Re: SQL problem

Doug O'Leary wrote:

> In article <9hfra1$cme$1_at_goodnews.ijs.si>, rok.kodrun_at_uni-lj.si says...
> >
> >I tried with embedded select with ROWNUM and COUNT and so on but failed to
> >get right records, because you can not order in embeded SELECT.
>
> You are correct; but you can order a view, then get a select number of
> rows that.
>
> I'm not sure of your table structure, or I'd be able to show you real
> queries; however, this should get you started:
>
> create or replace view view_name
> as select log, time, tekst
> from log
> order by time desc;
>
> select * from view_name
> where rownum < 8;
>
> << Displays 8 records in descending time order>>
>
> HTH;
>
> Doug
>
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> -------------------
> Douglas K. O'Leary
> Senior System Administrator
> dkoleary_at_mediaone.net

Since when can you use ORDER BY in a view? Unless that is a brand new feature I would suggest a SELECT from a SELECT.

Daniel A. Morgan Received on Thu Jun 28 2001 - 23:08:50 CDT