Read the rest of the blog, it gives the solution for the problem you listed. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Thomas Day" <tomday2@xxxxxxxxx> To: <oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, March 08, 2005 8:28 AM Subject: Re: Hotsos Symposium, Day 1 > I tried running the CONNECT BY example that you had. > > SQL> SELECT TRUNC(SYSDATE,'YEAR') + LEVEL - 1 > 2 FROM DUAL > 3 CONNECT BY 1 = 1 > 4 AND LEVEL < TRUNC(SYSDATE+366,'YEAR') - TRUNC(SYSDATE,'YEAR') + 1; > > TRUNC(SYS > --------- > 01-JAN-05 > > 1 row selected. > > I'm obvisously missing something. What's with the 1=1? > > > 1 SELECT TRUNC(SYSDATE,'YEAR') + LEVEL - 1 > 2 FROM DUAL > 3 CONNECT BY > 4 --1 = 1 AND > 5* LEVEL < TRUNC(SYSDATE+366,'YEAR') - TRUNC(SYSDATE,'YEAR') + 1 > SQL> / > > TRUNC(SYS > --------- > 01-JAN-05 > > 1 row selected. > -- > //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l > -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l