SQL> DROP TABLE syn
Table dropped.
SQL> CREATE TABLE syn
(
val VARCHAR2 (30),
lik VARCHAR2 (30)
)
Table created.
SQL> INSERT ALL
INTO syn
VALUES ('red', 'red')
INTO syn
VALUES ('red', 'rouge')
INTO syn
VALUES ('red', 'crimson')
INTO syn
VALUES ('car', 'car')
INTO syn
VALUES ('car', 'motor')
INTO syn
VALUES ('car', 'vehicle')
SELECT 1 FROM DUAL
6 rows created.
SQL> COMMIT
Commit complete.
SQL> SELECT x.lik, y.lik
FROM syn x CROSS JOIN syn y
WHERE x.val = 'red' AND y.val = 'car'
LIK LIK_1
------------------------------ ------------------------------
red car
red motor
red vehicle
rouge car
rouge motor
rouge vehicle
crimson car
crimson motor
crimson vehicle
9 rows selected.
On Sun, Sep 29, 2013 at 3:51 AM, Phil W <philwinfi...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Given a phase, and a table of "like" words, essentially a thesaurus, I'd
> like to generate all permutations of the phrase
> making use of the thesaurus entries.
>
> I am sure it is possible in an SQL statement as I'd like to avoid PL/SQL
> if possible but I am thinking now that a function/pipelined function
> might be my only option. Does anyone with better SQL than me know how this
> can be done please?
>
> create table word_syn
> (value varchar2(30),
> likeness varchar2(30))
> /
>
> insert all
> into word_syn values ('red','rouge')
> into word_syn values ('red','crimson')
> into word_syn values ('car','motor')
> into word_syn values ('car','vehicle')
> select 1 from dual
> /
>
>
> /* Find options for "big red car"
> Desired output is:
> big rouge car
> big rouge motor
> big rouge vehicle
> big red motor
> big crimson motor... and so on.
> */
>
>
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