Ralph, Assuming that there is no history in the BIDS table (meaning that there are no "old" records indicating a bid recorded last year), I think the following would work just fine.
select name from person, (select distinct sid, count(*) bid_count from bids group by sid) bids where person.sid = bids.sid and bid_count = 3 Tom Mercadante Oracle Certified Professional -----Original Message----- Sent: Monday, September 29, 2003 9:20 AM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Im taking a database theory class(no I dont need help with my homework). There is an interesting query in the book that I have never seen posed before. The solution would be hideously slow if there was even a moderate amount of data in the tables. How would you write it? Given 3 tables: and columns in the tables: TABLE: Person Primary Key: SID COLUMN: NAME TABLE: BIDS Primary Key: BID Foreign Key: SID FOREIGN KEYT: BOAT_ID Column: Date Boat: Primary Key: BOAT_ID Column: Color Find any person who has reserved all the boats. The I dont have the solution with me, but there is a 'NOT EXISTS', then in the subquery there is a minus and a correlated 'where' clause.'. That query wouldnt move. How would you solve this? Also, according to the 'SQL Standard', SQL is supposed to support op codes such as 'ALL' or 'ANY' So you can say: Find all people who are older than any person with blue eyes. Or find all the people who are older than 'ALL' the people with blue eyes. Just to reiterate. Not looking for help with my homework. My professor isnt an Oracle guy so he doesnt know. -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net -- Author: <[EMAIL PROTECTED] 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.net -- Author: Mercadante, Thomas F 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).
