Re: storing data horizontal vs vertical using pl/sql
- From: "Norman Dunbar" <norman.dunbar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <sfaroult@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 19 Jan 2006 08:54:11 +0000
Morning Stephane,
Norman Dunbar.
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>>> Stephane Faroult <sfaroult@xxxxxxxxxxxx> 01/18/06 05:42pm >>>
>> Hmm, Norman, I don't think that's because Raj asks how to do it
with
>> PL/SQL that I would feel compelled to do it with PL/SQL ...
>> An INSERT ... SELECT can do it as well, and much faster ...
I know, I just fancied the challenge. Thankfully, Raj was on a decent
version of Oracle that allowed the CASE statement !
>> I know what you are going to say about committing, but it would
allow
>> you to do it in direct mode ...
No you don't :o)
Actually, just a quick thought, how exactly would you do it with INSERT
SELECT - I can't get my head to work this early without at least two
more coffees.
Cheers,
Norman.
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