Oracle SQL - Convert given list (CSV) into Rows
Just a quick note as to something that worked for me. Taken from the Oracle forums @ https://forums.oracle.com/forums/thread.jspa?messageID=6861756 Situation I have one column of values that I've...
View ArticleBasic Oracle Function Structure
What? I need to refer to how to create a function in Oracle PL/SQL and sites on the net just attempt to overcomplicate everything and have forgotten how it is to be new to Oracle. I need a function in...
View ArticleBasic Oracle Stored Procedure Structure
Previously For a basic Oracle function, visit my article Basic Oracle Function Structure. For a more advanced version which uses cursors to work with SSRS, see my article Oracle Stored Procedures in...
View ArticleNo rows returned in Oracle causes SP to fail
Why? We have a stored procedure which contains two select queries. The first query will retrieve a student ID number where the input parameter is the student's username. The second query will return...
View ArticleDBMS Random Reference
What? How to use the randomization features of Oracle PL/SQL. Why? I've been tasked with writing a stored procedure that scrambles data for developers working with some of our databases containing...
View ArticleData Randomization Function in Oracle PL/SQL
What? This article describes a function that will return random data based on a given value. The function intends to determine the data type and return data that is absolutely irrelevant to the...
View ArticleFix Oracle Tnsping 3511 without Windows Registry
Applies to: - MS Windows 7 Enterprise What? So I can ping the server the Oracle 11g database sits on. I've installed the Oracle 11g client tools and can connect using sqlplus. But if I tnsping any...
View ArticleOracle: order by subquery missing right parenthesis
What? A quick note on how I got round one this one. Why? Often enough, our requirement is that the latest record from another table is associated with the current row, and often enough we get the...
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