GROUP BY does not necessarily guarantee a sort. eg. you still need an ORDER BY
On Fri, 2003-08-29 at 07:59, Mercadante, Thomas F wrote: > Mike, > > Add a GROUP BY command: > > select distinct (rpad(employee_id,6,' ')) ||';'|| ssn > from EMP > group by (rpad(employee_id,6,' ')) ||';'|| ssn > > Hope this helps. > > Tom Mercadante > Oracle Certified Professional > > > -----Original Message----- > Sent: Friday, August 29, 2003 10:45 AM > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L > > > I have problem to use "distinct" with Function on > select statement. Can anyone give me a hint? > > Thanks. > > SQL> select distinct (rpad(employee_id,6,' ')) ||';'|| > ssn from EMP > 2 order by employee_id; > select distinct (rpad(employee_id,6,' ')) ||';'|| ssn > from EMP > * > ERROR at line 1: > ORA-01791: not a SELECTed expression > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software > http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com > -- > Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net > -- > Author: mike mon > 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). > -- > Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net > -- > Author: Mercadante, Thomas F > 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). > -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net -- Author: Jared Still 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).
