Its obvious I hadnt fully understood ROWNUM yet, as you see we are learning bits and pieces as we go along.
Help me out here, will you? Talk to me like I'm a 10-year old, its ok. > MaryAnn, the best way to understand rownum is to do the following: > > SQL> SELECT ROWNUM, GENDER > 2 FROM (SELECT ROWNUM, GENDER > 3 FROM EMP2 > 4 WHERE ROWNUM <= 20) > You will quickly see that, no matter how you order the result set, > the first record returned is rownum #1, second is rownum #2 etc. > The rownum value is assigned as rows are RETURNED or DISPLAYED, > not as they are selected. Fine, the rows are numbered as returned or displayed(not selected). BUT THEN HOW ARE THEY SELECTED? My emp2 table has 10000+ rows in it, how are only 20 selected? Based on what criteria? How do I get 20 back? I want to understand this first. Then, once I get these 20 back, then fine, they are numbered starting from 1, that part I kind of figured it out, or so I think. The part I dont get, is HOW ARE THEY SELECTED? thx maa __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? SBC Yahoo! DSL - Now only $29.95 per month! http://sbc.yahoo.com -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net -- Author: MaryAnn Atkinson 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).
