ans in a proper format.
I am not sure if it is possible.
I have 2 tables with the foll desc
desc table1
loc varchar2
name varchar2
desc table2
user number
locn varchar2
My intention is
to list out all locn of table1
with the locn name and the user who is authorised for tht locn
along with all other locns the user is authorised to.
Assuming the tables have foll recs
Table1
~~~~~~
Loc Name
103G OH
122A LA
146Q TX
Table2
~~~~~~
User Locn
79 103G
100 122A
100 142A
100 130B
120 146Q
120 146R
120 146S
120 146T
I am able to get the output as shown below.
Loc Name User Locn
103G OH 79 103G
122A LA 100 122A
122A LA 100 142A
122A LA 100 130B
146Q TX 120 146Q
146Q TX 120 146R
146Q TX 120 146S
146Q TX 120 146T
I would like to know if I can achieve the report
in either of the following way.
1, all locns tht an user is authorised should appear in the same row
Loc Name User Locn
103G OH 79 103G
122A LA 100 122A,142A,130B
146Q TX 120 146Q,146R,146S,146T
2, or something like this which would improve the readability.
Loc Name User Locn
103G OH 79 103G
122A LA 100 122A
-------------------142A
-------------------130B
146Q TX 120 146Q
-------------------146R
-------------------146S
-------------------146T
(actually I don't want hyphens to be displayed there I need spaces)
If any of you have solns pls reply
Thanks
Shyam.S

Answer 1

Hi Shyam,
A combination of the SQLPlus break command and an outer join should do it. Here is exactly what you are looking for:
SQL> create global temporary table Dec7Table1(c1 varchar2(4), c2 varchar2(2)) on commit delete rows;
Table created.
Elapsed: 00:00:00.00
SQL> create global temporary table Dec7Table2(c1 number, c2 varchar2(4)) on commit delete rows;
Table created.
Elapsed: 00:00:00.00
SQL> insert into Dec7Table1 values ('103G', 'OH');
1 row created.
Elapsed: 00:00:00.00
SQL> insert into Dec7Table1 values ('122A', 'LA');
1 row created.
Elapsed: 00:00:00.00
SQL> insert into Dec7Table1 values ('146Q', 'TX');
1 row created.
Elapsed: 00:00:00.00
SQL> insert into Dec7Table2 values (79, '103G');
1 row created.
Elapsed: 00:00:00.00
SQL> insert into Dec7Table2 values (100, '122A');
1 row created.
Elapsed: 00:00:00.00
SQL> insert into Dec7Table2 values (100, '142A');
1 row created.
Elapsed: 00:00:00.00
SQL> insert into Dec7Table2 values (100, '130B');
1 row created.
Elapsed: 00:00:00.00
SQL> insert into Dec7Table2 values (120, '146Q');
1 row created.
Elapsed: 00:00:00.00
SQL> insert into Dec7Table2 values (120, '146R');
1 row created.
Elapsed: 00:00:00.00
SQL> insert into Dec7Table2 values (120, '146S');
1 row created.
Elapsed: 00:00:00.00
SQL> insert into Dec7Table2 values (120, '146T');
1 row created.
Elapsed: 00:00:00.00
SQL> break on code;
Elapsed: 00:00:00.00
SQL> select t1.c1 as code, t1.c2, t2.c1
2 from Dec7Table1 t1, Dec7Table2 t2
3 where t1.c1(+) = t2.c2;
CODE C2 C1
103G OH 79
122A LA 100
100
100
146Q TX 120
120
120
120
8 rows selected.
Elapsed: 00:00:00.00
SQL> spool off;
HTH.
-Raj Suchak
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