RE: order by versus order by desc problem ..... probably a simple

2002-06-20 Thread Khedr, Waleed
Looks like a bug! -Original Message- Sent: Thursday, June 20, 2002 2:17 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L pro select distinct col1 from table_name where col1 like 'ABC_' and col2 0 order by col1; returns 38 rows .. but select distinct col1 from table_name

RE: order by versus order by desc problem ..... probably a simple

2002-06-20 Thread Johnson, Michael
You are exactly correct ... it is a bug in an earlier version on Oracle we have on one of our servers See Note:1036394.6 on metalink ! thank you ! Mike -Original Message- Sent: Thursday, June 20, 2002 11:51 AM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L simple Looks like a bug!

RE: order by versus order by desc problem ..... probably a simple

2002-06-20 Thread Fink, Dan
Run sql trace on each and see the differences in the execution plan. If #2 is using an index, try a rebuild and see if it changes. I have seen indexes be built without data in them (though data is in the table). Checking for a bug is an excellent idea as well. Daniel W. Fink Sr. Oracle DBA