>----- ------- Original Message ------- ----- >From: "Mark Richard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: Tue, 16 Sep 2003 19:59:41 > > >I guess I should have added some criteria like: > >1) user_objects must have enough rows in it to >cover the range (if not >consider some other table) >
This one is a very interesting consideration. The use of 'pivot' tables, as in this case, without being something you meet daily is fairly frequent (completing series like here is one usage, otherwise I commonly use them to generate test data). It should be some standard feature, a kind of 'extended dual' (XDUAL ?). Perhaps this (to be run as SYS) should be added as a standard part of the catalogue : create view xdual as select rownum from sys.col$; grant select on xdual to public; create public synonym xdual for xdual; sys.col$ always contains a 'respectable' number of rows (10,000+, even without SAP :-)). Although indeed a standard sys.source$ is twice bigger just after install .. Regards, Stephane Faroult Oriole -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net -- Author: Stephane Faroult 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).
