I've seen a 14 page (9 point Courier point) SQL which
was generated by my ol' favourite Discoverer! It
actually ran fine, it was more of Discover's penchant
for writing code along the lines of:
select <column_list> from
( select <column_list> from
( select <column_list> from
( select <column_list> from
( select <column_list> from
( select <column_list> from
you get the idea...
:-)
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> Is that the best you can do? ;)
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> I recall something from the list many years ago
> where a poster was
> asking for help with a SQL statement that was
> unbelievably long.
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> If I recollect correctly, it was about a 64K single
> SQL statement.
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> It doesn't seem like maintaining something like that
> would
> actually be possible.
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> Think of what the explain plan output would look
> like.
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> Jared
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> 1 UPDATE
> 2 TRIO_STUDENT_MASTERF00S01part5 T
> 3 SET
> 4 (
> 5 T.T08_STUDENT_RACE_ETHNICITY
> 6 )
> 7 = (
> 8 SELECT
> 9 decode(
> 10 decode( X.STU_ETH_CODE,
> 11 'D', '0', /* Declined to State
> */
> 12 '8', '0', /* Other (Not Listed)
> (10/8/1999
> ??) */
> 13 '9', '0', /* No Response
> */
> 14 '1', '1', /* American Indian/
> Native American */
> 15 '2', '3', /* Black/ African
> American */
> 16 '3', '4', /* Chicano/ Mexican
> American */
> 17 '4', '4', /* Other Hispanic (Not
> Listed) */
> 18 'A', '4', /* Central American
> */
> 19 'B', '4', /* South American
> */
> 20 'P', '4', /* Puerto Rican
> */
> 21 'Q', '4', /* Cuban
> */
> 22 '5', '2', /* Other Asian
> */
> 23 'C', '2', /* Chinese
> */
> 24 'J', '2', /* Japanese
> */
> 25 'K', '2', /* Korean
> */
> 26 'L', '2', /* Laotian
> */
> 27 'M', '2', /* Cambodian
> */
> 28 'R', '2', /* Asian Indian
> */
> 29 'S', '2', /* Other Southeast
> Asian */
> 30 'T', '2', /* Thai
> */
> 31 'V', '2', /* Vietnamese
> */
> 32 '6', '6', /* Other Pacific
> Islander (new
> 10/8/1999) */
> 33 'F', '6', /* Filipino
> "" */
> 34 'G', '6', /* Guamanian
> "" */
> 35 'H', '6', /* Hawaiian
> "" */
> 36 'N', '6', /* Samoan
> "" */
> 37 '7', '5', /* White/ Caucasian
> */
> 38 decode( Z.STU_ETH_CODE,
> 39 'D', '0', /*
> Declined to State
> */
> 40 '8', '0', /* Other
> (Not Listed)
> (10/8/1999 ??) */
> 41 '9', '0', /* No
> Response
> */
> 42 '1', '1', /*
> American Indian/ Native
> American */
> 43 '2', '3', /* Black/
> African American
> */
> 44 '3', '4', /*
> Chicano/ Mexican American
> */
> 45 '4', '4', /* Other
> Hispanic (Not Listed)
> */
> 46 'A', '4', /*
> Central American
> */
> 47 'B', '4', /* South
> American
> */
> 48 'P', '4', /* Puerto
> Rican
> */
> 49 'Q', '4', /* Cuban
> */
> 50 '5', '2', /* Other
> Asian
> */
> 51 'C', '2', /*
> Chinese
> */
> 52 'J', '2', /*
> Japanese
> */
> 53 'K', '2', /* Korean
> */
> 54 'L', '2', /*
> Laotian
> */
> 55 'M', '2', /*
> Cambodian
> */
> 56 'R', '2', /* Asian
> Indian
> */
> 57 'S', '2', /* Other
> Southeast Asian
> */
> 58 'T', '2', /* Thai
> */
> 59 'V', '2', /*
> Vietnamese
> */
>
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