Re: Return rows as 1 line?

From: <galen_boyer_at_yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 18 May 2010 19:59:43 -0400
Message-ID: <14qzkzwu5g0.fsf_at_yahoo.com>

Mladen Gogala <gogala.mladen_at_gmail.com> writes:

> To tell the truth, I don't really like Tom's answer, either. Oracle is a
> relational database. Relational databases should return the requested
> rows, as quickly as possible. Relational databases are not formatting
> tools. Formatting the output is a job for the client tools, not for
> Oracle.

But the question should just be, where is the most performant place to do this. Who gives a hoot if you add non-relational functional to the database to get a job done?

-- 
Galen Boyer

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