FreeLists / oracle-l / Re: SELECT NULL FROM DUAL FOR UPDATE NOWAIT

["Norman Dunbar" <norman.dunbar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Sandra,

>> 3)  Why would anyone write a statement like this?  What would be the
point?

there was a thread on this very SQL statement a while back. Might be
useful, maybe not, buit here's the URL just in case.

http://www.freelists.org/archives/oracle-l/04-2007/msg00428.html

It might be that SQL*Plus is doing the dirty on you.


Cheers,
Norman.



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