Re: just passed 1st exam- projections???

From: Sybrand Bakker <postbus_at_sybrandb.demon.nl>
Date: Fri, 1 Jun 2001 21:23:51 +0200
Message-ID: <thfqq5tlt4j50f@beta-news.demon.nl>

"samy atoui" <s.atoui_at_bigfoot.com> wrote in message news:3B17CC1B.77E5E8D8_at_bigfoot.com...
> Hi there folks
> I've just passed my first oracle exam, but I remeber a vexing
> question: "what does best describe a projection?".
> As I don't want to die dumb, I'd appreciate any hints.
> I've grepped through the docs & searched OTN, but can't seem
> to find anything.
>
> What are Projections (& I don't mean the spatial/geometric thingy)?

a projection is any select returning not all the attributes/columns of a table.

Hth,
Sybrand Bakker, Oracle DBA Received on Fri Jun 01 2001 - 14:23:51 CDT