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From: Bunyamin K.Karadeniz <bunyamink_at_havelsan.com.tr>
Date: Mon, 05 Feb 2001 03:03:33 -0800
Message-ID: <F001.002AA7B9.20010205030040@fatcity.com>

Yes , Jusy As you say,Mark ..
Thanks.
  Using = seems unreliable to use.
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To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L <ORACLE-L_at_fatcity.com> Sent: Monday, February 05, 2001 1:41 PM

select empid, empname, dept

   from employees
  where rownum = 3546;

When you are looking for scott..

That is pretty unreliable, and I think that is what Bunyamin(?) was getting at..

Regards

Mark

-----Original Message-----
Sent: Sunday, February 04, 2001 02:40
To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L

I agree with your solution.
But why, using a ronum on a single select statement may not be reliable ?

Mark Leith wrote:

> In this case, the rownum should not be a problem when using it in a sub
> select? You are only trying to get the first seven rows from the sub
> select.. Whats the problem?
>
> Fair enough, using a rownum on a single select may not be reliable, but in
> this case it should work like a charm..
>
> -----Original Message-----
> K.Karadeniz
> Sent: Thursday, February 01, 2001 12:31
> To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
>
> 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..
> Thanks
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> Sent: Thursday, February 01, 2001 1:25 PM
>
> paresh mehta,
> what was wrong with the sql-statement using <rownum>
>
> It works perfeclty, or am I wrong ??
>
> regards
>
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> Betreff: ***Problem***
>
> Consider the following case.
> TABLE : DEPT
> empid number,
> deptid number,
> deptname varchar2(30)
> primary key (empid, deptid)
>
> now i want to fetch first seven records from a cursor whose deptid is
> maximum
> and empid is minimum. kindly let me know how to write this cursor
> statement.for example.
>
> SQL> select deptid, empid from dept;
>
> DEPTID EMPID
> --------- ---------
> 2 94204
> 2 94205
> 2 94206
> 2 94207
> 2 94208
> 5 94209
> 5 94210
> 5 94211
> 5 94212
> 5 94213
> 7 94214
> 7 94215
> 7 94216
> 7 94217
> 7 94218
>
> 15 rows selected.
>
> i want output as following by single query.
>
> DEPTID EMPID
> --------- ---------
> 7 94214
> 7 94215
> 7 94216
> 7 94217
> 7 94218
> 5 94209
> 5 94210
>
> 7 rows selected
>
> kindly reply.. thanks in advance.
>
> regards
> paresh mehta
>
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