Re: ***Problem***

Thanks Marin...
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To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L <ORACLE-L_at_fatcity.com> Sent: Thursday, February 01, 2001 3:55 PM

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>
> > No, No not for this statement , my group leader tells that rownum is not
> > used so much in applications becouse it can give wrong results
sometimes.
> I
> > do not know if it is correct . I ask you for approve him or not..
>
> we use ROWNUM restrictions extensively without any problem
>
> probably your manager has a mistaken by a wrong use of ROWNUM restriction
> and ORDER BY clause in the same query (rownums are assigned as rows are
> processed, before the sorting step so if u use "rownum < X" and ORDER BY
> together u'll get wrong results, u have to use subqueries as was shown in
> one of the previous emails)
>
> hth,
>
> Marin
>
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> "When someone is seeking, it happens quite easily that he only sees
> the thing that he is seeking; that he is unable to find anything, unable
to
> absorb anything, because he is only thinking of the thing he is seeking,
> because he is obsessed with his goal. Seeking means: to have a goal;
> but finding means: to be free, to be receptive, to have no goal. ..."
>
>
> Herman Hesse, "Siddhartha"
>
>
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