Received: (qmail 4047 invoked from network); 29 Nov 2011 05:40:39 -0600 Received: from freelists-180.iquest.net (HELO turing.freelists.org) (206.53.239.180) by static-ip-85-25-126-90.inaddr.ip-pool.com with SMTP; 29 Nov 2011 05:40:38 -0600 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by turing.freelists.org (Avenir Technologies Mail Multiplex) with ESMTP id F383DE6283F; Tue, 29 Nov 2011 06:40:36 -0500 (EST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=simple/simple; d=freelists.org; s=turing; t=1322566837; bh=EAUt539dEyhWbh1dEYz3hP2rdS4OK3KjpITa9gvy ffY=; h=MIME-Version:Date:Message-ID:Subject:From:To:Content-type: Content-Transfer-Encoding:Sender:Reply-To:List-help: List-unsubscribe:List-Id:List-subscribe:List-owner:List-post: List-archive; b=BAbkFfuJSepTqTeBiQ/hcruykV5MNdkghhw+nqq3fYGaqQrxKV BZ1lmMApOdBpsxXAhzzEClXYmlU7qoxwFDhzU2YIMsLjQ7yJtTak2FLvaHkce95cwH0 cR/7zbTH60W/yXiFlWkAANdd9B8bCCfj3m6nHbxLTOdyB1jh0ueL04= X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at localhost.localdomain Received: from turing.freelists.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (turing.freelists.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id PlWQ2M8Af6yv; Tue, 29 Nov 2011 06:40:36 -0500 (EST) Received: from turing.freelists.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by turing.freelists.org (Avenir Technologies Mail Multiplex) with ESMTP id A7C73E627B6; Tue, 29 Nov 2011 06:39:51 -0500 (EST) Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list oracle-l); Tue, 29 Nov 2011 06:39:10 -0500 (EST) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by turing.freelists.org (Avenir Technologies Mail Multiplex) with ESMTP id B43D4E6233E for ; Tue, 29 Nov 2011 06:39:09 -0500 (EST) Authentication-Results: turing.freelists.org; dkim=pass (1024-bit key) header.i=@gmail.com Received: from turing.freelists.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (turing.freelists.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id scfXVE+CvkK9 for ; Tue, 29 Nov 2011 06:39:09 -0500 (EST) Received: from mail-bw0-f51.google.com (mail-bw0-f51.google.com [209.85.214.51]) by turing.freelists.org (Avenir Technologies Mail Multiplex) with ESMTP id 1DE39E622DB for ; Tue, 29 Nov 2011 06:39:08 -0500 (EST) Received: by bkat8 with SMTP id t8so9456001bka.10 for ; Tue, 29 Nov 2011 03:39:08 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:date:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type; bh=GB1blEsJmGGw5GQsdAKZoM8jhojv+pmfvEnuDS3KySc=; b=x7GtOo5TKZ9ONmZA2YGBT4lfiJFA8WY8zeoShwJCnMDncFPYf+jb4llgBQx64Kcyjd 43m0Yc9pOwwNGfGRLEDdb5fkJUSYHAMoJlWb2PwQFoSTwCSmvYl2ymjJuogP1jodrdIU qTh2Nk3zoPYD2RIDRidVUs+UXf/xmbUWnxg6A= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.204.157.27 with SMTP id z27mr47738347bkw.37.1322566747959; Tue, 29 Nov 2011 03:39:07 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.223.65.70 with HTTP; Tue, 29 Nov 2011 03:39:07 -0800 (PST) Date: Tue, 29 Nov 2011 11:39:07 +0000 Message-ID: Subject: owb and NVL From: Niall Litchfield To: ORACLE-L Content-type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-archive-position: 40376 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: oracle-l-bounce@freelists.org Errors-to: oracle-l-bounce@freelists.org X-original-sender: niall.litchfield@gmail.com Precedence: normal Reply-To: niall.litchfield@gmail.com List-help: List-unsubscribe: List-software: Ecartis version 1.0.0 List-Id: oracle-l X-List-ID: oracle-l List-subscribe: List-owner: List-post: List-archive: X-list: oracle-l I'm looking at an OWB generated statement (and so my head is exploding) which is full of subqueries like the following. SELECT NVL(T1.KEY_VALUE, NULL)... I sure am puzzled as to why the tool would generate this and not SELECT T1.KEY_VALUE... other than to further muddy the waters. -- Niall Litchfield Oracle DBA http://www.orawin.info -- http://www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l