Re: What are the #'s in where n.statistic# = b.statistic#?

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> They are simply the column names - if you DESCRIBE any of the tables you
> will find that the columns contain the #.
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> I think Oracle puts them there to make them harder to type :-)
>

Either that or they were a daft abbreviation as part of a workaround for the 30 characters or less naming convention which is SO appealing when converting apps from other databases (NOT).

David P. Received on Thu Mar 16 2000 - 00:00:00 CST