Oracle equivalent of SQLDMO (Microsoft)

Question

Is there a library/dll/object that is COM complient that will allow one to do DML, etc.?
Or does Oracle have a linkable object for Microsoft C/C++, like Embedded SQL. I guess a better question is does the embedded SQL complie in Microsoft C (v. 6.0)?

Answer 1

A slight correction to odie's post. I think you want min not max to replicate the Access first function, but see below to be sure. So:
min(upper(trim(tre.dname))) keep (dense_rank first order by tre.gcusno) as dname_std
user10860953 wrote:How does one ignore null values?The min and max functions will ignore nulls automatically, so if there is a null value in tre.dname, it will not be be returned, unless all of the values are null. For example:
SQL> WITH t AS (
  2     SELECT 65 id, 'ABCD' col FROM dual UNION ALL
  3     SELECT 37, 'DEFG' FROM dual UNION ALL
  4     SELECT 65, 'DEFG' FROM dual UNION ALL
  5     SELECT 65, null FROM dual UNION ALL
  6     SELECT 70, null FROM dual UNION ALL
  7     SELECT 70, null FROM dual UNION ALL
  8     SELECT 37, 'ABC' from dual)
  9  SELECT id,
10         MIN(col) keep (DENSE_RANK FIRST ORDER BY id) min_dname_std,
11         MAX(col) keep (DENSE_RANK FIRST ORDER BY id) max_dname_std
12  FROM t
13  GROUP BY id;
        ID MIN_ MAX_
        37 ABC  DEFG
        65 ABCD DEFG
        70John