Re: Help, SQL Problem!!!

Valerie St Esteve wrote:
>
> Hi
>
> I hope this doesn't seem like a silly question but I'm new to all
> this.
> Is there any way to dynamically alter the FROM part of a select
> statement either in SQL or PL/SQL.
>
> My requirement is this: I have to gather data from 52 tables all of
> which have an identical structure. They are only differentiated by
> their
> names. The first is called sales_00001, the next sales_00002 and so
> on.
> All the data has to be spooled into a single text file in one go.
> Apart from coding a query that has 52 selects all unioned together
> with
> hardcoded table names for each of the tables, is there any way of
> having
> a single select statement, say within some kind of loop that has its
> from part dynamically altered for each iteration of the loop. If so,
> how
> do I achieve this? I can't find out how it is done anywhere.
>
> Thanks in advance
>
> Val

Hi Val,

If you are using UNIX, I have a simple solution that uses only a small SQL script and a shell script. Contact if needed.

Regards. Received on Tue Aug 11 1998 - 02:49:21 CDT