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Re: What's + 0 does after a column name when creating view

From: Jim Smith <jim_at_jimsmith.demon.co.uk>
Date: Fri, 10 Jun 2005 07:59:18 +0100
Message-ID: <Rw4A6vBGpTqCFwy9@jimsmith.demon.co.uk>


In message <1118343433.188218.106010_at_g47g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>, andyho99_at_yahoo.com writes
>Hi,
>
>I was wondering why people put "+ 0" after a column when creating view.
>
>
>For example,
>
>CREATE OR REPLACE FORCE VIEW APPS.PER_ADDRESSES_V (a, b, c) as
>select a,
> b + 0 b,
> c
>.
>.
>.
>

It disables use of an index on the underlying column

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Received on Fri Jun 10 2005 - 01:59:18 CDT

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