On 10/30/2011 02:01 AM, Jared Still wrote: > with mylist as ( > select column_value owner > from ( > table( > sys.odcivarchar2list( 'RT', 'TSMSYS', 'SCOTT', 'RMAN10G', > 'RMAN11G', 'JKSTILL') > ) > ) > ) > select t.owner, t.table_name > from all_tables t > join mylist m on m.owner = t.owner > order by owner, table_name > / Unless the list is provided as a single character string that is concatenated to the query, in which case something that is similar in spirit works usually very well (used multiple times in prod): variable list varchar2(4000) begin :list := 'RT,TSMSYS,SCOTT,RMAN10G,RMAN11G,JKSTILL'; end; / with mylist as (select trim(substr(list, instr(list, ',', 1, rn) + 1, instr(list, ',', 1, rn + 1) - instr(list, ',', 1, rn) - 1)) owner from (select list, rownum rn from (select ',' || trim(',' from :list) || ',' list -- Paranoid processing, -- in case developers have commas wrong from dual) connect by level < length(list) - length(replace(list, ',', '')))) -- count items by counting commas select t.owner, t.table_name from all_tables t join mylist m on m.owner = t.owner order by owner, table_name / -- Stephane Faroult RoughSea Ltd <http://www.roughsea.com> Konagora <http://www.konagora.com> RoughSea Channel on Youtube <http://www.youtube.com/user/roughsealtd> -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l