Perhaps it's your clients? I've spouted off here before about the MACHINE column of V$SESSION having an extra CHR(0) at then end of it for Winders clients. Maybe something similar's happening to you, but with whitespace (the TRIM in your statement won't lop off CHR(0)).
HTH! Rich Rich Jesse System/Database Administrator [EMAIL PROTECTED] Quad/Tech Inc, Sussex, WI USA > -----Original Message----- > From: Chris Stephens [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2003 11:19 AM > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L > Subject: SQL comparison addition: > > > > I just tried: > > 1 SELECT count(*) > 2 FROM global.client_dim a > 3* WHERE sys_context('userenv','session_user') = a.REPORTS_LOGIN > SQL> / > > COUNT(*) > ---------- > 1 > > > ...but we had a problem 2 weeks ago where the comparison only > worked when I > put in the trim. > > ????????? > > 1 SELECT count(*) > 2 FROM global.client_dim a > 3* WHERE TRIM(sys_context('userenv','session_user')) > =TRIM(a.REPORTS_LOGIN) > SQL> / > > COUNT(*) > ---------- > 0 > -- -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net -- Author: Jesse, Rich 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).
