Printing a row n times

Question

Hi All,
I need a query to print a row n times.
Example:
select empid,empname,n_times from emp
where empid=123;                                   (supposing this returns one row, The new query should return the same row 'n_times' times)Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

MHO%xe> with multiplier as ( select level l from dual connect by level <= 10 )
  2  select t.employee_id
  3  ,      t.first_name
  4  ,      t.last_name
  5  from   hr.employees t
  6  ,      multiplier
  7  where  t.employee_id = 102
  8  /
EMPLOYEE_ID FIRST_NAME           LAST_NAME
        102 Lex                  De Haan
        102 Lex                  De Haan
        102 Lex                  De Haan
        102 Lex                  De Haan
        102 Lex                  De Haan
        102 Lex                  De Haan
        102 Lex                  De Haan
        102 Lex                  De Haan
        102 Lex                  De Haan
        102 Lex                  De Haan
10 rijen zijn geselecteerd.
MHO%xe> var recs number
MHO%xe> exec :recs := 5
PL/SQL-procedure is geslaagd.
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MHO%xe> with multiplier as ( select level l from dual connect by level <= :recs )
  2  select t.employee_id
  3  ,      t.first_name
  4  ,      t.last_name
  5  from   hr.employees t
  6  ,      multiplier
  7  where  t.employee_id = 102;
EMPLOYEE_ID FIRST_NAME           LAST_NAME
        102 Lex                  De Haan
        102 Lex                  De Haan
        102 Lex                  De Haan
        102 Lex                  De Haan
        102 Lex                  De Haan
5 rijen zijn geselecteerd.
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MHO%xe> exec :recs := 15
PL/SQL-procedure is geslaagd.
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MHO%xe> /
EMPLOYEE_ID FIRST_NAME           LAST_NAME
        102 Lex                  De Haan
        102 Lex                  De Haan
        102 Lex                  De Haan
        102 Lex                  De Haan
        102 Lex                  De Haan
        102 Lex                  De Haan
        102 Lex                  De Haan
        102 Lex                  De Haan
        102 Lex                  De Haan
        102 Lex                  De Haan
        102 Lex                  De Haan
        102 Lex                  De Haan
        102 Lex                  De Haan
        102 Lex                  De Haan
        102 Lex                  De Haan
15 rijen zijn geselecteerd.
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MHO%xe> Edited by: hoek on Jun 28, 2009 3:05 PM added variable example