Re: SQL - Select 1 row only from a table.

Thomas Niering wrote:

> Hallo Craig,
>
>

>>select (1)
>>from table
>>where column = x'
>> and rownum = 1

Not as efficient as:

SELECT 1
FROM dual
WHERE EXISTS (<your statement here>)

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