Awesome, thanks! Given that Tom submitted that in 2001 under 8i, are people still using that method? Is this a rather current approach to this particular problem? On Thu, Oct 30, 2008 at 9:19 AM, Gints Plivna <gints.plivna@xxxxxxxxx>wrote: > See this asktom thread for discussion about that: > > http://asktom.oracle.com/pls/asktom/f?p=100:11:0::::P11_QUESTION_ID:1288401763279 > > Gints Plivna > http://www.gplivna.eu > > 2008/10/30 Charles Schultz <sacrophyte@xxxxxxxxx>: > > Good day, list, > > > > We have had several sql issues come up that I am sure a pure Application > DBA > > could tackle readily. In general, what are the recognized "best ways" to > > code a part of an application that has a dynamic number of predicates? > <skipped> > -- Charles Schultz