Thanks Michael for help... I will try what you stated below. The full
table name prefix for the columns were something that my user sent me
that he had worked up. I just pasted his query and was tweaking it. I
normally use the single letter alias myself...
Thanks for catching the cross join.... I will let you know how it goes
when I make the changes....
On Jan 7, 2:09 pm, Michael Moore <michaeljmo...@gmail.com> wrote:
> PS.
>
> Your unintentional cross-join is an excellent example of why it is better to
> use SQL92 Join syntax.
>
> instead of
> FROM fmis.open_burn_requests, fmis.persons
> do
> FROM fmis.open_burn_requests join fmis.persons on persons.fkey =
> open_burn_requests.key
>
> where fkey and key are the columns to be joined.
>
> Also, always qualify alias your table names and qualify your column names
> with that alias.
> Never use the table name to qualify your column names as you have done.
>
> So instead of
> SELECT persons.certified_burner_num from fmis.persons;
> do
> select p.certified_burner_num from fmis.persons p;
>
> There are good reasons for doing this that are not apparent in such a simple
> example. I don't really want to take the time to explain why this is good,
> so you have the option to take my word for it or not.
>
> Regards,
> Mike
>
>
>
> On Fri, Jan 7, 2011 at 10:21 AM, crocboy25 <icestor...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> > I can't use PL SQL for this task. It is for a user to use from time to
> > time and the person is not tech savy. I am trying to dumb it down.
>
> > On Jan 7, 4:56 am, sandeep kumar <kkumar.sandee...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > you can use PL SQL cursor also :)
>
> > > On 1/7/11, 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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