Order By Clause For Retrieving Child Elements

Hi All,
I got a toplink question regarding adding an order by clause for retrieving the child elements in a 1 to many mapping.
I have an Order with a collection of Order Events. ( one to many mapping). The OrderEvent model is the super class of all events and it is abstract. The mapping for the order event descriptors has a class hierarchy mapping which uses a table for its super class (i.e OrderEvent abstract class) and different tables for its sub class elements (e.g ShippingEvent, LifeCycleEvent etc which are concrete classes).
If I add an order by clause to order the event by a spuerClassProperty in the super class descriptor, it gets ignored and the ordering is done by the alphabetic order of the indicator field values.
I also noticed that if there is more than one sub class instance for a specific class indicator value, the ordering by is observed.
I got around it with a Comparator, but just want to know if it could be possible to achieve this with toplink.
Regards.

Does the Order By appear on the SQL that get issued? TopLink only does ordering on the database, and not in memory. This means that subclass queries will be ordered per type, on not as one big list.
A Comparator is a good solution.

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CREATE TABLE VW_LIVEPROCESSOPTION_SIM_v6
(     "OPTION_ID" NUMBER,
     "QUESTION_ID" NUMBER(10,0),
     "PROCESS_ID" NUMBER(10,0),
     "OPT_INNERTEXT" VARCHAR2(200 CHAR),
     "OPT_LINKFROM" VARCHAR2(20 CHAR),
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Insert into VW_LIVEPROCESSOPTION_SIM_v6(OPTION_ID,QUESTION_ID,PROCESS_ID,OPT_INNERTEXT,OPT_LINKFROM,OPT_LINKTO,LIBQUESTION_IDFK,LIBOPTION_IDFK) values (1,2,450,'Yes',null,'5',null,null);
Insert into VW_LIVEPROCESSOPTION_SIM_v6(OPTION_ID,QUESTION_ID,PROCESS_ID,OPT_INNERTEXT,OPT_LINKFROM,OPT_LINKTO,LIBQUESTION_IDFK,LIBOPTION_IDFK) values (1,3,450,'Yes',null,'5',null,null);
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<PIpid>450</PIpid>
<PItext>CBB1015 - Router Firewall Settinngs Process</PItext>
<PItype>Title</PItype>
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<PIqid>2</PIqid>
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<PItext>Is the customers PC Firewall turned off?</PItext>
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<POqid>2</POqid>
<popid>450</popid>
<POtext>Yes</POtext>
<POto>5</POto>
</PO>
<PO>
<POoid>2</POoid>
<POqid>2</POqid>
<popid>450</popid>
<POtext>No</POtext>
<POto>3</POto>
</PO>
</PI>
<PI>
<PIqid>3</PIqid>
<PIpid>450</PIpid>
<PItext>Advise the customer to turn off the PC Firewall in order to continue. Has this been done?</PItext>
<PItype>Question</PItype>
<PIfrom>2.2</PIfrom>
<PIto>3.2,3.1</PIto>
<PIc>278</PIc>
<PO>
<POoid>1</POoid>
<POqid>3</POqid>
<popid>450</popid>
<POtext>Yes</POtext>
<POto>5</POto>
</PO>
<PO>
<POoid>2</POoid>
<POqid>3</POqid>
<popid>450</popid>
<POtext>No</POtext>
<POto>4</POto>
</PO>
</PI>
<PI>
<PIqid>4</PIqid>
<PIpid>450</PIpid>
<PItext>Advise the customer the PC Firewall must be switched off before this process????</PItext>
<PItype>ExitPoint</PItype>
<PIfrom>3.2</PIfrom>
<PIe1>14</PIe1>
<PO />
</PI>
<PI>
<PIqid>5</PIqid>
<PIpid>450</PIpid>
<PItext>Is the customer able to access the internet now?</PItext>
<PItype>Question</PItype>
<PIfrom>3.1,2.1</PIfrom>
<PIto>5.2,5.1</PIto>
<PO>
<POoid>1</POoid>
<POqid>5</POqid>
<popid>450</popid>
<POtext>Yes</POtext>
<POto>6</POto>
</PO>
<PO>
<POoid>2</POoid>
<POqid>5</POqid>
<popid>450</popid>
<POtext>No</POtext>
<POto>8</POto>
</PO>
</PI>
<PI>
<PIqid>6</PIqid>
<PIpid>450</PIpid>
<PItext>Is the customer having a problem with a specific website?</PItext>
<PItype>Question</PItype>
<PIfrom>5.1</PIfrom>
<PIto>6.2,6.1</PIto>
<PO>
<POoid>1</POoid>
<POqid>6</POqid>
<popid>450</popid>
<POtext>Yes</POtext>
<POto>7</POto>
</PO>
<PO>
<POoid>2</POoid>
<POqid>6</POqid>
<popid>450</popid>
<POtext>No</POtext>
<POto>8</POto>
</PO>
</PI>
<PI>
<PIqid>7</PIqid>
<PIpid>450</PIpid>
<PItext>1536: CBB1008 - Browser Setup and Daignostics</PItext>
<PItype>SubProcess</PItype>
<PIfrom>6.1</PIfrom>
<PIas>1536-1-0</PIas>
<PO />
</PI>
<PI>
<PIqid>8</PIqid>
<PIpid>450</PIpid>
<PItext>What is the security level on the CPE Management page?</PItext>
<PItype>Question</PItype>
<PIfrom>6.2,5.2</PIfrom>
<PIto>8.4,8.3,8.2,8.1</PIto>
<PIc>279</PIc>
<PO>
<POoid>1</POoid>
<POqid>8</POqid>
<popid>450</popid>
<POtext>Block All</POtext>
<POto>9</POto>
</PO>
<PO>
<POoid>2</POoid>
<POqid>8</POqid>
<popid>450</popid>
<POtext>Standard</POtext>
<POto>11</POto>
</PO>
<PO>
<POoid>3</POoid>
<POqid>8</POqid>
<popid>450</popid>
<POtext>Disabled</POtext>
<POto>12</POto>
</PO>
<PO>
<POoid>4</POoid>
<POqid>8</POqid>
<popid>450</popid>
<POtext>User Defined</POtext>
<POto>12</POto>
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<PI>
<PIqid>9</PIqid>
<PIpid>450</PIpid>
<PItext>Change the security level to Standard. Does this resolve the customers issue?</PItext>
<PItype>Question</PItype>
<PIfrom>8.1</PIfrom>
<PIto>9.2,9.1</PIto>
<PIc>280</PIc>
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<POoid>1</POoid>
<POqid>9</POqid>
<popid>450</popid>
<POtext>Yes</POtext>
<POto>10</POto>
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<PO>
<POoid>2</POoid>
<POqid>9</POqid>
<popid>450</popid>
<POtext>No</POtext>
<POto>11</POto>
</PO>
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<PI>
<PIqid>10</PIqid>
<PIpid>450</PIpid>
<PItext>Issue Resolved</PItext>
<PItype>ExitPoint</PItype>
<PIfrom>9.1</PIfrom>
<PIe1>1</PIe1>
<PIe2>6</PIe2>
<PIe3>122</PIe3>
<PO />
</PI>
<PI>
<PIqid>11</PIqid>
<PIpid>450</PIpid>
<PItext>Change the security level to Disabled. Is the customer able to browse the internet?</PItext>
<PItype>Question</PItype>
<PIfrom>9.2,8.2</PIfrom>
<PIto>11.2,11.1</PIto>
<PIc>281</PIc>
<PO>
<POoid>1</POoid>
<POqid>11</POqid>
<popid>450</popid>
<POtext>Yes</POtext>
<POto>12</POto>
</PO>
<PO>
<POoid>2</POoid>
<POqid>11</POqid>
<popid>450</popid>
<POtext>No</POtext>
<POto>14</POto>
</PO>
</PI>
<PI>
<PIqid>12</PIqid>
<PIpid>450</PIpid>
<PItext>Change the security level to Standard. Is the customer able to browse the internet now?</PItext>
<PItype>Question</PItype>
<PIfrom>11.1,8.3,8.4</PIfrom>
<PIto>12.2,12.1</PIto>
<PIc>283</PIc>
<PO>
<POoid>1</POoid>
<POqid>12</POqid>
<popid>450</popid>
<POtext>Yes</POtext>
<POto>13</POto>
</PO>
<PO>
<POoid>2</POoid>
<POqid>12</POqid>
<popid>450</popid>
<POtext>No</POtext>
<POto>14</POto>
</PO>
</PI>
<PI>
<PIqid>13</PIqid>
<PIpid>450</PIpid>
<PItext>Issue Resolved</PItext>
<PItype>ExitPoint</PItype>
<PIfrom>12.1</PIfrom>
<PIe1>1</PIe1>
<PIe2>6</PIe2>
<PIe3>123</PIe3>
<PO />
</PI>
<PI>
<PIqid>14</PIqid>
<PIpid>450</PIpid>
<PItext>Ask the customer to perform a master reset. Does this resolve their issue?</PItext>
<PItype>Question</PItype>
<PIfrom>12.2,11.2</PIfrom>
<PIto>14.2,14.1</PIto>
<PIc>282</PIc>
<PO>
<POoid>1</POoid>
<POqid>14</POqid>
<popid>450</popid>
<POtext>Yes</POtext>
<POto>16</POto>
</PO>
<PO>
<POoid>2</POoid>
<POqid>14</POqid>
<popid>450</popid>
<POtext>No</POtext>
<POto>15</POto>
</PO>
</PI>
<PI>
<PIqid>15</PIqid>
<PIpid>450</PIpid>
<PItext>Faulty CPE</PItext>
<PItype>ExitPoint</PItype>
<PIfrom>14.2</PIfrom>
<PIe1>1</PIe1>
<PIe2>6</PIe2>
<PIe3>124</PIe3>
<PO />
</PI>
<PI>
<PIqid>16</PIqid>
<PIpid>450</PIpid>
<PItext>Issue Resolved</PItext>
<PItype>ExitPoint</PItype>
<PIfrom>14.1</PIfrom>
<PIe1>1</PIe1>
<PIe2>6</PIe2>
<PIe3>123</PIe3>
<PO />
</PI>
</P>
Thanks in advance
Edited by: user512743 on Nov 18, 2008 4:46 AM

HOw to check for the Child Elements USing only SAX Parsr?

HI Guyz,
How to check whether there are any Child Elements in an XML file using ONLY SAX parser ??? I have a requirement of checking first whether there is any Child Elements exists for a Element or not and based on that I have to take certain actions. Can anyone suggest me How to do that ???
Thanx
KK

Since SAX is event controlled, you wont know if there's a child element unless you actually bump into it with the Parser. You'll simply get another startElement event after your current one.
/Tom

Production Order - Segregating Costs for different cost elements.

Hi Experts,
I am a QM Key User and have been asked to look into improving our current Non-conformance / re-work process.
My plan is to include the rework operations within the original PP01 Production Order.
So far:
Three Work Centres have been created:
1. NCRTEST u2013 1st WC to collect hours
2. NCRTEST2 u2013 2nd WC to collect hours
3. NCROUTSO u2013 To collect costs associated with outsource operations i.e. weld repair, shaft straightening.
NCR-02: Activity Type Created
Two new control keys created
1. NC01: Confirmation of hours
2. NC02: Outsource operations (requisition generated)
NCRTEST-CC: Cost Centre Created
The Price Planning for Cost Centre/Activity has been specified (KP26 and KPB6)
Two new Cost Elements have been created:
1. 43001201 u2013 Costs associated with the outsource operation
2. 94301021 u2013 NCR Labour Hour Costs
On a test production order we have managed to isolate the NCR hours to cost element 94301021 and the outsource operation costs to 43001201; however these costs are automatically settling to the production order material which then settle to the WBS (that is my understanding).
Is there any way of stopping the costs associated with the two cost elements from settling to the Production Order material? The costs cannot be settled this way as my intention, is for a new development which allocate the costs to the relevant notification QM Order.
The QM Order will then be settled in the normal way. Settling the production order and the QM order will result in duplicate costs.
I am not sure if this is a possible solution but is it possible for a negative cost to automatically post to the production order material for the two cost elements. The production order value would be correct and the QM Order could be posted as normal.
Thanks in Advance
Ben

Hi,
I would expect that the costs get settled to the material only when you settle the production order to the receiver material. I don't think that happens automatically....it will have to be done explicitely
regards
Waman

A subquery in order by clause

I don't know what's the meaning of a subquery in order by clause.
for example
select * from table_name
order by (select column from table_name where rownum<=1),
I hope someone can tell me the answer

I don't think I can really come up with a situation where it would be any better than other approaches, but it can be used to derive a value which is then used to ORDER the results of the outer query, i.e.
SQL> SELECT a FROM t;
A
A1
B1
2 rows selected.
SQL> SELECT a, seq FROM o;
A SEQ
A1 10
B1 20
2 rows selected.
SQL> SELECT a FROM t
2 ORDER BY ( SELECT seq FROM o WHERE o.a = t.a );
A
A1
B1
2 rows selected.
But, I would still go with a simple join in this situation.
Note, that the subquery can only return one row :
SQL> SELECT * FROM T ORDER BY ( SELECT A FROM T );
SELECT * FROM T ORDER BY ( SELECT A FROM T )
ERROR at line 1:
ORA-01427: single-row subquery returns more than one row

Default where with order by clause

Hi all
How to use Default where with order by clause
for example i want to use Default_where clause with order by clause
Regards
Shahzaib ismail

Hi,
I have a similar query for where clause.
my query-find form is a multi record form like below:
Criteria - Condition - Value
Item/Category/Planner (List_Item) - Equals/Among (List_Item) - text_FIELD
Item - Equals - ITEM_1
Category - Among - ('CAT1', 'CAT2')
Planner - Equals - PL1
Find_BUTTON Clear_BUTTON
User can select any criteria and condition combination and then enter the value in "Value" text field.
My query is: how can I prepare a where clause based on user input since the user can enter any number of values/combinations? I guess I would have to use some looping to generate where clause.
Thanks
Imran

BAPI for finding child WBS elements under a Parent WBS element

Hi friends,
I am working on the transaction ZIOS02 transaction. On releasing the Parent or Main WBS element in ZIOS02 transaction I need to copy some data from ZIOS to PRPS based on WBS element.
I have a Bapi for retrieving all the WBS elements based on Project Definition (BAPI_PROJECT_GETINFO) but i want to know whether is there any BAPI for finding the child WBS elements when we give a Parent WBS elemnts as Input to BAPI.
Could any one please help me in the query ASAP.

Hi friends,
I have got the answer for finding the child WBS elements.
In Function module BAPI_Project_get_info.
Use parameter subtree = 'X' and give the WBS element name in tables section under I_wbs_element. You will get all the child WBS elements which are under Main WBS element.
Thanks
Satish Raju

Cursor ORDER BY Clause Changing Row Count In BULK COLLECT ... FOR LOOP?

Oracle 10g Enterprise Edition Release 10.2.0.4.0 running on Windows Server 2003
Oracle Client 10.2.0.2.0 running on Windows 2000
I have some PL/SQL code that's intended to update a column in a table based on a lookup from another table. I started out by testing it with the UPDATE statement commented out, just visually inspecting the DBMS_OUTPUT results to see if it was sane. During this testing I added/changed the cursor ORDER BY clause to make it easier to read the output, and saw some strange results. I've run the code 3 times with:
1. no ORDER BY clause
2. ORDER BY with two columns (neither indexed)
3. ORDER BY with one column (not indexed)
and get three different "rows updated" counts - in fact, when using the ORDER BY clauses it appears that the code is processing more rows than without either ORDER BY clause. I'm wondering why adding / changing an ORDER BY <non-indexed column> clause in a cursor would affect the row count?
The code structure is:
TYPE my_Table_t IS TABLE OF table1%ROWTYPE ;
my_Table my_Table_t ;
CURSOR my_Cursor IS SELECT * FROM table1 ; -- initial case - no ORDER BY clause
-- ORDER BY table1.column1, table1.column2 ; -- neither column indexed
-- ORDER BY table1.column2 ; -- column not indexed
my_Loop_Count NUMBER := 0 ;
OPEN my_Cursor ;
LOOP
FETCH my_Cursor BULK COLLECT INTO my_Table LIMIT 100 ;
EXIT WHEN my_Table.COUNT = 0 ;
FOR i IN 1..my_Table.COUNT LOOP
my_New_Value := <call a pkg.funct to retrieve expected value from another table> ;
EXIT WHEN my_New_Value IS NULL ;
EXIT WHEN my_New_Value = <an undesirable value> ;
IF my_New_Value <> my_Table(i).column3 THEN
DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE( 'Changing ' || my_Table(i).column3 || ' to ' || my_New_Value ) ;
UPDATE table1 SET column3 = my_New_Value WHERE column_pk = my_Table(i).column_pk ;
my_Loop_Count := my_Loop_Count + 1 ;
END IF ;
END LOOP ;
COMMIT ;
END LOOP ;
CLOSE my_Cursor ;
DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE( 'Processed ' || my_Loop_Count || ' Rows ' ) ;

Hello (and welcome),
Your handling the inner cursor exit control is suspect, which will result in (seemingly) erratic record counts.
Instead of:
LOOP
FETCH my_Cursor BULK COLLECT INTO my_Table LIMIT 100 ;
EXIT WHEN my_Table.COUNT = 0 ;
FOR i IN 1..my_Table.COUNT LOOP
my_New_Value := <call a pkg.funct to retrieve expected value from another table> ;
EXIT WHEN my_New_Value IS NULL ;
EXIT WHEN my_New_Value = <an undesirable value> ;
IF my_New_Value my_Table(i).column3 THEN
DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE( 'Changing ' || my_Table(i).column3 || ' to ' || my_New_Value ) ;
UPDATE table1 SET column3 = my_New_Value WHERE column_pk = my_Table(i).column_pk ;
my_Loop_Count := my_Loop_Count + 1 ;
END IF ;
END LOOP ;
COMMIT ;
END LOOP ;Try this:
LOOP
FETCH my_Cursor BULK COLLECT INTO my_Table LIMIT 100 ;
FOR i IN 1..my_Table.COUNT LOOP
my_New_Value := <call a pkg.funct to retrieve expected value from another table> ;
EXIT WHEN my_New_Value IS NULL ;
EXIT WHEN my_New_Value = <an undesirable value> ;
IF my_New_Value my_Table(i).column3 THEN
DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE( 'Changing ' || my_Table(i).column3 || ' to ' || my_New_Value ) ;
UPDATE table1 SET column3 = my_New_Value WHERE column_pk = my_Table(i).column_pk ;
my_Loop_Count := my_Loop_Count + 1 ;
END IF ;
EXIT WHEN my_Cursor%NOTFOUND;
END LOOP ;
END LOOP ;
COMMIT ;Which also takes the COMMIT outside of the LOOP -- try to never have a COMMIT inside of any LOOP.
Additionally, not too sure about these:
my_New_Value := <call a pkg.funct to retrieve expected value from another table> ;
EXIT WHEN my_New_Value IS NULL ;
EXIT WHEN my_New_Value = <an undesirable value> ;Any one of those EXITs will bypass your my_Loop_Count increment.
Edited by: SeánMacGC on Jul 9, 2009 8:37 AM
Had the cursor not found in the wrong place, now corrected.

Unable to set Labelfield for child element in List

Hi All,
Below is code I am trying to execute
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<mx:Application
xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml" verticalGap="0" xmlns:local="*" height="500" creationComplete="init()" >
<mx:Script>
<![CDATA[
private var arr:Array = [{ firstName: "Alex", children:{lastName: "Abc"}}]
private function init():void{list.dataProvider=arr;
]]>
</mx:Script>
<mx:List variableRowHeight="true" wordWrap="
true" id="list" labelField="
chidren.lastName" /></mx:Application>
I basically want to access the children.lastName on my List. Please let me know how exactly can I do it.

A: Unable to set Labelfield for child element in List

labelFunction is the best way to do this. The attached code also shows how to do it with an itemRenderer, though that would not be as efficient.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<mx:Application
xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml"
layout="horizontal"
creationComplete="init()" >
<mx:Script>
    <![CDATA[
      private var arr:Array = [{ firstName: "Alex", children:{lastName: "Abc"}}]
      private function init():void{
        list1.dataProvider=arr;
        list2.dataProvider=arr;
      private function createLabels(item:Object):String{
        return item.children.lastName;
    ]]>
</mx:Script>
<mx:List variableRowHeight="true"
    wordWrap="true" id="list1">
    <mx:itemRenderer>
      <mx:Component>
        <mx:Label text="{data.children.lastName}"/>
      </mx:Component>
    </mx:itemRenderer>
</mx:List>
<mx:List variableRowHeight="true"
    wordWrap="true" id="list2"
    labelFunction="createLabels"/>
</mx:Application>
If this post answers your question or helps, please mark it as such. Thanks!
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Using bind varaible for order by clause

Hello
Can some one suggest for the following scenario?
My order by clause will be constructed based on the selected fields in the form. And now the order by clause need to be passed as parameter to Excel report.
When I use Ref cursor and OPEN-FOR-USING clause, data is not sorted.
do we have any other alternate for this?
Please observe the example code for the same. Block below resembles the code for to select the data for excel report.
SQL> select * from t;
T
sdf
der
gdr
ghft
ytut
lkrt
rtrt
tyrt
SQL> declare
2 l_order_by VARCHAR2 (100);
3 l_test varchar2(10);
4 TYPE TEST IS REF CURSOR;
5 c_TEST test;
6 L_string VARCHAR2(2000):= 'select * from t order by :pi_order';
7 begin
8 l_order_by := ' t DEsc';
9 open c_test for l_string using l_order_By;
10 loop
11 fetch c_test into l_test;
12 exit when c_TEST%notfound;
13 dbms_output.put_line (l_test);
14 end loop;
15 close c_test;
16 end;
17 /
sdf
der
gdr
ghft
ytut
lkrt
rtrt
tyrt
PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.
Cheers
Ram Kanala

My order by clause will be constructed based on the selected fields in the formDoes this look like you need ?
SQL> var so number
SQL> exec :so := 1;
PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.
SQL> set serveroutput on
SQL> declare
2   rc sys_refcursor;
3   type emprec is table of emp%rowtype index by pls_integer;
4   erec emprec;
5 begin
6
7   open rc for 'select * from emp order by ' ||
8   'decode(:p,1,ename,2,deptno,3,sal,null),' ||
9   'decode(:p,4,ename,5,deptno,6,sal,null) desc' using :so,:so;
10   fetch rc bulk collect into erec;
11   close rc;
12
13   for i in 1..erec.count loop
14    dbms_output.put_line('Ename = ' || erec(i).ename || ', deptno = ' || erec(i).deptno || ', sal
= ' || erec(i).sal);
15   end loop;
16 end;
17 /
Ename = ADAMS, deptno = 20, sal = 1100
Ename = ALLEN, deptno = 30, sal = 1600
Ename = BLAKE, deptno = 30, sal = 2850
Ename = CLARK, deptno = 10, sal = 2450
Ename = FORD, deptno = 20, sal = 3000
Ename = JAMES, deptno = 30, sal = 950
Ename = JONES, deptno = 20, sal = 2975
Ename = KING, deptno = 10, sal = 5000
Ename = MARTIN, deptno = 30, sal = 1250
Ename = MILLER, deptno = 10, sal = 1300
Ename = SCOTT, deptno = 20, sal = 3000
Ename = SMITH, deptno = 20, sal = 800
Ename = TURNER, deptno = 30, sal = 1500
Ename = WARD, deptno = 30, sal = 1250
PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.
SQL> exec :so := 2
PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.
SQL> /
Ename = CLARK, deptno = 10, sal = 2450
Ename = KING, deptno = 10, sal = 5000
Ename = MILLER, deptno = 10, sal = 1300
Ename = JONES, deptno = 20, sal = 2975
Ename = FORD, deptno = 20, sal = 3000
Ename = ADAMS, deptno = 20, sal = 1100
Ename = SMITH, deptno = 20, sal = 800
Ename = SCOTT, deptno = 20, sal = 3000
Ename = WARD, deptno = 30, sal = 1250
Ename = TURNER, deptno = 30, sal = 1500
Ename = ALLEN, deptno = 30, sal = 1600
Ename = JAMES, deptno = 30, sal = 950
Ename = BLAKE, deptno = 30, sal = 2850
Ename = MARTIN, deptno = 30, sal = 1250
PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.
SQL> exec :so := 5;
PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.
SQL> /
Ename = BLAKE, deptno = 30, sal = 2850
Ename = TURNER, deptno = 30, sal = 1500
Ename = ALLEN, deptno = 30, sal = 1600
Ename = MARTIN, deptno = 30, sal = 1250
Ename = WARD, deptno = 30, sal = 1250
Ename = JAMES, deptno = 30, sal = 950
Ename = SCOTT, deptno = 20, sal = 3000
Ename = JONES, deptno = 20, sal = 2975
Ename = SMITH, deptno = 20, sal = 800
Ename = ADAMS, deptno = 20, sal = 1100
Ename = FORD, deptno = 20, sal = 3000
Ename = KING, deptno = 10, sal = 5000
Ename = MILLER, deptno = 10, sal = 1300
Ename = CLARK, deptno = 10, sal = 2450
PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.Rgds.

Sorting technique used by oracle for "order by" clause.

Hi All,
it could be very help to me if you provide some information about sorting technique used by oracle engine for order by clause.
Issue i am facing :
Table : xx
Line Date
1 05-06-2013 00:00:00
2 05-06-2013 00:00:00
when we query above table using order by date, it is returning line 2 prior to line 1. we would like to know why it is returning line 2 first?
Regards,
Ram

>
it could be very help to me if you provide some information about sorting technique used by oracle engine for order by clause.
>
Well ok - but be warned that many people wind up being sorry they ask that question. Hopefully Hemant's answer is what you really wanted.
See 'Linguistic Sorting and String Searching' in the Oracle® Database Globalization Support Guide
http://docs.oracle.com/cd/B28359_01/server.111/b28298/ch5lingsort.htm
Sorting will be controlled by the settings of NLS_LANGUAGE, NLS_SORT and NLS_COMP.
Here is the doc page for NLS_SORT
http://docs.oracle.com/cd/B28359_01/server.111/b28298/ch3globenv.htm#i1008393
>
NLS_SORT specifies the type of sort for character data. It overrides the default value that is derived from NLS_LANGUAGE.
NLS_SORT contains either of the following values:
NLS_SORT = BINARY | sort_name
BINARY specifies a binary sort. sort_name specifies a linguistic sort sequence.
>
And the one for NLS_COMP
http://docs.oracle.com/cd/B28359_01/server.111/b28298/ch3globenv.htm#i1008458
>
The value of NLS_COMP affects the comparison behavior of SQL operations.
You can use NLS_COMP to avoid the cumbersome process of using the NLSSORT function in SQL statements when you want to perform a linguistic comparison instead of a binary comparison. When NLS_COMP is set to LINGUISTIC, SQL operations perform a linguistic comparison based on the value of NLS_SORT. A setting of ANSI is for backward compatibility; in general, you should set NLS_COMP to LINGUISTIC when you want to perform a linguistic comparison.

Database Settings for order By Clause

Hi,
In oracle if we do a "order by" in SQL statement for field values whose values are empty, then they would be listed at the last if we dont specify any NVL() for it.
Is there any other option by which the funcionality of Order by clause with Empty field values can be changed.
Is there any settings that can be made in the existing database , so that the Order by clause does not list the empty field values at the bottom.
Thanx in advance.
Bharath

you can do wonders with decode and nvl
for instance:
order by decode(nullable_field, null, 1, 2)would make all your null fields come first, whereas
order by nvl(nullable_field, 'M')would make them appear in the middle of an alphabetical list.
Basically NULLs are not something. You have to give the ORDER BY something to replace the null.
null

Is there any point in having an ORDER BY clause within a FOR LOOPs counter?

DB Version:10.2.0.1.0
I need to loop through empno's using a FOR loop. But is there any point in having an Order by clause within SQL as shown below. This only degrades the performance because of the unnecessary sorting by the ORDER BY clause. Right?
begin
FOR i IN (select empno from emp ORDER BY sal ASC) LOOP
curr_stat_id := i.empno +p_gennum;
.

First question you should ask to your self is
"Do i need a FOR LOOP. Cant i do it in a straight SQL"
If the answer is NO (Which is not in several cases) then the next question is.
"What is my requirement"
Having an order by in the Select is totally pertained to your requirement. If your requirement
says you should loop through the employee based on there salary for lowest to highest then yes you
need an order by.
So more than performance point of view its requirement point of you. But if you are more concern about
performance you will first ask to your self
"Do i need a FOR LOOP. Cant i do it in a straight SQL"
Thanks,
Karthick.

Com.bea.xml.XmlException error for "could not create child element"

In Workshop 9.2, after I created a project with XMLBeans Builder Builder against the xsd's and created a web service control against a wsdl, I inserted the control in a client project for consumption. However, when calling into a method of the control, I got a com.bea.xml.XmlException, saying "could not create child element" for an object parameter passed in the call to the method. The relevant info in the server console looks like this:
Caused by: com.bea.xml.XmlException: could not create child element 'wirelessPhoneNumber' for Wrapped XMLBean operation on '<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8
"?><m:sendSMSMessage xmlns:m="http://service.xyz.com/provider/mobile/abc/sendSMSMessage/200701/"><ns:behaviorVersion xmlns:ns="http://service.xyz.com/entity/message/2003/">0</ns:behaviorVersion><ns:custNbr xmlns:ns="http
://service.xyz.com/entity/party/2003/">Hello</ns:custNbr></m:sendSMSMessage>'
Does any have an idea what this is trying to tell me?
Thanks in advance for any help,
Jason

Looking into it further, I think it's the parameter wirelessPhoneNumber, which is a complex type from xsd and a java object passed to the call sendSMSMessage, that is having a namespace problem, or other problem.
This parameter object was from XMLBeans java binding. I created and set it up like this before passing it to the call:
PhoneNumberType phoneNumberType = phoneNumberType.Factory.newInstance();
phoneNumberType.setFormat(PhoneNumberFormatEnum.FREEFORM);
phoneNumberType.setFullNumber(phoneNumber);
Obviously, com.bea.xbeanmarshal.buildtime.internal.util.XmlBeanUtil.createWrappedXBeanTopElement of XmlBeanUtil.java had a problem creating a wrapper element for it.
Any clue from anyone?
Jason

As good will gesture, we can help you with the upgrade for PSE 13. We would request you to place the order for Adobe Photoshop Elements 13 as an upgrade and then we will provide you the full version serial number for the same product against the new upgra

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