You are doing a cross join on fmis.open_burn_requests, fmis.persons. You
need to fix that. :-)


Mike

On Fri, Jan 7, 2011 at 10:20 AM, crocboy25 <icestor...@hotmail.com> wrote:

> I tried this version of it and it ran for over 2 hours before I
> stopped it...
>
> SELECT *
>  FROM (SELECT persons.certified_burner_num, persons.last_name,
> open_burn_requests.request_date,
>       open_burn_requests.certified_burn_flag,
> open_burn_requests.acres,
>               ROW_NUMBER ()
>               OVER (PARTITION BY certified_burner_num ORDER BY
> request_date DESC) r_num
>           FROM fmis.open_burn_requests, fmis.persons)
>  WHERE r_num < 2;
>
>
>
> On Jan 6, 5:06 pm, Michael Moore <michaeljmo...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > PS,
> > this does not cover the case where a fireman has never been called out,
> but
> > you didn't say you needed that. If so, let us know.
> > Mike
> >
> > On Thu, Jan 6, 2011 at 2:03 PM, Michael Moore <michaeljmo...@gmail.com
> >wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> > > This should tell you what you need to do.
> >
> > > SELECT *
> > >   FROM (SELECT do.customer_id,
> > >                do.order_timestamp,
> > >                do.order_total,
> > >                ROW_NUMBER ()
> > >                OVER (PARTITION BY customer_id ORDER BY order_timestamp
> > > DESC)
> > >                   r_num
> > >           FROM demo_orders do)
> > >  WHERE r_num < 2;
> >
> > > Let me know if you need further explanation.
> > > Regards,
> > > Mike
> >
> > > On Thu, Jan 6, 2011 at 12:42 PM, crocboy25 <icestor...@hotmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > >> Hello Group,
> >
> > >> I have a table in Oracle that contains records for firemen.  Each
> > >> record contains information for everytime a fireman is called out.
> > >> Each fireman has an ID(unique).  What I am trying to do is pull the
> > >> first min and second min(or max)for each fireman in terms of the date
> > >> they were called out.  Each fireman could be called out 100 times per
> > >> year. I want to write a query which pulls the first two times each
> > >> fireman was pulled out.  I have found several different ways of doing
> > >> this but it is always for a query written to pull back just one
> > >> fireman at a time. I need it for each fireman...
> >
> > >> here is a sloppy example of what the data looks like...
> >
> > >> Fireman ID        Called out date
> > >> 1                       02/02/2010
> > >> 1                       03/03/2009
> > >> 1                       02/13/2009
> > >> 2                       02/02/2010
> > >> 3                       03/03/2005
> > >> 3                       02/13/2006
> > >> 4                       02/02/2006
> > >> 4                       03/03/2007
> > >> 4                       02/13/2010
> >
> > >> I would want to pull out the 2 earliest dates for each ID
> >
> > >> Here is a query for what i have done so far which doesnt work well and
> > >> I think only sort of works for just one fireman at a time:
> >
> > >>   SELECT *
> >
> > >>   FROM  (SELECT
> >
> > >>
> persons.certified_burner_num,persons.last_name,open_burn_requests.request_d­ate,
> > >>              open_burn_requests.certified_burn_flag,
> > >> open_burn_requests.acres
> > >>          FROM fmis.open_burn_requests, fmis.persons
> > >>          WHERE     (persons.pk = open_burn_requests.by_pers_fk)
> > >>          AND open_burn_requests.acres > 0
> > >>          AND open_burn_requests.request_date > TO_DATE ('01/01/2006
> > >> 0:01:00', 'MM/DD/YYYY HH24:MI:SS')
> > >>          AND CERTIFIED_BURNER_NUM in
> >
> > >>
> (19870006,19870013,19870024,19870029,19870030,19870033,19870093,19870118,19­870125,19870158,19870166,19870170,19870225,19870250)
> > >>          order by 3)
> > >>   WHERE ROWNUM<=2;
> >
> > >> Any help would be great appreciated.
> >
> > >> Lee
> >
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