For large datasets I'd probably store every 15th value in a second table. For small enough ones Excel could filter. Yikes, heresy, kill me now, etc On 19 Jan 2011 18:18, "Stephens, Chris" <Chris.Stephens@xxxxxxx> wrote: That’s a good question that I brought up with the users when this request showed up. Apparently they need the 2 second granularity for other functions but wanted a way to reduce the size of the sample set for whatever they are doing with this particular excel sheet. *From:* Niall Litchfield [mailto:niall.litchfield@xxxxxxxxx] *Sent:* Wednesday, January 19, 2011 12:09 PM To: Stephens, Chris Cc: ORACLE-L Subject: Re: cheapest way to access every 15th row in table ordere... What does every 15th row mean? Would only storing every 15th sample be more appropriate? > > On 19 Jan 2011 16:22, "Stephens, Chris" <Chris.Stephens@xxxxxxx> wrote: > > 11.2.0.2 on Linux 5... CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This message is intended for the use of the individual or entity to which i...