Is ORDER BY legal in a view in Oracle 7.3? Try: select x.fein,x.open_bal from (select /*+ FULL(employer) */ sf_get_fein(employer_id) fein, nvl(total_open_balance_amt,0) open_bal from employer GROUP by open_bal desc ) x where rownum < 101
Caver -----Original Message----- Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2002 1:23 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Don't use any aliases (x in your case) and try again Regards -----Original Message----- Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2002 12:32 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Subject: RE: SQL for top 100 values I tried to run it in Oracle 7.3.4, it comes up with a syntax error Here is the SQL select x.fein,x.open_bal from (select sf_get_fein(employer_id) fein, nvl(total_open_balance_amt,0) open_bal from employer order by open_bal desc ) x where rownum < 101 Here is what I get SQLWKS> select x.fein,x.open_bal 2> from (select sf_get_fein(employer_id) fein, nvl(total_open_balance_amt,0) open_bal 3> from employer 4> order by open_bal desc ) x 5> where rownum < 101 6> order by open_bal desc ) x * ORA-00907: missing right parenthesis Is it because I am on a lower version Thanks Deen -----Original Message----- Faroult Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2002 11:26 AM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Deen Dayal wrote: > > hi SQL wizards, > > Can any body help me with the tjis SQL. I need a SQL records with top 100 values of a table ( not rownum < 101 ). > > Thanks > Deen > rownum < 101 is OK if you nest your query, ORDER BY included, as an in-line view, ie select x.val from (select val from my_table order by val desc) x where rownum < 101 -- Regards, Stephane Faroult Oriole Ltd -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: Stephane Faroult INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858) 538-5051 San Diego, California -- Public Internet access / Mailing Lists -------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing). -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: Deen Dayal INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858) 538-5051 San Diego, California -- Public Internet access / Mailing Lists -------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing). -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: Babich , Sergey INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858) 538-5051 San Diego, California -- Public Internet access / Mailing Lists -------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing). -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: Toepke, Kevin M INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858) 538-5051 San Diego, California -- Public Internet access / Mailing Lists -------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).