SQL : Can u print the numbers 1 upto 10 using SQL only

Question

Hi Friends,
I want to know is there a possibility to print all the numbers between 1 upto 10 using a sql statement only.
An earlier reply is appreciated.
Thanks in Advance
Sriram

Answer 1

You may try something like this:
select rownum from all_objects where rownum<=10;
This should normally work, for I can't imagine how one may have a DB with less then 10 objects. Still, it's not too elegant.
Why not use pl/sql?
declare
n number
begin
dbms_output.enable;
for n in 1..100 loop
dbms_output.put_line(to_char(n, '9990'));
end loop;
This would seem the most natural approach.
Regards,
BD.