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Best practice : use double quotes, even in DBMS_STATS

Whenever you create a table, it is better to use double quotes to avoid invalid identified. SQL> CREATE TABLE /XXX(x number); CREATE TABLE /XXX(x number)              * ERROR at line 1: ORA-00903: invalid table name SQL> CREATE TABLE “/XXX”(x number); Table created. Even in DBMS_STATS you should use double quotes SQL> exec dbms_stats.gather_table_stats(user,’/XXX’) BEGIN dbms_stats.gather_table_stats(user,’/XXX’); [...]

Posted 11 June 2013 † Laurent Schneider § Uncategorized ‡ Comments Off ° Also tagged:

Everything or Nothing in SQL

May 23, 2013 The following question recently came through an ERP mailing list (significantly rephrased): I would like to use the Microsoft Query tool in Microsoft Excel to extract records from the ERP database.  I would like the list of parent records to be retrieved into Excel when all of the specified child records belong to […]

Posted 23 May 2013 † Charles Hooper § Uncategorized ‡ Comments Off ° Also tagged: