Friday, July 23, 2004, 4:59:57 AM, Lex de Haan (lex.de.haan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) wrote: LdH> indeed -- just start with "select ename from scott.emp" to get 14 rows, LdH> and then outer join with scott.dept -- I am pretty sure you'll see 15 rows. LdH> not sure whether you are talking about the left, right, or full outer join, LdH> though ... We really need to know what direction Nuno is talking about. Nuno, any chance you can post an example? Best regards, Jonathan Gennick --- Brighten the corner where you are http://Gennick.com * 906.387.1698 * mailto:jonathan@xxxxxxxxxxx Join the Oracle-article list and receive one article on Oracle technologies per month by email. To join, visit http://five.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/oracle-article, or send email to Oracle-article-request@xxxxxxxxxxx and include the word "subscribe" in either the subject or body. ---------------------------------------------------------------- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com ---------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe send email to: oracle-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put 'unsubscribe' in the subject line. -- Archives are at //www.freelists.org/archives/oracle-l/ FAQ is at //www.freelists.org/help/fom-serve/cache/1.html -----------------------------------------------------------------