Re: Oracle For Fun

Should it not be a simple
insert into t1 select * from all_objects? Was insert into select * not available in v7?

Cheers,
Kal

Daniel Morgan <damorgan_at_x.washington.edu> wrote in message news:<1075188942.399322_at_yasure>...
> At a class I taught this last weekend I brought up the fact that most
> PL/SQL programmers are still writing v7 code. I gave everyone there a
> challenge and thought I'd share it with the group for any of you looking
> for a challenge on which to sharpen your skills.
>
> CREATE TABLE t1 AS
> SELECT *
> FROM all_objects
> WHERE 1=0;
>
> CREATE OR REPLACE PROCEDURE test_proc IS
>
> BEGIN
> FOR x IN (SELECT * FROM all_objects)
> LOOP
> INSERT INTO t1
> (owner, object_name, subobject_name, object_id,
> data_object_id, object_type, created, last_ddl_time,
> timestamp, status, temporary, generated, secondary)
> VALUES
> (x.owner, x.object_name, x.subobject_name, x.object_id,
> x.data_object_id, x.object_type, x.created,
> x.last_ddl_time, x.timestamp, x.status, x.temporary,
> x.generated, x.secondary);
> END LOOP;
> COMMIT;
> END test_proc;
> /
>
> set timing on
> exec test_proc;
> set timing off
>
> Everyone using 8i+ features should be able to improve the performance of
> this by at least 5X.
>
> I'll post a solution in a week or so.
Received on Tue Jan 27 2004 - 05:20:59 CST