From oracle-l-bounce@freelists.org Thu Mar 3 13:44:21 2005 Return-Path: Received: from air891.startdedicated.com (root@localhost) by orafaq.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id j23JiLoK020969 for ; Thu, 3 Mar 2005 13:44:21 -0600 X-ClientAddr: 206.53.239.180 Received: from turing.freelists.org (freelists-180.iquest.net [206.53.239.180]) by air891.startdedicated.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id j23JiKem020965 for ; Thu, 3 Mar 2005 13:44:20 -0600 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by turing.freelists.org (Avenir Technologies Mail Multiplex) with ESMTP id 21DD97DC2C; Thu, 3 Mar 2005 13:42:54 -0500 (EST) Received: from turing.freelists.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (turing [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 01606-09; Thu, 3 Mar 2005 13:42:54 -0500 (EST) Received: from turing (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by turing.freelists.org (Avenir Technologies Mail Multiplex) with ESMTP id 99CC67DBBC; Thu, 3 Mar 2005 13:42:53 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <7ED53A68952D3B4C9540B4EFA5C76E362B9C78@CWYMSX04.Corp.Acxiom.net> From: Herring Dave - dherri To: ChrisStephens@pqa.com, oracle-l@freelists.org Subject: RE: Nother sql question... Date: Thu, 3 Mar 2005 12:41:02 -0600 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-archive-position: 16907 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: oracle-l-bounce@freelists.org Errors-To: oracle-l-bounce@freelists.org X-original-sender: Dave.Herring@acxiom.com Precedence: normal Reply-To: Dave.Herring@acxiom.com X-list: oracle-l X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new-20030616-p9 (Debian) at avenirtech.net X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.60 (1.212-2003-09-23-exp) on air891.startdedicated.com X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.0 required=5.0 tests=none autolearn=ham version=2.60 X-Spam-Level: Steven, I know your post is old, but I didn't see any responses, so I thought I'd propose the following: SELECT SUBSTR(string,2) FROM ( SELECT SYS_CONNECT_BY_PATH(name,',') string FROM ( SELECT name , LAG(name) OVER (ORDER BY name) prior_name FROM ( SELECT DISTINCT name FROM tableA WHERE id IN () ) ) START WITH prior_name IS NULL CONNECT BY PRIOR name = prior_name ORDER BY 1 DESC ) WHERE rownum < 2 ; /* * Output */ SUBSTR(STRING,2) ----------------------------------------------------------- A,B,C ------------------------------------- Dave Herring, DBA Acxiom Corporation 3333 Finley Downers Grove, IL 60515 wk: 630.944.4762 Myths Resolved: "A eye for eye, tooth for tooth, ... (Ex. 21:24) is normally quoted as justification for revenge. On the contrary, it was commanded to stop people from taking greater revenge than the original injustice." ------------------------------------- > -----Original Message----- > From: oracle-l-bounce@freelists.org [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@freelists.org] > On Behalf Of Stephens, Chris > Sent: Wednesday, November 10, 2004 1:21 PM > To: oracle-l@freelists.org > Subject: Nother sql question... > > > I have a list of id's passed in. I need a string of names returned that > coincide with those id's. It's very easy to just create a cursor, loop > through, and concantenate to the string on every iteration but I was > thinking there would be a way to do this in sql with one of the new > analytic functions but nothing is really jumping out at me. > > Anyone? > > tableA > Id Name > 1 A > 2 B > 3 C > > Sql>fReturnString(1,2,3); > Sql>a,b,c > > > -- > http://www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l ********************************************************************** The information contained in this communication is confidential, is intended only for the use of the recipient named above, and may be legally privileged. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution, or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please re-send this communication to the sender and delete the original message or any copy of it from your computer system. Thank You. -- http://www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l