try
select x, x from
( select ugly x from a where rownum > 0 )
or
select x, x from
( select /*+ NO_MERGE */ ugly x from a )
hth
connor
- "Duret, Kathy" <kduret_at_starkinvestments.com> wrote:
> oh magic eight ball is there a better way than calling a ugly function twice
> when I need two columns returned with the same value.
>
> I hate the call the function twice because it is very costly.
>
> what I need to do is:
> select x,y,z, ugly_function as ugly1, ugly_function ugly2 from a
>
> when I do.... it actually gives me worse results ie. more physical reads....
>
> select x,y,z , ugly1, ugly1 as ugly2 from (
> select x,y,z, ugly_function ugly1 from a)
>
> Is there anyway around this?
>
>
> Kathy.
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