Re: Quotes not mandatory for String condition ?

"Zboub" <zboub_at_softhome.net> wrote:

>Select * from POINTAGE where MATRICUL = '45612378'; ---> immediat
>result.

Read what Tom Kyte has to say - when it's a number, use a number type,when it's a string, use a string type.

Can you change your table? It will be very fast then, if indexing a numerical column.

Paul...

>Patrick.

-- 

plinehan __at__ yahoo __dot__ __com__

XP Pro, SP 2, 

Oracle, 9.2.0.1.0 (Enterprise Ed.)
Interbase 6.0.1.0;

When asking database related questions, please give other posters 
some clues, like operating system, version of db being used and DDL.
The exact text and/or number of error messages is useful (!= "it didn't work!").
Thanks.
 
Furthermore, as a courtesy to those who spend 
time analysing and attempting to help, please 
do not top post.