At 03:18 AM 9/20/2002, you wrote: >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
Does the column presently have NULL's in it? If not, you could insert a NULL value and add the NULLS LAST clause to your select statement. >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). Justin Cave -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: Justin Cave 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).
