It seems there is probably more going on here - Based on what you've
said so far, I'm thinking that your load_id is simply *not* an atomic
value (and that your database is not in 1NF). For instance, you claim
your users only search for numeric strings within the load_id... why is
this? Could it be that this column *should* be split into a numeric
part and a alphanumeric part (and subsequently treated as two separate
columns)? I'd be very interested in hearing a business description of
a varchar2 attribute about which users are only aware of small, numeric
substrings...
Received on Tue Mar 22 2005 - 16:24:46 CST
