Please change upper to lower in my earlier query :) Qasim
On Mon, 7 Mar 2005 14:54:10 -0500, Qasim Rasheed <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > You can use something like this as Dave as already pointed out > > select * > from user_tables > where upper(table_name) = 'devicestate' > > > On Mon, 7 Mar 2005 13:03:18 -0500, Dave Carabetta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 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. > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:4:197736 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=11502.10531.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
