Basically what I want to do is put a value in a VARCHAR2 column that will ensure it appears as the last row when selected using an ORDER BY on the column
John > -----Original Message----- > From: DENNIS WILLIAMS [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: 19 September 2002 21:09 > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L > Subject: RE: High values > > John - Since nobody has replied to your question, I discussed it with a > fellow COBOL programmer. I think that in COBOL you normally would use this > in an iterative loop, as a comparison. In SQL itself, you rarely iterate, > so > you probably don't have that much need for a HIGH-VALUE. In PL/SQL you > might > be more likely to need it. Myself, I have used such a thing in the C > language before, and there was usually a precompiler value that you could > include. For Oracle, the maximum integer that can be represented is 38 9's > times 10 to the 125th. power. Here is a web address that lists a lot of > the > Oracle limits as of 8.0.5. > > http://storacle.princeton.edu:9001/oracle8-doc/server.805/a58242/ch5.htm > > Dennis Williams > DBA > Lifetouch, Inc. > [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > -----Original Message----- > Sent: Thursday, September 19, 2002 12:21 PM > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L > > > Is there a Oracle equivalent to the Cobol HIGH-VALUES value? > > John > -- > Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com > -- > Author: John Dunn > INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Fat City Network Services -- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com > San Diego, California -- Mailing list and web hosting services > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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: DENNIS WILLIAMS > INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Fat City Network Services -- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com > San Diego, California -- Mailing list and web hosting services > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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: John Dunn INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com San Diego, California -- Mailing list and web hosting services --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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).
