How to convert SQL Server hierarchical query (CTE) to Oracle?

Question

How to convert SQL Server hierarchical query (CTE) to Oracle?
WITH cte (col1, col2) AS
SELECT col1, col2
FROM dbo.[tb1]
WHERE col1 = 12
UNION ALL
SELECT c.col1, c.col2
FROM dbo.[tb1] AS c INNER JOIN cte AS p ON c.col2 = p.col1
DELETE a
FROM dbo.[tb1] AS a INNER JOIN cte AS b
ON a.col1 = b.col1

Answer 1

See: http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/B19306_01/server.102/b14200/statements_10002.htm#i2129904
Ah, just spotted it's a delete statement - you won't be able to do it using subquery factoring in Oracle.
I had a go at trying to convert for you, but notice that you reference the cte from inside the cte... I can only assume you have a table called cte too...
DELETE FROM dbo.tb1
WHERE col1 = 12
OR col2 IN (SELECT col1 FROM cte)
Edited by: Boneist on 22-Jun-2009 09:19