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Number data type.7/7/2006
  Q: I'm confused. If you have something like number(5,2) are you able to have 5 digits to the left of ...
  A: when you declare a variable as number(m,n), it signifies the number comprises of "m" digits(0-9) out ...
with check option constraint6/7/2006
  Q: Can you please explain to me the with check option constraint?
  A: this constraint checks the condition specified on a column whenever you do an insert/update to that ...
question4/13/2006
  Q: I have some questions, answer what you can, please number them some so I don't get confused, like if ...
  A: 1. MySQL, PostgreSQL, Oracle, MS SQL, DB2 etc are all various kinds of RDBMS/DBMS which use SQL. ...
Oracle SQL help10/26/2005
  Q: I have 2 questions which I hope you will be able to answer for me. I have the following questions ...
  A: query 1. select a.sname, a.sal from staff a where a.sal > (select sal from staff where sname = ...
Oracle Forms 9i10/16/2005
  Q: Kaustav, I hope you are doing fine and well, i extend my best wishes for you. Kaustav, i am a ...
  A: you might check out the following links and see if it helps- ...
LEFT OUTER JOIN9/30/2005
  Q: I am using an ORACLE 9 server, and I am trying to select records from 2 tables using LEFT OUTER ...
  A: try this - SELECT AWARD_ENTRY.AENT_COMPANY, AWARD_ENTRY_CREDIT.AENC_LAST_NAME, ...
0/0 PL/SQL: Compilation unit analysis terminated10/18/2004
  Q: I have written a procedure in which i am just executing query. But i get error when i create ...
  A: why the duplicate declaration of variables as in - Create or replace procedure test(a IN integer, b ...
Improving database/webserver efficiency10/13/2004
  Q: I was wondering if you could help me with an efficiency problem I'm trying to fix on my university ...
  A: I am not the next door Java kind of a guy so wouldn't be able to help you much in this regard. ...
Including dynamic graphics into reports10/13/2004
  Q: I am quite new to Oracle Reports and I need some help with the above mentioned subject. I shall ...
  A: I guess one way to go about this issue is to create a blank image file named noimage.jpg. Place it ...
Why does the following statement return all record from shipment?10/7/2004
  Q: But, [select clientid from shipment where destination = 'toronto'] returns only one record ?? ...
  A: does changing the order to something like this make any difference - select client.clientname from ...
object type query5/23/2004
  Q: If i have a database for personal details, with attributes of. Title First Name ...
  A: it should be something like this - create or replace type personal_details_type as object ( ...
Oracle5/17/2004
  Q: I created a login page that needed user their username and password to login, and I have populated a ...
  A: you can try something on these lines - The query should be like - SELECT Username, Password FROM ...
About OCA2/13/2004
  Q: sir, Presently I am doing MCA. I am intrested to complite OCP but Presently I am just want to ...
  A: after completing OCA, it would certainly be difficult to get entry level jobs too, as even people ...
1st 3 max records12/15/2003
  Q: there is one table with 2 fields id & salary having 5 records--> id salary a1 ...
  A: you can try this - SELECT * FROM (SELECT salary FROM table ORDER BY salary desc) WHERE ROWNUM <= 3 ...

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