On Mon, 07 Mar 2005 09:52:57 -0800, Charles Heizer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello, > I have a query that gets all of the tables. > > <CFQUERY NAME="q_Tables" DATASOURCE="#settings.GlobalDS#"> > SELECT TABLE_NAME > FROM USER_TABLES > </CFQUERY> > > Now what I want to do is exclude a few tables from this query. I want to > exclude a table called 'devicestate' and 'devicestatus'. > > I tried to add the following to the statement but it did not exclude. > > WHERE TABLE_NAME != 'devicestate' > > Any help would be much appreciated. >
This is because Oracle stores all its internal meta data in upper case where it can. Change your query to DEVICESTATE and you should be good to go. Regards, Dave. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:197729 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