When doing many select you should have the same order but this is not guaranteed by Oracle.
The only official guaranty is to use an order by. After an export/import or a move, you have the risk that the rows will not be in the same order. How big is the table ? There is no unique id for the customer ? --- Ratnesh Kumar Singh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> a �crit : > Hi > > I have a very large DW table in which there are only > inserts and NO > updates/deletes. > The table grows by around 2-5 % every week due to > new inserts. > > I need to return the rows for each customer in the > same order as inserted to > table. > Due to design/delivery constraints , i cannot modify > the table. > > ques 1 : if i do a 'select * from table' with where > clause but no order by > clause, > will the Order of rows returned be the same > whenever this query is > executed ? > Is this gauranteed by Oracle ? > > ques 2 : if i export/import this table , then > execute the same query, > will the Order of rows returned be the same as > before the export/import > ? > > ques 3 : if i use the 'move' cmd to rebuild this > table , then execute my > query, > will the Order of rows returned be the same as > before the rebuild ? > > any explanations are most welcome.... > > many thanks > ratnesh singh > > ------------------------------------------------- > Ratnesh Kumar Singh > Sr. Software Engineer > Patni Computer Systems Ltd > TTC Mahape , Navi Mumbai > Work : (91 22) 7611090/110/128/350 Ext. 2107/2106 > Home : (91 22) 8662162 > http://www.patni.com > World-Wide Partnerships. World-Class Solutions. > ------------------------------------------------- > > -- > Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: > http://www.orafaq.com > -- > Author: Ratnesh Kumar Singh > INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Fat City Network Services -- 858-538-5051 > http://www.fatcity.com > San Diego, California -- Mailing list and web > hosting services > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an > E-Mail message > to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of > 'ListGuru') and in > the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB > ORACLE-L > (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed > from). You may > also send the HELP command for other information > (like subscribing). ===== St�phane Paquette DBA Oracle et DB2, consultant entrep�t de donn�es Oracle and DB2 DBA, datawarehouse consultant [EMAIL PROTECTED] __________________________________________________________ L�che-vitrine ou l�che-�cran ? magasinage.yahoo.ca -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: =?iso-8859-1?q?paquette=20stephane?= INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com San Diego, California -- Mailing list and web hosting services --------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).
