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Diff bet Rownum And Rowid (ORA-01445 using ROWID in Forms) [message #137447]

Thu, 15 September 2005 04:52

d.dineshkumar
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HI Experts,
Whats the difference between the follwing two queries:-
SELECT COUNT(ROWID) FROM EMP WHERE DEPTNO=10;
SELECT COUNT(ROWNUM) FROM EMP WHERE DEPTNO=10;

Whats the internal difference between these two as they are returning the same result.

Thanks And Regds
Dinesh Cool

[MOD-EDIT: changed title, sorry Wink

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[Updated on: Thu, 15 September 2005 07:54] by Moderator

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Re: Diff bet Rownum And Rowid [message #137461 is a reply to message #137447]

Thu, 15 September 2005 05:37

Maaher
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At the top of the page, there's a search button. It produces the following results:

What is diffrence between rowid and rownum
concept of rowid,rownum
diff btn rowid and rownum

MHE

[Updated on: Thu, 15 September 2005 06:21]

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Re: Diff bet Rownum And Rowid [message #137467 is a reply to message #137461]

Thu, 15 September 2005 05:51

d.dineshkumar
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Great

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Re: Diff bet Rownum And Rowid [message #137480 is a reply to message #137461]

Thu, 15 September 2005 06:20

d.dineshkumar
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hi mhe,
the basic difference i got but whats the difference in the sql statement, as they are giving me the same result so can i use any one of them.
Or is there any restriction.

Thanks
regds
dinesh

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Re: Diff bet Rownum And Rowid [message #137481 is a reply to message #137480]

Thu, 15 September 2005 06:23

Maaher
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No restriction that I know of. You count records. It doesn't matter what (pseudo-)column you count. I personally use count(1) or count(*)

MHE

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Re: Diff bet Rownum And Rowid [message #137485 is a reply to message #137481]

Thu, 15 September 2005 06:31

d.dineshkumar
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hi Mhe,
One error ORA-01445 I got when i am using ROWID in one sql statement of one of my forms, but if i am replacing it with ROWNUM, the error does not occour.

Then there must be some difference between these two.

With regds
dinesh

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Re: Diff bet Rownum And Rowid [message #137492 is a reply to message #137485]

Thu, 15 September 2005 06:53

JSI2001
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Dinesh, if you put a bit of effort in and search for the error message, either on google, or through the documentation (which I know you must have by now since you have been given dozens of links to it) the error message will tell you EXACTLY why that query is not working.
C'mon mate, you've been posting as long as I have and I know to at least put in a bit of effort to resolve my own problems.
Smile

Jim

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Re: Diff bet Rownum And Rowid [message #137500 is a reply to message #137485]

Thu, 15 September 2005 07:10

Maaher
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d.dineshkumar wrote on Thu, 15 September 2005 13:31

hi Mhe,
One error ORA-01445 I got when i am using ROWID in one sql statement of one of my forms, but if i am replacing it with ROWNUM, the error does not occour.

Huh? Forms? That's new information.

MHE

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Re: Diff bet Rownum And Rowid [message #137522 is a reply to message #137500]

Thu, 15 September 2005 07:44

d.dineshkumar
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Ok..Experts...
Thanks to all.

Let me search in Google( The Great God For A Programmer )

Thanks And Regards
Dinesh

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Re: Diff bet Rownum And Rowid [message #137528 is a reply to message #137522]

Thu, 15 September 2005 07:53

Maaher
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Well, Forms has its own particular issues. You failed to mention that this was a Forms issue, I'm moving this thread to the Forms forum.

MHE

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Re: Diff bet Rownum And Rowid [message #137639 is a reply to message #137528]

Thu, 15 September 2005 18:09

djmartin
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If you go to http://www.err-codes.com/oracle/ORA-01445.htmlyou will see the following

Quote:

ORA-01445 cannot select ROWID from a join view without a key-preserved table
Cause: A SELECT statement attempted to select ROWIDs from a view derived from a join operation. Because the rows selected in the view do not correspond to underlying physical records, no ROWIDs can be returned.
Action: Remove ROWID from the view selection clause, then re-execute the statement.

So I suppose it depends via what you do the select. Via a table - okay, from a non-updatable view - nope.

David

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Re: Diff bet Rownum And Rowid [message #139003 is a reply to message #137639]

Mon, 26 September 2005 05:09

d.dineshkumar
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Thanks.

Regds
Dinesh Idea

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Re: Diff bet Rownum And Rowid (ORA-01445 using ROWID in Forms) [message #202426 is a reply to message #137447]

Thu, 09 November 2006 13:52

harleenflora
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rowid is an internal representation of a row in a table, it is effectively the primary key and can be used for fast access to the row (but can chance)

rownum is a function of a result set of your query, i.e select * from emp where rownum = 1 will get the first row of your result set.

So rowid is a function of the table. rownum is a function of the result set

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