I can't use PL SQL for this task. It is for a user to use from time to time and the person is not tech savy. I am trying to dumb it down.
On Jan 7, 4:56 am, sandeep kumar <kkumar.sandee...@gmail.com> wrote: > you can use PL SQL cursor also :) > > On 1/7/11, Michael Moore <michaeljmo...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > PS, > > this does not cover the case where a fireman has never been called out, but > > you didn't say you needed that. If so, let us know. > > Mike > > > On Thu, Jan 6, 2011 at 2:03 PM, Michael Moore > > <michaeljmo...@gmail.com>wrote: > > >> This should tell you what you need to do. > > >> SELECT * > >> FROM (SELECT do.customer_id, > >> do.order_timestamp, > >> do.order_total, > >> ROW_NUMBER () > >> OVER (PARTITION BY customer_id ORDER BY order_timestamp > >> DESC) > >> r_num > >> FROM demo_orders do) > >> WHERE r_num < 2; > > >> Let me know if you need further explanation. > >> Regards, > >> Mike > > >> On Thu, Jan 6, 2011 at 12:42 PM, crocboy25 <icestor...@hotmail.com> wrote: > > >>> Hello Group, > > >>> I have a table in Oracle that contains records for firemen. Each > >>> record contains information for everytime a fireman is called out. > >>> Each fireman has an ID(unique). What I am trying to do is pull the > >>> first min and second min(or max)for each fireman in terms of the date > >>> they were called out. Each fireman could be called out 100 times per > >>> year. I want to write a query which pulls the first two times each > >>> fireman was pulled out. I have found several different ways of doing > >>> this but it is always for a query written to pull back just one > >>> fireman at a time. I need it for each fireman... > > >>> here is a sloppy example of what the data looks like... > > >>> Fireman ID Called out date > >>> 1 02/02/2010 > >>> 1 03/03/2009 > >>> 1 02/13/2009 > >>> 2 02/02/2010 > >>> 3 03/03/2005 > >>> 3 02/13/2006 > >>> 4 02/02/2006 > >>> 4 03/03/2007 > >>> 4 02/13/2010 > > >>> I would want to pull out the 2 earliest dates for each ID > > >>> Here is a query for what i have done so far which doesnt work well and > >>> I think only sort of works for just one fireman at a time: > > >>> SELECT * > > >>> FROM (SELECT > > >>> persons.certified_burner_num,persons.last_name,open_burn_requests.request_date, > >>> open_burn_requests.certified_burn_flag, > >>> open_burn_requests.acres > >>> FROM fmis.open_burn_requests, fmis.persons > >>> WHERE (persons.pk = open_burn_requests.by_pers_fk) > >>> AND open_burn_requests.acres > 0 > >>> AND open_burn_requests.request_date > TO_DATE ('01/01/2006 > >>> 0:01:00', 'MM/DD/YYYY HH24:MI:SS') > >>> AND CERTIFIED_BURNER_NUM in > > >>> (19870006,19870013,19870024,19870029,19870030,19870033,19870093,19870118,19870125,19870158,19870166,19870170,19870225,19870250) > >>> order by 3) > >>> WHERE ROWNUM<=2; > > >>> Any help would be great appreciated. > > >>> Lee > > >>> -- > >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > >>> Groups "Oracle PL/SQL" group. > >>> To post to this group, send email to Oracle-PLSQL@googlegroups.com > >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > >>> oracle-plsql-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > >>> For more options, visit this group at > >>>http://groups.google.com/group/Oracle-PLSQL?hl=en > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > Groups "Oracle PL/SQL" group. > > To post to this group, send email to Oracle-PLSQL@googlegroups.com > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > oracle-plsql-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > > For more options, visit this group at > >http://groups.google.com/group/Oracle-PLSQL?hl=en > > --http://www.google.com/profiles/kkumar.sandeep89- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Oracle PL/SQL" group. To post to this group, send email to Oracle-PLSQL@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to oracle-plsql-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Oracle-PLSQL?hl=en