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> I rather strongly disagree. It is possible to do useful work over a > connection in situations when a 'simple select' is not possible. > My production Oracle database is protected by a physical standby database. Ah, well in that case I withdraw my previous statement. > However it is not possible to select from any table. > SELECT 1 FROM DUAL will fail. Ah, so Oracle still requires an actual table? Thought they might have joined the rest of us by now in allowing things like 'SELECT 2+2;' :) - -- Greg Sabino Mullane g...@turnstep.com End Point Corporation http://www.endpoint.com/ PGP Key: 0x14964AC8 201211051157 http://biglumber.com/x/web?pk=2529DF6AB8F79407E94445B4BC9B906714964AC8 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iEYEAREDAAYFAlCX7+kACgkQvJuQZxSWSsiw9gCg7ue5/9c+qvKhw/uTpTx/4cWq 8HQAnjBdWDySKjPiwTOlOnoaTwvvdvFQ =V+96 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
