It is 8.1.7.4, it doesn't do the select sysdate from dual anymore for 
dt:=sysdate;

Anjo.

On Thursday 26 December 2002 12:59, you wrote:
> That's because doing dt := sysdate is more optimized, it's still select
> sysdate into dt from dual but more optimized.  select from dual doing 4 db
> block gets in 8i and 2 db block gets in 9i, but you can tune it to cut it
> down.
>
> Richard Ji
>
> -----Original Message-----
> Sent: Thursday, December 26, 2002 2:45 PM
> To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
>
>
>
>
>   That's what I thought too. But the results of testing are somewhat
> different.
> Maybe it's evaluated within the PL/SQL engine and does not require a
> context
>
> switch to the SQL engine.
>
> Platform : Sun Solaris 2.6
> Oracle   : 8.1.7.4 (32 bit)
>
> DEV:43#14739-23049>@dual1
> DEV:43#14739-23049>declare
>   2    dt date;
>   3  begin
>   4
>   5          for i in 1..10000
>   6          loop
>   7      select sysdate into dt from dual;
>   8  --    dt := sysdate;
>   9    end loop;
>  10  end;
>  11  /
>
> PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.
>
> Elapsed: 00:00:01.97
>
>
> DEV:43#14739-23049>@dual1
> DEV:43#14739-23049>declare
>   2    dt date;
>   3  begin
>   4
>   5          for i in 1..10000
>   6          loop
>   7  --    select sysdate into dt from dual;
>   8      dt := sysdate;
>   9    end loop;
>  10  end;
>  11  /
>
> PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.
>
> Elapsed: 00:00:00.92
>
>
> Regards,
> Denny
>
> Quoting K Gopalakrishnan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> > Raj:
> >
> > Both are same. It is internally translated as a select call to dual.
> >
> > KG
> >
> > --- "Jamadagni, Rajendra" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > Can someone please explain me why you have to use
> > >
> > > select sysdate
> > >   from dual
> > > /
> > >
> > > when
> > >
> > > my_date_Var := sysdate;
> > >
> > > just works fine? Maybe I am clueless ... but I can take an
> > > explanation
> > >
> > > Raj
> >
> > =====
> > Have a nice day !!
> > ------------------------------------------------------------
> > Best Regards,
> > K Gopalakrishnan,
> > Bangalore, INDIA.

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