Oracle FAQ Your Portal to the Oracle Knowledge Grid
HOME | ASK QUESTION | ADD INFO | SEARCH | E-MAIL US
 

Home -> Community -> Usenet -> c.d.o.server -> Re: And the correct answer is?

Re: And the correct answer is?

From: sfk <nospan_at_noway.org>
Date: Fri, 04 Apr 2003 18:16:43 GMT
Message-ID: <3E8DCB8E.75AD1103@noway.org>


The author states A as the correct answer. I choose D.

"Gerard H. Pille" wrote:

> sfk <nospan_at_noway.org> wrote in message news:<3E8E0B9E.B0B9251F_at_noway.org>...
> > The following is from a text..... I would like some opinions .... what
> > is the correct answer.
> >
> > EMP Table is defined as follows:
> > EMPNO NUMBER 4
> > ENAME VARCHAR2 30
> > SALARY NUMBER 14,2
> > COMM NUMBER 10,2
> > DEPTNO NUMBER 2
> >
> > You perform the following tow queries:
> >
> > 1. SELECT empno enumber, ename FROM emp ORDER BY 1;
> > 2. SELECT empno, ename FROM emp ORDER BY ASC;
> >
> > Which of the following is true?
> > A. Statements 1 and 2 will produce the same result.
> > B. Statement 1 will execute; statement 2 will return an error.
> > C. Statement 2 will execute; statement 1 will return an error.
> > D. Statement 1 and 2 will execute but produce different results.
>
> I vote for B
Received on Fri Apr 04 2003 - 12:16:43 CST

Original text of this message

HOME | ASK QUESTION | ADD INFO | SEARCH | E-MAIL US