I would say that (A) will be the most performant
because you are giving Oracle the EXTRA information
that you only want one row. (b) and (c) could
possibly produce a massive result set of which you
only then fetch 1 row.
hth
connor
--- "Norrell, Brian" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >
I have seen code that depends on the 8.1 behavior.
> It does bring up a
> question I have always wondered about. The question
> for the internals
> ubergeeks is: which of the following is best to use?
> (All should have the
> same result, so which one has the best performance
> and why?)
>
> A)
> declare
> y number;
> begin
> select x into y from z where rownum = 1;
> foo(y);
> end;
>
> B)
> declare
> y number;
> begin
> begin
> select x into y from z;
> exception
> when too_many_rows then null;
> end;
> foo(y);
> end;
>
> C)
> declare
> y number;
> cursor c is
> select x into y from z;
> begin
> open c;
> fetch c into y;
> close c;
> foo(y);
> end;
>
> D) something else more clever or obscure ???
>
> Brian Norrell
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> v7&v8i
>
>
>
> We noticed a different behavior with too_many_rows
> exception in v7 and v8i.
> Is this a bug or that's the way it should work in
> 8i?
>
> I really appreciate your feedback on this.
> Thanks & Regards,
> Prasad
>
> declare
> v_table_name user_tables.table_name%TYPE;
> begin
> v_table_name := null;
> select table_name
> into v_table_name
> from user_tables;
> dbms_output.put_line('v_table_name :
> '||nvl(v_table_name,'null'));
> exception
> when too_many_rows then
> dbms_output.put_line('too_many_rows exception,
> v_table_name : '
> ||nvl(v_table_name,'null'));
> when others then
> dbms_output.put_line(sqlerrm);
> end;
> /
>
> In v7.3, It keeps value remains null in v_table_name
> column and v8i it is
> assigning the first received value.
> In both cases, It is raising too_many_rows
> exception.
>
> Output in v7.3:
>
> too_many_rows exception, v_table_name : null
>
> PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.
>
> Output in v8.1.7, v8.1.6, v8.1.5
>
> too_many_rows exception, v_table_name :
> CHAMPION_LIFE_DGNSS_CATEGORY
>
> PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.
>
>
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