Multiple like statements in a query

Hi,
I wonder if it's possible to have multiple like statements in a query.
suppose instead of
select * from someTable where remarks like '%ab%'
I want to search for many string patterns such as '%edi%' '%odi%' '%di%' '%gf%' '%od%' '%podi%' etc. in one query.
BTW, the table contains many millions of records.
Regards
Crusoe
Edited by: Crusoe on 19-Jan-2009 00:25

Crusoe wrote:
This regexp_like function does not work with the development server to which I have rights to create tables etc. I guess it only works in 10g or greater. However i tried a quick test in the production server and it worked. It returned rows where the values between the | characters were found anywhere in the field ( I must learn this regex syntax sometime). Yes, regular expressions are 10g upwards. (You really should have your development server reflect your production server)
There was a thread a while back giving an introduction to regular expressions...
Introduction to regular expressions ...

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,rl.timestamp
from cla_case cc, rbn_loss rl
where cc.name_id_no = rl.customer_no
and rl.year_of_incident < trunc(cc.discover_date)
and rl.type_of_loss < 1000
and rl.timestamp < trunc(cc.discover_date)
and (cc.question_class = 20
or cc.question_class = 25)
and (trunc(cc.discover_date)- (rl.year_of_incident)) < 1095
--and (trunc(cc.discover_date) <> (rl.year_of_incident))
group by cc.cla_case_no,name_id_no, cc.discover_date,rl.timestamp
) zHere's one way:
SELECT       MIN (cla_case_no) KEEP (DENSE_RANK LAST ORDER BY r1.year_of_incident)
                     AS latest_cla_case_no
FROM       cla_case     cc
,             rbn_loss      rl
WHERE     cc.name_id_no          = rl.customer_no
AND       rl.year_of_incident     > TRUNC (cc.discover_date) - 1095
AND       rl.year_of_incident      < TRUNC (cc.discover_date)
AND       rl.type_of_loss     < 1000
AND       rl.timestamp          < TRUNC (cc.discover_date)
AND       cc.question_class     IN (20, 25)
;If you'd post some sample data (CREATE TABLE and INSERT statements) and the results you want from that data, then I could test this.
Now comes the second issue: The above is actually a subquery that will link to a bigger table via cla_case_no ccx
SELECT
ie ,(select distinct z.cla_case_no from (
select cc.name_id_no, cc.discover_date ,cc.cla_case_no, max(rl.year_of_incident)Non_MW_Loss_Past_5, rl.timestamp
from cla_case cc, rbn_loss rl
where cc.name_id_no = rl.customer_no
and rl.year_of_incident < trunc(cc.discover_date)
and rl.type_of_loss < 1000
and rl.timestamp < trunc(cc.discover_date)
and (cc.question_class = 20
or cc.question_class = 25)
and (trunc(cc.discover_date)- (rl.year_of_incident)) < 1095
--and (trunc(cc.discover_date) <> (rl.year_of_incident))
group by cc.cla_case_no,name_id_no, cc.discover_date,rl.timestamp
) z
where z.cla_case_no = ccx.cla_case_no
) Non_MW_Loss_Past_5
FROM etc
Now only certain cc.cla_case_no from the subquery will corresp to the ccx_cla_case_no from the main table and the other entries will be null.
What I require is that if the subquery returns a result that IS NOT NULL to return 'Y' ELSE 'N' instead of the varies cla_case_no's and (null) entries in the Non_MW_Loss_Past_5 column
NVL2 (x, 'Y', 'N')returns 'Y' if x is NULL, and it returns 'N' if x is not NULL. X can be a scalar sub-query:
NVL2 ((SELECT ...), 'Y', 'N')You could also use an EXISTS sub-query:
CASE
    WHEN EXISTS (SELECT ...)
    THEN 'Y'
    ELSE 'N'
END

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SQL> CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION overlap(in_start1 IN TIMESTAMP, in_end1 IN TIMESTAMP, in_start2 IN TIMESTAMP, in_end2 IN TIMESTAMP) RETURN NUMBER
2 IS
3
4 BEGIN
5 IF (in_start1 BETWEEN in_start2 AND in_end2 OR in_end1 BETWEEN in_start2 AND in_end2 OR in_start2 BETWEEN in_start1 AND in_end1) THEN
6 RETURN 0;
7 ELSE
8 RETURN 1;
9 END IF;
10 END;
11 /
Function created.
SQL> show errors;
No errors.
SQL>
SQL> SELECT * FROM tbl where overlaps(current_time,current_time+1,current_time-1,current_time+2) = 0;
SELECT * FROM tbl where overlaps(current_time,current_time+1,current_time-1,current_time+2) = 0
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I do not understand why overlaps is returned as in invalid state in the query, when it was created with no errors earlier. Could anyone help me?

Marius
Looking at the logic you are trying to create it looks like you are looking for overlapping time periods.
Consider two date/time ranges:
Range 1 : T1 - T2
Range 2 : T3 - T4
Do they overlap?
1) No: T1 < T4 (TRUE) T2 > T3 (FALSE)
T1 --- T2
           T3 --- T4
2) Yes: T1 < T4 (TRUE) T2 > T3 (TRUE)
T1 ---------- T2
           T3 --- T4
3) Yes: T1 < T4 (TRUE) T2 > T3 (TRUE)
T1 -------------------- T2
           T3 --- T4
4) Yes: T1 < T4 (TRUE) T2 > T3 (TRUE)
               T1 ----- T2
           T3 --- T4
5) Yes: T1 < T4 (TRUE) T2 > T3 (TRUE)
           T1 --- T2
       T3 ------------ T4
5) No: T1 < T4 (FALSE) T2 > T3 (TRUE)
                T1 --- T2
       T3 --- T4Answer: Yes they overlap if:
T1 < T4 AND T2 > T3
So you can code the logic in your SQL as simply:
SELECT *
FROM tbl
WHERE range1_start < range2_end
AND    range_1_end > range2_startIf you go around implementing PL/SQL functions for simple logic that can be achieved in SQL alone then you cause context switching between the SQL and PL/SQL engines which degrades performance. Wherever possible stick to just SQL and only use PL/SQL if absolutely necessary.

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im having trouble executing multiple ddl statements with the the oracle command object. i have tried to enclose them within Begin.. End; block but with no use.
this problem seems to occur only with DDL statements,.. as my DML like update, delete and Inserts seem to work fine when enclosed within the PL /SQL block.
single DDL statements also seem to work fine. so im guessing this has nothing to do with priviledges. any ideas?
my code as follows
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command.CommandType = CommandType.Text;
command.CommandText = string.Format(@"{0}",script);
conn.Open();
command.Connection = conn;
command.ExecuteNonQuery();
the script is read from a file, and looks like this. (note : i have removed any line breaks or any other characters)
BEGIN ALTER TABLE SYSTEMUSER DISABLE CONSTRAINT FK_USER_CLIENT; ALTER TRIGGER SET_SUBSCRIPTION_SUB_I DISABLE; END;
this is the error i get.
Oracle.DataAccess.Client.OracleException: ORA-06550: line 1, column 7:
PLS-00103: Encountered the symbol "ALTER" when expecting one of the following:
begin case declare exit for goto if loop mod null pragma
raise return select update while with <an identifier>
<a double-quoted delimited-identifier> <a bind variable> <<
close current delete fetch lock insert open rollback
savepoint set sql execute commit forall merge pipe.

If I'm not mistaken, we're not allowed to issue DDL inside anonymoue block (or stored procedure) since DDL has implicit commit in it. But you still can execute DDL using EXECUTE IMMEDIATE or using DBMS_SQL package. Try changing your CommandText like this,
BEGIN
EXECUTE IMMEDIATE 'ALTER TABLE SYSTEMUSER DISABLE CONSTRAINT FK_USER_CLIENT';
EXECUTE IMMEDIATE 'ALTER TRIGGER SET_SUBSCRIPTION_SUB_I DISABLE';
END;Hope this helps,
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