Parameters using an "in" clause

i need to write a report that will select all values based on a SQL in clause.
Example.
here is the SQL
Select * from Customer where firstname in ("Jason", "Mary", "Todd")
does anybody know how to set up the record selection to do this?
Thanks!

Create a parameter
In the option check - Allow multipl values. This will enable users to enter a list.
In Select expert enter
= {?Parameter}
this will creat a where clause in the crystal query that filters data by your list of First Names
Ian

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Partition Pruning on Interval Range Partitioned Table not happening when SYSDATE used in Where Clause

We have tables that are interval range partitioned on a DATE column, with a partition for each day - all very standard and straight out of Oracle doc.
A 3rd party application queries the tables to find number of rows based on date range that is on the column used for the partition key.
This application uses date range specified relative to current date - i.e. for last two days would be "..startdate > SYSDATE -2 " - but partition pruning does not take place and the explain plan shows that every partition is included.
By presenting the query using the date in a variable partition pruning does table place, and query obviously performs much better.
DB is 11.2.0.3 on RHEL6, and default parameters set - i.e. nothing changed that would influence optimizer behavior to something unusual.
I can't work out why this would be so. It very easy to reproduce with simple test case below.
I'd be very interested to hear any thoughts on why it is this way and whether anything can be done to permit the partition pruning to work with a query including SYSDATE as it would be difficult to get the application code changed.
Furthermore to make a case to change the code I would need an explanation of why querying using SYSDATE is not good practice, and I don't know of any such information.
1) Create simple partitioned table
CREATETABLE part_test
   (id                      NUMBER NOT NULL,
    starttime               DATE NOT NULL,
    CONSTRAINT pk_part_test PRIMARY KEY (id))
PARTITION BY RANGE (starttime) INTERVAL (NUMTODSINTERVAL(1,'day')) (PARTITION p0 VALUES LESS THAN (TO_DATE('01-01-2013','DD-MM-YYYY')));
2) Populate table 1million rows spread between 10 partitions
BEGIN
    FOR i IN 1..1000000
    LOOP
        INSERT INTO part_test (id, starttime) VALUES (i, SYSDATE - DBMS_RANDOM.value(low => 1, high => 10));
    END LOOP;
END;
EXEC dbms_stats.gather_table_stats('SUPER_CONF','PART_TEST');
3) Query the Table for data from last 2 days using SYSDATE in clause
EXPLAIN PLAN FOR
SELECT count(*)
FROM    part_test
WHERE   starttime >= SYSDATE - 2;
| Id | Operation                 | Name      | Rows | Bytes | Cost (%CPU)| Time     | Pstart| Pstop |
|   0 | SELECT STATEMENT          |           |     1 |     8 | 7895 (1)| 00:00:01 |       |       |
|   1 | SORT AGGREGATE           |           |     1 |     8 |            |          |       |       |
|   2 |   PARTITION RANGE ITERATOR|           |   111K|   867K| 7895   (1)| 00:00:01 |   KEY |1048575|
|* 3 |    TABLE ACCESS FULL      | PART_TEST |   111K|   867K| 7895   (1)| 00:00:01 |   KEY |1048575|
Predicate Information (identified by operation id):
   3 - filter("STARTTIME">=SYSDATE@!-2)
4) Now do the same query but with SYSDATE - 2 presented as a literal value.
This query returns the same answer but very different cost.
EXPLAIN PLAN FOR
SELECT count(*)
FROM part_test
WHERE starttime >= (to_date('23122013:0950','DDMMYYYY:HH24MI'))-2;
| Id | Operation                 | Name      | Rows | Bytes | Cost (%CPU)| Time     | Pstart| Pstop |
|   0 | SELECT STATEMENT          |           |     1 |     8 |   131 (0)| 00:00:01 |       |       |
|   1 | SORT AGGREGATE           |           |     1 |     8 |            |          |       |       |
|   2 |   PARTITION RANGE ITERATOR|           |   111K|   867K|   131   (0)| 00:00:01 |   356 |1048575|
|* 3 |    TABLE ACCESS FULL      | PART_TEST |   111K|   867K|   131   (0)| 00:00:01 |   356 |1048575|
Predicate Information (identified by operation id):
   3 - filter("STARTTIME">=TO_DATE(' 2013-12-21 09:50:00', 'syyyy-mm-dd hh24:mi:ss'))
thanks in anticipation
Jim

As Jonathan has already pointed out there are situations where the CBO knows that partition pruning will occur but is unable to identify those partitions at parse time. The CBO will then use a dynamic pruning which means determine the partitions to eliminate dynamically at run time. This is why you see the KEY information instead of a known partition number. This is to occur mainly when you compare a function to your partition key i.e. where partition_key = function. And SYSDATE is a function. For the other bizarre PSTOP number (1048575) see this blog
http://hourim.wordpress.com/2013/11/08/interval-partitioning-and-pstop-in-execution-plan/
Best regards
Mohamed Houri

OPEN CURSOR using a WITH clause in the select query

Hi,
I am using Oracle 9i. I have a requirement where I have a REFCURSOR as an OUT parameter for my procedure. I have declared the TYPE and created the procedure.
In the procedure, I am using OPEN <cursor_name> FOR <query>;
Ideally this works in most of the cases that I have tried earlier. However, in the current case I am using a WITH clause in my query to get the results.
I need help in understanding if the above mentioned syntax would not allow me to use the WITH clause in the query.

What error do you get , seems to work ok for me on 10g
SQL> begin
2 open :cv for 'with x as (select * from emp) select * from x';
3 end;
4 /
PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.
SQL> print :cv
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ENAME
JOB MGR HIREDATE SAL COMM DEPTNO
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WARD
SALESMAN 7698 22-FEB-81 1250 500 30
 7566
JONES
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How to write a SQL Query without using group by clause

Hi,
Can anyone help me to find out if there is a approach to build a SQL Query without using group by clause.
Please site an example if is it so,
Regards

I hope this example could illuminate danepc on is problem.
CREATE or replace TYPE MY_ARRAY AS TABLE OF INTEGER
CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION GET_ARR return my_array
as
     arr my_array;
begin
     arr := my_array();
     for i in 1..10 loop
          arr.extend;
          arr(i) := i mod 7;
     end loop;
     return arr;
end;
select column_value
from table(get_arr)
order by column_value;
select column_value,count(*) occurences
from table(get_arr)
group by column_value
order by column_value;And the output should be something like this:
SQL> CREATE or replace TYPE MY_ARRAY AS TABLE OF INTEGER
2 /
Tipo creato.
SQL>
SQL> CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION GET_ARR return my_array
2 as
3   arr my_array;
4 begin
5   arr := my_array();
6   for i in 1..10 loop
7    arr.extend;
8    arr(i) := i mod 7;
9   end loop;
10   return arr;
11 end;
12 /
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Hi, i am trying to figure out how to use 3 Where Clauses in a Query where 2 of the Where Clauses uses a Sub query.
Display the OrderID of all orders that where placed after all orders placed by “Bottom-Dollar Markets”.
Order the result by OrderID in ascending order.
First WHERE clause checks for OrderDate and uses a sub query with ALL keyword.
Second WHERE clause use equals and sub query.
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My Code for NorthWind:
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The book shows how to use the ALL Keyword but not in a Sub query with Multiple Where Clauses.
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WHERE InvoiceTotal > ALL (Select InvoiceTotal From Invoices Where VendorID = 34)
ORDER BY VendorName;

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> ALL (Select
CompanyName
The comparison operator (>) requires compatible data types.
DATETIME is not compatible with VARCHAR string for comparison.
Here is your homework:
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sname int NOT NULL)
update A set stat ='USED'
from (select top 1 * from #A
where stat='AVAILABLE' order by sno)A
Output inserted.sname
INTO @MyTableVar;
SELECT sname
FROM @MyTableVar;
Here am getting one error incorrect syntax near Output
i want to return the updated value from output clause

see
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/sqltips/archive/2005/06/13/output-clause.aspx
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[UTL] 
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default unison.ini file.

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Use of EXIST clause

Need to seek advice on the use of EXISTS clause.
What is this statement trying to do? What is the '1' in the inner SELECT statement means?
DELETE FROM a
WHERE NOT EXISTS (SELECT 1
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WHERE a.a_id = b.a_id);
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have a look at http://asktom.oracle.com/pls/ask/f?p=4950:8:::::F4950_P8_DISPLAYID:953229842074 for a complete explanation of how an "exists" and an "in" is executed. For "not in" and "not exists", look here: http://asktom.oracle.com/pls/ask/f?p=4950:8:::::F4950_P8_DISPLAYID:442029737684
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Freek and Mona are correct in that the 1 is just a place holder, because you need to SELECT something. However, the EXISTS clause actually returns TRUE or FALSE depending on whether the SELECT statement finds a row.
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Use of EXISTS clause in Interface

I want to build an interface from one table but using an exist clause to check the data change in the same table.
In SQL statement it can be expressed as follows
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Create the interface with DW_PROJECT_BUILDING table and give this table a name PB.
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I assume data from this table is targeted into one more aggregated table: here is the definition for the table:
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Select IKM as IKM SQL control append.
FLOW control as false.
run the interface, it is giving something like this for me, I hope this is according to your requirement:
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PROJ_BUILD_KEY,
PROJECT_KEY
select
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PROJECT_KEY
FROM (
select
count(distinct PB.DW_PROJECT_BUILDING_KEY) PROJ_BUILD_KEY,
PB.PROJECT_KEY PROJECT_KEY
from
ORACLE_SOURCE.DW_PROJECT_BUILDING   PB
where
(1=1)
And (EXISTS
                (SELECT 1
                   FROM DW_PROJECT_BUILDING PB1
                  WHERE     PB1.PROJECT_KEY = PB.PROJECT_KEY
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ORA-32034: unsupported use of WITH clause-issue

hello all,
i am facing some issue when i use with clause and union all operator.
i have created a dummy code to solve this problem..
my code is ----------
with dept_1 as
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please help me to solve this iisue..
when i ran it separatly without using union/union all it ran sucessfully..
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923315 wrote:
hello all,
i am facing some issue when i use with clause and union all operator.
i have created a dummy code to solve this problem..
my code is ----------
with dept_1 as
(select deptno d1 from detp9 where deptno = 20)
select empno from emp9 e,dept_d1 where e.empno = dept_1.d1
UNION ALL
with dept_1 as
(select deptno d2 from detp9 where deptno = 30)
select empno from emp9 e,dept_d2 where e.empno = dept_2.d2.
when i ran this i gort a message-
ORA-32034: unsupported use of WITH clause.
please help me to solve this iisue..
when i ran it separatly without using union/union all it ran sucessfully..
thanks in advance..Well, i don't see anything about these queries that makes sense.
You are essentially joining emp and dept on EMPNO to DEPTNO ... that doesn't usually make any sense.
How about you step back from the query which is almost certainly incorrect, and explain your tables, their data and what you need as output?
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How to unlock a row if i use FOR UPDATE clause

In procedure if we use FOR UPDATE clause, it will lock particular row and allow only one client to update whereas other client can only fetch data in the same row at that time.
My question is when will it unlock the row, what should we do to unlock the row while writing procedure. Take this example here im using FOR UPDATE clause for client_count, when ll it unlock that particular row in this procedure.
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CURSOR c1 IS
select CLIENT_COUNT from OP_TMER_CONF_PARENT where MER_ID = inMerid FOR UPDATE OF CLIENT_COUNT;
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fetch c1 into outCount;
exit when c1%NOTFOUND;
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Hi,
Basically you are incrementing client_count by 1 , Why you have to fetch row one by one and update? you could just finish that in a single update
UPDATE OP_TMER_CONF_PARENT
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SELECT CLIENT_COUNT
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Why Scalar Subquery expression cannot be used in HAVING clauses?

Hi All,
I'm new to SQL. I'm confused with Scalar Subquery.
Is there anyone who can answer me why Scalar Subquery expression cannot be used in HAVING clauses.
Can you show me a example?
Thanks very much,
Xianyi.Ye
Edited by: 908428 on 2012-1-16 下午7:24

Hi,
908428 wrote:
Hi Frank,
Thank you for your quick reply. I also agree with your point.
But when I read the book, "OCA Oracle Database SQL Certified Expert Exam Guide",( link to illegal copies of book removed by moderator )
on Page 359, it said that
Scalar subquery expressions cannot be used in the following locations:
1. In CHECK constraints
2. In GROUP BY clauses
3. In HAVING clauses
4. In a function-based index (which is coming up in Chapter 11)
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8. In the START WITH and CONNECT BY clauses, which we discuss in
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Function use in where clause

hi,
can we use output of a function in where clause directly ?
i.e
select node(condition1) clause from dual;
clause
occupation='SALARY'
then i want to use this output i.e clause string directly in select stmt.
select * from abc_table where clause
more strictly
select * from abc_table where (select node(condition1) clause from dual)
which is interpreted as
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I tried CURSOR but not workd for this
Thanks in advance,
Rup

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where job = fn1;
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In Oracle, Can i use if exits clause in a query?
For example, "Drop table if exists tablename"
Is the above command valid in oracle?
If not then is there any equivalent for if exists clause?

Here is the SP code code that might help you to Drop a table if it exisit, whith out throwing an error if the table is not present.
create or replace PROCEDURE DROP_TABLE(TabName in Varchar2)
IS
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if temp =1 then
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end if;
EXCEPTION
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END DROP_TABLE;
Call this SP in your Scripts by : CALL DROP_TABLE ('<Table Name>')
Hope this Helps!
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Using for update clause in VPD(Virtual Private Databases)

Hi,
We are using for update clause in our procedure to explicitly lock rows in a particular table as shown below:
SELECT AMOUNT FROM INTERFACE_TABLE
INTO T_Amount
WHERE ROWID = :B1
FOR UPDATE OF BANK_ACCOUNT_NUM NOWAIT;
But this statement is giving the following error in VPD:
ORACLE error 1733 in FDPSTP
Cause: FDPSTP failed due to ORA-01733: virtual column not allowed here.
We need to lock rows in that particular table until the commit is issued,so as to prevent the updation of the rows which are being processed.
Is there any other way in which this can be achieved.
Thanks & Regards,
Brahmendra Kashyap

From the docs, which you didn't read:
ORA-01733 virtual column not allowed here
Cause: An attempt was made to use an INSERT, UPDATE, or DELETE statement on an expression in a view.
Action: INSERT, UPDATE, or DELETE data in the base tables, instead of the view.
Can you explain why you didn't read the docs? I'm just curious why so many people do absolutely nothing to resolve their problem (they would learn Oracle by doing so) and request to be spoon fed.
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Senior Oracle DBA
Experts: those who did read the documentation.

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