Some old SQL*Plus versions did that to check if DB is read/write. On 7/3/07, Sandra Becker <sbecker6925@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
RHEL4, 9.2.0.8
SELECT NULL FROM DUAL FOR UPDATE NOWAIT;
3) Why would anyone write a statement like this? What would be the point? Since I don't know which developer wrote it and no one is owning up to it, I haven't been able to find out what the desired result was supposed to be.
I appreciate any comments/suggestions. Sandy
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