This Version 7.3.2.1 is very,very,very buggy ( so told me Oracle-Hotline
) Without a lot off mandatory patches better do not work with this
release. Upgrade !!!
Rob Gansevles wrote:
>
> Can anyone reproduce the following bug?
> We are using Oracle server 7.3.2.1.0 om Unix HPUX10.20
>
> I've attached a small sqlplus-script that creates a table,
> inserts one record and executes 2 selects on it (the table
> is dropped again).
>
> The first select gives the correct answer, the second does not.
>
> It seems that a small change in any part of the second select
> gives a correct result. The problem probably centers around the
> 'analyze table err_table compute statistics;' statement.
>
> Rob
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> create table err_table ( field VARCHAR2(100) );
>
> insert into err_table ( field ) values ('val1' );
>
> analyze table err_table compute statistics;
>
> select 'CORRECT RESULT' from dual;
>
> select field
> from err_table
> where (
> ('a' in ('a') and field in ('val1', 'Y'))
> );
>
> select 'ERROR RESULT' from dual;
>
> select field
> from err_table
> where
> (
> ('a' = 'a' and field in ('Z', 'Y'))
> or
> ('a' in ('a') and field in ('val1', 'Y'))
> );
>
> drop table err_table;
>
> quit
Received on Tue May 12 1998 - 05:49:21 CDT
