try... SELECT TABLE_NAME FROM USER_TABLES WHERE lower(TABLE_NAME) != 'devicestate'
our tables are all capitalized. On Mon, 7 Mar 2005 18:03:24 -0000, Adrian Lynch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Not being an Oracle man, my first thing to check would be <> over != > > Then I'd check whether the values in TABLE_NAME are not padded with white > space. Are they? > > Ade > > -----Original Message----- > From: Charles Heizer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 07 March 2005 17:53 > To: CF-Talk > Subject: OT: Oracle Query Question > > 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. > > Thanks, > - Charles > -- > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.6.2 - Release Date: 04/03/2005 > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:4:197886 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