SELECT BLOG_CONFIG.*, 'foo' as foo FROM BLOG_CONFIG And you thought that would be hard, didn't you...
-----Original Message----- From: Rick Root [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, 5 February 2005 12:04 To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: Creating Oracle Functions in CFQUERY revisited James, that did the trick! Crazy, in ALL other SQL queries sent via CFQUERY, if you end them in ;, you get an "Invalid Character" error... Here's a question, Mr. Oracle Man... Why can't I do this? SELECT *, 'foo' as foo FROM BLOG_CONFIG It's easy enough to work around by specifying the field names, but it's still pretty stupid that not to work. It doesn't work in SQL*Plus or cfquery. SQL> select *, 'foo' as foo from BLOG_CONFIG; select *, 'foo' as foo from BLOG_CONFIG * ERROR at line 1: ORA-00923: FROM keyword not found where expected SQL> select 'foo' as foo, * from BLOG_CONFIG; select 'foo' as foo, * from BLOG_CONFIG * ERROR at line 1: ORA-00936: missing expression ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Logware (www.logware.us): a new and convenient web-based time tracking application. Start tracking and documenting hours spent on a project or with a client with Logware today. Try it for free with a 15 day trial account. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=67 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:193098 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54