Re: Finding out last 10 records

Jack,

>From 9.0.1 TIMESTAMP (precision) datatype can store fractions of second
specified by precision.

Alexandre

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> AFAIK
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> Oracle keeps no timestamp of when a record was inserted.It also reuses the
> space freed up by deletes which means rownum can not be used either
> So I don't think that it's possible to do such thing and have any
> guaranteeswithout extra sql .
> The only way to go is to add a kolom and fill that with a sequence number
> (overhead). Timestamp may work but only limited to whole second I believe.
>
> Jack
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> Hello all
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> Could any one of you guide me on how to select last 10 records from a
> table. and also finding out first 10 records..
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> Thanks and regards,
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> Santosh
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