Unexpected result.

I think both the queries should return 0 records. But they didn't. Am i missing some points.
select TO_CHAR(SYSDATE,'/dd/MM/yy/') v_no
-- || LPAD(TO_CHAR(NVL(MAX(TO_NUMBER(SUBSTR(LPAD('GLP/30/03/10/00001 ',18,'0'),14))),0)+1),5,'0')
from dual where dual.dummy = '2';
select TO_CHAR(SYSDATE,'/dd/MM/yy/')
|| LPAD(TO_CHAR(NVL(MAX(TO_NUMBER(SUBSTR(LPAD('GLP/30/03/10/00001 ',18,'0'),14))),0)+1),5,'0') v_no
from dual where dual.dummy = '2';
0 rows selected
1 rows selected

Hi,
The second query is using an aggregate function (MAX).
When you use an aggregate function without a GROUP BY clause, the query always returns exactly one row. You may have noticed this before when doing
SELECT COUNT (*)
FROM table_x;where table_x has no rows.

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insert into calls values(null, null, 0);
This is horribly unnormalized, but basically this table represent phone calls. trunkin and trunkout represent the two ends, and duration is length of a call. While obviously every call has two ends, the nulls above represent ends we don't care about in this example.
The goal is to end up with data that looks like this. In English, we want the in and out summary statistics for each trunk to be summarized into a single row. (Sorry, these are supposed to be columns, but they got wrapped, so I reposted them as rows):
TRUNKIN a
IN_CALLS_ATTEMPTED 1
IN_CALLS_COMPLETED 1
IN_AVERAGE_DURATION 1
TRUNKOUT a
OUT_CALLS_ATTEMPTED 5
OUT_CALLS_COMPLETED 3
OUT_AVERAGE_DURATION 4
Indeed, with the data given above, these are the results returned with the query at the end of this message. However, when I changed the one non-null trunkin value to null, I got very strange results. First, I independently ran the two subqueries. The first of course returns no rows, the second returns 1 with the same out values above; this is exactly what I would expect. However, when I run the full query, I get **5** rows back, each with just the trunkout column set to "a" and **all** other columns set to null. This makes no sense to me. The 5 rows are obviously the 5 rows from the original data set where trunkout = "a", but I'm not full outer joining those; I'm full outer joining the result of the group by, which only has 1 row. But even given that I'm getting 5 rows back, shouldn't all five of those have the remaining out columns filled in with the values above?
Here is the query:
select
from
SELECT
trunkin as trunk,
COUNT(*) AS in_calls_attempted,
SUM
CASE
WHEN duration > 0 THEN 1
ELSE 0
END
) AS in_calls_completed,
SUM(duration)/
SUM
CASE
WHEN duration > 0 THEN 1
ELSE 0
END
) AS in_average_duration
FROM CALLS
WHERE trunkin IS NOT NULL
GROUP BY trunkin
) callsin
full outer join
SELECT
trunkout as trunk,
COUNT(*) AS out_calls_attempted,
SUM
CASE
WHEN duration > 0 THEN 1
ELSE 0
END
) AS out_calls_completed,
SUM(duration)/
SUM
CASE
WHEN duration > 0 THEN 1
ELSE 0
END
) AS out_average_duration
FROM CALLS
WHERE trunkout IS NOT NULL
GROUP BY trunkout
) callsout
on callsin.trunk = callsout.trunk;

I am not entirely sure why you are getting the results you are, but I strongly suspect that it is a result of outer joining on null columns. I would write the query as follows to avoid the outer join problem. The CASE statements in the outer query around the average duration calulations avoid the divide by zero error that would occur when some trunk has only in or out calls.
SELECT trunk,SUM(in_calls_attempted) in_calls_attempted,
       SUM(in_calls_completed) in_calls_completed,
       CASE WHEN SUM(in_calls_completed) <> 0 THEN
            SUM(in_duration)/SUM(in_calls_completed)
            ELSE 0 END ave_in_duration,
       SUM(out_calls_attempted) out_calls_attempted,
       SUM(out_calls_completed) out_calls_completed,
       CASE WHEN SUM(out_calls_completed) <> 0 THEN
            SUM(out_duration)/SUM(out_calls_completed)
            ELSE 0 END ave_out_duration
FROM (
   SELECT trunkin trunk,COUNT(*) in_calls_attempted,
          SUM(CASE WHEN duration > 0 THEN 1 ELSE 0 END) in_calls_completed,
          SUM(duration) in_duration,0 out_calls_attempted,
          0 out_calls_completed,0 out_duration
   FROM calls
   GROUP BY trunkin
   UNION ALL
   SELECT trunkout trunk,0 in_calls_attempted,0 in_calls_completed,
          0 in_duration,COUNT(*) out_calls_attempted,
          SUM(CASE WHEN duration > 0 THEN 1 ELSE 0 END) out_calls_completed,
          SUM(duration) out_duration
   FROM calls
   GROUP BY trunkout)
GROUP BY trunkTTFN
John

My first real analytic function... any unexpected results?

Hello all. I have a table that contains transactions from bank accounts. The columns I am concerned with (I think) are the account number and the status date.
The status date has the date that the transaction cleared through the bank. I would like a query that returns all rows for an account that have cleared since the last reconciliation of that account. (the reconciliation will occur monthly)
This will produce some test data that replicates what we'll have in this table.
DROP TABLE dave_test;
DROP TABLE dave_test succeeded.
CREATE TABLE dave_test AS
SELECT level id, ROUND(TO_NUMBER(level), -1) account, TO_DATE('2007-08-01','YYYY-MM-DD') test_date
FROM DUAL
CONNECT BY LEVEL < 20 UNION ALL
SELECT 21, 10, TO_DATE('2007-07-01','YYYY-MM-DD') FROM DUAL UNION ALL
SELECT 22, 10, TO_DATE('2007-06-01','YYYY-MM-DD') FROM DUAL UNION ALL
SELECT 23, 0, TO_DATE('2007-09-01', 'YYYY-MM-DD') FROM DUAL;
CREATE TABLE succeeded.
SELECT * FROM dave_test ORDER BY id;
ID ACCOUNT TEST_DATE
1 0 01-AUG-07
2 0 01-AUG-07
3 0 01-AUG-07
4 0 01-AUG-07
5 10 01-AUG-07
6 10 01-AUG-07
7 10 01-AUG-07
8 10 01-AUG-07
9 10 01-AUG-07
10 10 01-AUG-07
11 10 01-AUG-07
12 10 01-AUG-07
13 10 01-AUG-07
14 10 01-AUG-07
15 20 01-AUG-07
16 20 01-AUG-07
17 20 01-AUG-07
18 20 01-AUG-07
19 20 01-AUG-07
21 10 01-JUL-07
22 10 01-JUN-07
23 0 01-SEP-07
22 rows selected
I have developed a query that returns accurate results for my test data. My request is this:
Will you look over this query and see if there is a better way of doing things? This is my first real attempt with an analytic function, so I would appreciate some input on anything that looks like it could be improved. Also, perhaps some test cases that might produce results I haven't thought of.
Thank you for your time.
SELECT
id
,account
,test_date
,max(date_sort)
FROM
SELECT
    id            id
    ,account      account
    ,test_date    test_date
    ,CASE DENSE_RANK() OVER(PARTITION BY account ORDER BY TRUNC(test_date, 'DD') DESC)
      WHEN 1 THEN TO_DATE('1', 'J')
      WHEN 2 THEN test_date
      ELSE NULL
    END           date_sort
   FROM
    dave_test
WHERE
account = &account_number
HAVING
test_date > MAX(date_sort)
GROUP BY
id
,account
,test_date
ORDER BY
idRun with 0 as account number:
ID                     ACCOUNT                TEST_DATE                 MAX(DATE_SORT)
23                     0                      01-SEP-07                 01-JAN-13
1 rows selectedRun with 10 as account number
ID                     ACCOUNT                TEST_DATE                 MAX(DATE_SORT)
5                      10                     01-AUG-07                 01-JAN-13
6                      10                     01-AUG-07                 01-JAN-13
7                      10                     01-AUG-07                 01-JAN-13
8                      10                     01-AUG-07                 01-JAN-13
9                      10                     01-AUG-07                 01-JAN-13
10                     10                     01-AUG-07                 01-JAN-13
11                     10                     01-AUG-07                 01-JAN-13
12                     10                     01-AUG-07                 01-JAN-13
13                     10                     01-AUG-07                 01-JAN-13
14                     10                     01-AUG-07                 01-JAN-13
10 rows selectedRun with 20 as account_number
ID                     ACCOUNT                TEST_DATE                 MAX(DATE_SORT)
15                     20                     01-AUG-07                 01-JAN-13
16                     20                     01-AUG-07                 01-JAN-13
17                     20                     01-AUG-07                 01-JAN-13
18                     20                     01-AUG-07                 01-JAN-13
19                     20                     01-AUG-07                 01-JAN-13
5 rows selectedLet me know if I need to clarify anything.

Sorry, Volder, for being unclear.
Here is the table the query is based on.
desc bank_account_transactions
Name                           Null     Type
ID                             NOT NULL NUMBER(28)
BKA_ID                         NOT NULL NUMBER(28)
BKATC_ID                       NOT NULL NUMBER(28)
ST_TABLE_SHORT_NAME                     VARCHAR2(10)
KEY_VALUE                               NUMBER(28)
EDF_ID                                  NUMBER(28)
GLFS_ID                        NOT NULL NUMBER(28)
GLTT_ID                                 NUMBER(28)
AMOUNT                         NOT NULL NUMBER(11,2)
PAYMENT_NUMBER                          NUMBER(9)
BANK_SERIAL_NUMBER                      NUMBER(15)
PAYEE_NAME                              VARCHAR2(60)
STATUS                         NOT NULL VARCHAR2(1)
STATUS_DATE                             DATE
EFFECTIVE_DATE                 NOT NULL DATE
POSITIVE_PAY_DATE                       DATE
DATA_SOURCE                    NOT NULL VARCHAR2(1)
REPORTED_TO_ACCOUNT_OWNER      NOT NULL VARCHAR2(1)
PAYEE_BANK_ACCOUNT_NUMBER               NUMBER(30)
PAYEE_BANK_ABA_NUMBER                   NUMBER(9)
DESCRIPTION                             VARCHAR2(4000)
DATE_CREATED                   NOT NULL DATE
CREATED_BY                     NOT NULL VARCHAR2(30)
DATE_MODIFIED                           DATE
MODIFIED_BY                             VARCHAR2(30)
25 rows selectedThe bka_id is the account number, status is 'C' for cleared checks and the status_date is the date the check cleared.
When I reconcile, I set the status to 'C' and set the status_date to SYSDATE. So the "last reconciliation date" is stored in status_date.
Like so
ID    Account_No status_date
1     10          05-04-07
2     10          05-04-07
3     10          05-04-07
4     20          05-04-07
5     20          05-04-07
6     10          06-03-07
7     10          06-03-07
8     20          06-03-07
9     10          07-05-07
10    10          07-05-07In this example, account 10 was reconciled on May 5, June 3, and July 5. So the previous reconciliation date would be 06-03-07, and my report would return the transactions from 07-05-07.
For account 20, it was reconciled on May 5 and June 3. The previous reconciliation date would be 05-04-07, and the transactions from 06-03-07 would be reported.
Does this help?
I appreciate your time.

Calling PL/SQL Procedure In Another Schema Gives Unexpected Result

I have a SQL Script that does this:
conn pnr/<password for user pnr>;
set serveroutput on;
exec vms.disable_all_fk_constraints;
SELECT owner, constraint_name, status FROM user_constraints WHERE constraint_type = 'R';
and the disable_all_fk_constraints procedure that is owned by user 'vms' is defined as:
create or replace
procedure disable_all_fk_constraints is
v_sql VARCHAR2(4000);
begin
dbms_output.put_line('Disabling all referential integrity constraints.');
for rec in (SELECT table_name, constraint_name FROM user_constraints WHERE constraint_type='R') loop
dbms_output.put_line('Disabling constraint ' || rec.constraint_name || ' from ' || rec.table_name || '.');
v_sql := 'ALTER TABLE ' || rec.table_name || ' DISABLE CONSTRAINT ' || rec.constraint_name;
execute immediate(v_sql);
end loop;
end;
When I run the SQL script, the call to vms.disable_all_fk_constraints disables the FK constrains in the 'vms' schema, whereas I wanted it to disable the FK constraints in the 'pnr' schema (the invoker of the procedure). I know that I could make this work by copying the disable_all_fk_constraints procedure to the 'pnr' schema and calling it as "+exec disable_all_fk_constraints;+" from within the SQL script but I want to avoid having to duplicate the PL/SQL procedure in each schema that uses it.
What can I do?
Thank you

You have two issues to solve.
First you need to write a packaged procedure that works with INVOKER rights. The default is DEFINER rights.
The difference is excatly what you need. Usually the package has the rights from the schema where it is defined (=Definer rights). In your case schema VMS. Whereas you need the privileges from the user that calls the package (PNR).
=> Check out the documentation for INVOKER rights
The second problem is that the view "user_constraints" will not give the results you expect when called from inside a procedure in another schema. An alternative could be to use the view DBA_CONSTRAINTS with a filter on the owner (where owner = 'PNR'). Not sure if there are other working possibilities. Well you could create a list of constraint names that you want to disable, instead of creating the list dynamically.
And you could have another potential disaster creeping up upon you. If you run this thing, then at this moment you don't have any referential integrity anymore. You can't be sure that you can create the FKs again after this action. This is EXTREMLY DANGEROUS. I would never ever do this in any kind of production or test database. I would be very careful when I do it on a development database.

Unexpected result.

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