With As subquery block in create view statement or In pl/sql block

Question

Hi All,
Can I use the With as subquery block in create view statement??
or in pl/sql
-Thanks
Edited by: xwo0owx on Mar 31, 2011 11:23 AM
Edited by: xwo0owx on Mar 31, 2011 11:23 AM

Answer 1

Hi, Mike,
Dird wrote:
Then why do I get an error? :s create view mike_test_view as    
with carriers as(
SELECT DISTINCT T0.CARRIER_SHORT_NAME carrier_name,
T1.COMP_ID            carrier_id
FROM CS2_CARRIER T0, USER_FUNCTION_QUALIFIER T2, CS2_COMP_SERV_PROV_PROF T1
WHERE (((T1.SERV_PROV_ID = T2.QUALIFIER_VALUE) AND
((T2.FUNCTION_CODE = 'DOC_CCM') AND
(T2.QUALIFIER_CODE = 'CARRIER_LIST'))) AND
(T1.SERV_PROV_ID = T0.SERV_PROV_ID))
ORDER BY T0.CARRIER_SHORT_NAME)
select *
from carriers c;ORA-00942: table or view does not exist -- carriers
If I run every line but the create (just execute the query) it runs fine. It also works fine in a PL/SQL procedure.SQL*Plus abhors a vacuum.
The default in SQL*Plus is that you can not have a completely blank line (that is, a line containing only white space) in the middle of a SQL statement. (Blank lines are okay in PL/SQL, including SQL statements embedded in PL/SQL.)
If you want some space between the end of the WITH clause and the beginning of the main query (or anywhere else, for that matter), you can put comments there. For example:
      ORDER BY T0.CARRIER_SHORT_NAME)
     select *
       from carriers c;Now that line isn't just whitespace; it has the comment sign, and that's enough for SQL*Plus.
You can allow completely blank lines with the SQL*Plus command:
SET   SQLBLANKLINES  ON