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Ronald wrote:
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> hi, thanks.
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> It's only for a max of 2 or 3 records (about 30 char long total.)
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> But so far I see this only works on plsql isn't it ?
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> Is there also a sql (beside plsql) solution ?
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> Ronald.
check out LAG and LEAD to get the next/prev row relative to the current one.
or hunt around for the OCI aggregate functions which let you build your own string concat function
hth
connor
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