hi I'm getting the output from following select known_category_id, count(rowid) from ovt_recognized_categories where known_category_id in (3,1,8,7) group by known_category_id ; KNOWN_CATEGORY_ID COUNT(ROWID) ----------------- ------------ 1 1 3 1 7 1 8 1 I want the out would be like KNOWN_CATEGORY_ID COUNT(ROWID) ----------------- ------------ 3 1 1 1 8 1 7 1 Following are sample data. ROWNUM ROWID KNOWN_CATEGORY_ID ---------- ------------------ ----------------- 1 AAANmrAAcAAAY0wAAA 986 2 AAANmrAAcAAAY0wAAB 1 3 AAANmrAAcAAAY0wAAC 2 4 AAANmrAAcAAAY0wAAD 3 5 AAANmrAAcAAAY0wAAE 4 6 AAANmrAAcAAAY0wAAF 5 7 AAANmrAAcAAAY0wAAG 6 8 AAANmrAAcAAAY0wAAH 7 9 AAANmrAAcAAAY0wAAI 8 10 AAANmrAAcAAAY0wAAJ 9 Please sugget what would be query. thanks -Seema -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l