SQL to convert a row with 4 columns, 4 rows by 4 columns

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• SQL to convert a row with 4 columns to 4 rows with 1 column

  Sorry, I know this question has been asked hundreds of times before!

  This is my starting SQL:

  set linesize 500
  
  with tbl_data AS
   (select 'N' argument1, 'Y' argument2, NULL argument3, 'Y' argument4 from dual)
  select * from tbl_data;
  
  
  ARGUMENT1 ARGUMENT2 ARGUMENT3 ARGUMENT4
  --------- --------- --------- ---------
  N         Y                   Y        
  

  Is it possible to enter the data in this format:

                  COL_HEADING
  ARGUMENT1       N
  ARGUMENT2       Y
  ARGUMENT3       
  ARGUMENT4       Y
  

  I have read comments UNPIVOT but can't really work on the syntax to get a single line with 4 columns to appear as 4 rows with 1 column.

  Sorry - I realize that I'm probably be lazy and stupid.

  Any advice much appreciated, thank you.

  Hello

  Here's a way to do it with UNPIVOT:

  SELECT *.

  OF tbl_data

  MUST INCLUDE NULL VALUES

  (col_heading

  FOR column-name IN (argument1

  argument2

  argument3

  argument4

  )

  )

  ;

  Output:

  COLUMN COL_HEADING

  --------- -----------

  ARGUMENT1 N

  ARGUMENT2 Y

  ARGUMENT3

  ARGUMENT4 Y

• Is there a way to convert 8 rows by 2 columns of 2 rows of 8 columns?

  I tried, but came to a stop...

  How can I convert 8 rows by 2 columns of 2 rows of 8 columns?

  as shown in the attached vi

  Thank you very much...

  

  JohnMc19 wrote:

  Hi Diego2000,

  Tried using the conversion table 2D function found in the functions Array palette, it's what you're asking.

  Kind regards

  No, for the necessary transformation reshaping table is required, not transpose.

  Compare:

  

  Andrey.

• Conversion of several lines (with 1 column) to 1 row of concatenated values

  Hi experts,
  
  We have a table with a column:
  
  Column1
  A
  B
  C
  D
  
  and we want to get:
  
  Column1
  A, B, C, D
  
  Any help please?
  
  Thank you!

  Hello

  This is called the aggregation of the chain and this page:
  http://www.Oracle-base.com/articles/10G/StringAggregationTechniques.php
  shows several ways to do so.

  Which way is best for you? It depends on your version of Oracle and exactly to your needs (for example, if the items in the list should be in order or not).
  If you use Oracle 11.2, then new LISTAGG built-in function is probably what you want.

  Published by: Frank Kulash, April 12, 2011 13:01

• Oracle 11.2 - perform parallel DML on a table that is not partitioned with LOB column

  Hello

  Since I wanted to demonstrate the new enhancements of Oracle 12 c on SECUREFICHIERS, I tried to use PDML declarations on a table that is not partitioned with LOB column, in Oracle 11 g and Oracle 12 c releases. The Oracle 11.2 SECUREFICHIERS and large objects Developer Guide January 2013 said clearly:

  Parallel execution of the following DML operations on tables with LOB columns is supported. These operations performed in parallel run only mode when it is run on a partitioned table. The DML statements on tables not partitioned with LOB columns continue to run in serial execution mode.

  • INSERT SELECT AS
  • CREATE TABLE AS SELECT
  • DELETE
  • UPDATE
  • MERGE (conditionally UPDATE and INSERT)
  • Multi-table INSERT

  So, I created and filled a simple table with a BLOB column:

  SQL> CREATE TABLE T1 (A BLOB);
  Table created.
  

  Then, I tried to see the execution of a parallel ABOLITION plan:

  SQL> EXPLAIN PLAN FOR
    2  delete /*+parallel (t1,8) */ from t1;
  
  Explained.
  

  SQL> select * from table(dbms_xplan.display);
  
  PLAN_TABLE_OUTPUT
  --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  Plan hash value: 3718066193
  
  -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  | Id  | Operation             | Name     | Rows  | Cost (%CPU)| Time     |    TQ  |IN-OUT| PQ Distrib |
  -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  |   0 | DELETE STATEMENT      |          |  2048 |     2   (0)| 00:00:01 |        |      |            |
  |   1 |  DELETE               | T1       |       |            |          |        |      |            |
  |   2 |   PX COORDINATOR      |          |       |            |          |        |      |            |
  |   3 |    PX SEND QC (RANDOM)| :TQ10000 |  2048 |     2   (0)| 00:00:01 |  Q1,00 | P->S | QC (RAND)  |
  |   4 |     PX BLOCK ITERATOR |          |  2048 |     2   (0)| 00:00:01 |  Q1,00 | PCWC |            |
  |   5 |      TABLE ACCESS FULL| T1       |  2048 |     2   (0)| 00:00:01 |  Q1,00 | PCWP |            |
  
  PLAN_TABLE_OUTPUT
  --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  
  Note
  -----
     - dynamic sampling used for this statement (level=2)
  

  And I ended up executing the statement.

  SQL> commit;
  Commit complete.
  
  SQL> alter session enable parallel dml;
  Session altered.
  
  SQL> delete /*+parallel (t1,8) */ from t1;
  2048 rows deleted.
  

  As we can see, the statement was executed in parallel:

  SQL> select * from v$pq_sesstat;
  
  STATISTIC                      LAST_QUERY SESSION_TOTAL
  ------------------------------ ---------- -------------
  Queries Parallelized                    1             1
  DML Parallelized                        0             0
  DDL Parallelized                        0             0
  DFO Trees                               1             1
  Server Threads                          5             0
  Allocation Height                       5             0
  Allocation Width                        1             0
  Local Msgs Sent                        55            55
  Distr Msgs Sent                         0             0
  Local Msgs Recv'd                      55            55
  Distr Msgs Recv'd                       0             0
  
  11 rows selected.
  

  Is this normal? It is not supposed to be supported on Oracle 11 g with no partitioned table containing the LOB column...

  Thank you for your help.

  Michael

  Hello

  The explain plan shows that only the query is run in parallel but not delete it.

  Concerning

  Maurice

• SQL error: ORA-01779: cannot modify a column that matches a key examine

  Hi all
  
  The requirement is that I have two tables s_party_d and S_CONTACT_d. the need to update the column name with FST_NAME | ',' | Last_name when column rowid in both tables are equal. I used the query previously below: -.
  
  Update
  (select
  E1. Name,
  e.FST_NAME,
  Select
  Of
  s_party_d e1,
  E S_CONTACT_d
  where
  E1. Game of ROW_ID = e.ROW_ID)
  name = FST_NAME | ',' | LAST_NAME;
  
  But I get the error message when executing the query
  
  Error in the command line: 31 column: 3
  Error report:
  SQL error: ORA-01779: cannot modify a column that is mapped to a table not preserved key
  01779 00000 - 'impossible to change a column that is mapped to a non-preserved table at key'
  * Cause: An attempt was made to insert or update columns in a join finds out who
  map to a table not kept the key.
  * Action: Change the directly underlying base tables.
  
  Can U please tell me why this error and how to solve?
  
  Thank you
  Mathon

  Mathon wrote:

  So, I have to look into some other method... I can't achieve this using a single update statement...

  Well, no matter what you do you need to decide what FST_NAME | ',' | Name to use. As I already pointed out for each line of the line of the s_party_d table there are several rows in table S_CONTACT_d. Again, you must yo decide what S_CONTACT_d table row you want to use. For example:

  update s_party_d e1
     set e1.name = (
                    select  max(e.FST_NAME) ||', '|| max(e.LAST_NAME)
                      from  S_CONTACT_d e
                      where e1.ROW_ID=e.ROW_ID
                   )
   where e1.ROW_ID in (
                       select  e.ROW_ID
                         from  S_CONTACT_d e
                      )
  /
  

  SY.

• ORA-01481 when we click on the report with link column.

  Request Express 3.1.0.00.32
  
  I have a sql on a form page report with a column that clickable allowing the end user to quickly change the values.
  I seem to have is because there is a mask of format on the column ($1234,56) I get the error
  

  ORA-01481: invalid number format model
  Unable to fetch row.

  Googling the error came up with "check your manual.
  
  Under format of date column / number, I'm using the following:

  FML999G999G999G999G990D00

  The column in the database is number (15.2)
  
  The only value I'm passing is the pk_id which is present in the case of the URL:

  http://...f?p=293:2:3616213833707847::NO::P2_PK_BUDGET_ID:1

  Anyone had this problem and if so found a work around?
  Thank you.

  Leland,

  The error was caused by apply you the mask of YYYY format a number field. I changed a switch of dates for a list of selection and gave you an LOV query that would give you the current year, the last 3 years and the next two years. You can adjust that, according to the needs. I also put the definition LOV to accept other values incase you had a value in the db that was not in the LOV I've defined.

• Field in the list with 2 columns

  I am creating listfield with two columns as follows [2 |]  Cokes].

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  There is an article on the basis of knowledge to developers to add checkbox to a field, but I don't see anything on the creation of several columns.

  Maybe I can get away with adding a field of text instead of a checkbox or have two fields next to the list and sync.

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  ListField on nature has a great column.

  You can override drawListRow() to ListFieldCallback to divide each row number of columns.

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• Gears - error when you try to insert values into a table with multiple columns

  Hello

  I started playing with the gears and SQlLite today and I get an error when I try to insert values into a table with multiple columns.

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• External table with mixed columns

  Hello everyone. We use Oracle 11R1. We have an external table pointing to a CSV with 7 columns inside. The file has always column 7 but the column order differs from time to time. Each column has a header that remains consistent. Is there a way to map the column names to the column header, s so that we did not change the definition of the external table every time a new file is available in?

  Thank you.

  Hello

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• Update a table with one column of another

  Oracle 11g
  Hello

  i'im trying to update the two columns of table SUPPORT (SUPPORT_X, SUPPORT_Y) with two columns of table POST_HTA_BT (POSTHTABT_GPS_X, POSTHTABT_GPS_Y)

  Understand that the two tables have the colum below:

  SUPPORT (SUPPORT_ID, SUPPORT_PLAQUE, POSTHTABT_ID, SUPPORT_X, SUPPORT_Y,...)

  POST_HTA_BT (POSTHTABT_ID, POSTHTABT_GPS_X, POSTHTABT_GPS_Y,...)

  The SUPPORT_PLAQUE has type varachar. Except the keys, the other columns are varchar type in both tables.

  The point here is to update the support_x, support_y with posthtabt_gps_x and posthtabt_gps_y.But before the update we have Sheik if the fifth number of the support plate is a number of characters from "0" to "9"and the rest of the caracter of the support_plaque is '00000'

  Please note that the support_plaque is stored in the table with the form: "0025800000!"

  So I did the below script, I try to execute in sql develop.

  SET SERVEROUTPUT ON

  DECLARE
  chiffre_liste varchar (200): = '0 ', '1', '2', '3', '4', ' 5 ', ' 6' ', 7', ' 8 ', ' 9';
  CURSOR CUR_GPS_SUPPORT IS
  Select MEDIA. SUPPORT_X, SUPPORT. SUPPORT_Y, POSTE_HTA_BT. POSTHTABT_ID, SUPPORT. EXPL_ID,
  SUPPORTED. SUPPORT_PLAQUE, POSTHTABT_GPS_X, POSTHTABT_GPS_Y
  support,.
  POSTE_HTA_BT
  where
  SUPPORTED. SUPPORT_X IS NULL and
  SUPPORTED. SUPPORT_Y IS NULL and
  SUPPORTED. POSTHTABT_ID = POSTE_HTA_BT. POSTHTABT_ID and
  SUPPORTED. EXPL_ID = POSTE_HTA_BT. EXPL_ID
  Order of SUPPORT. POSTHTABT_ID;

  w_POSTHTABT_ID POSTE_HTA_BT. Type of POSTHTABT_ID %;
  w_SUPPORT_X SUPPORT. TYPE % SUPPORT_X;
  w_SUPPORT_Y SUPPORT. TYPE % SUPPORT_Y;
  w_EXPL_ID SUPPORT. TYPE % EXPL_ID;
  w_SUPPORT_PLAQUE SUPPORT. TYPE % SUPPORT_PLAQUE;
  w_POSTHTABT_GPS_X POSTE_HTA_BT. TYPE % POSTHTABT_GPS_X;
  w_POSTHTABT_GPS_Y POSTE_HTA_BT. TYPE % POSTHTABT_GPS_Y;
  

  BEGIN
  DBMS_OUTPUT. Put_line ('loading the coordoonnees GPS - GPS Coord update takes care of starting ');

  FOR HEART LOOPING CUR_GPS_SUPPORT

  w_POSTHTABT_ID: = cur. POSTHTABT_ID;
  w_SUPPORT_PLAQUE: = cur. SUPPORT_PLAQUE;
  w_SUPPORT_X: = cur. SUPPORT_X;
  w_SUPPORT_Y: = cur. SUPPORT_Y;
  w_POSTHTABT_GPS_X: = cur. POSTHTABT_GPS_X;
  w_POSTHTABT_GPS_Y: = cur. POSTHTABT_GPS_X;
  

  If substr (cur.support_plaque, 5, 1 chiffre_liste) and substr (cur.support_plaque, 6, 5) = '00000'
  w_SUPPORT_X: = CUR. POSTHTABT_GPS_X
  w_SUPPORT_Y: = CUR. POSTHTABT_GPS_Y
  END if;
  EXCEPTION WHEN NO_DATA_FOUND THEN w_SUPPORT_X: = NULL and w_SUPPORT_Y: = NULL;
  END;
  

  -Updated the table of the supports
  Update SUPPORT
  Set SUPPORT_X = w_SUPPORT_X,
  SUPPORT_Y = w_SUPPORT_Y
  where SUPPORT_PLAQUE = w_SUPPORT_PLAQUE;
  -On valid imm? immediately
  commit;
  EXCEPTION when no_data_found then null;
  -No details found
  END;
  
  END;
  /

  and I got the following errors:

  Error report:
  ORA-06550: line 2, colum 34:
  PLS-00103: symbol ',' met instead of one of the following symbols:

  * & = - + ; <>/ is mod remains not rem
  <>< Hurst (*) > or! = or ~ = > = < = <>and like2 or
  like4 likec between | submultiset of type multiset Member
  ORA-06550: line 2, column 52:
  PLS-00103: symbol ';' met instead of one of the following symbols:

  ), * & = - + <>/ is mod remains not rem = >
  <>< Hurst (*) > or! = or ~ = > = < = <>and like2 or
  like4 likec between | Member of multiset must
  ORA-06550: line 38, colum 48:
  PLS-00103: symbol 'CHIFFRE_LISTE' met instead of one of the following symbols:

  (
  Symbol "(" a été substitué à "CHIFFRE_LISTE" verser continuer.) "
  ORA-06550: line 39, 12 colum:
  PLS-00103: symbol 'W_SUPPORT_X' met instead of one of the following symbols:

  ), * & -+ / at rem mod < Hurst (*) > rest and or.
  multiset
  ORA-06550: line 40, 12 colum:
  PLS-00103: symbol 'W_SUPPORT_Y' met instead of one of the following symbols:

  . (), * @ % & = - + <>/ is mod remains not rem
  <>< Hurst (*) > or! = or ~ = > = < = <>and like2 or
  like4 likec between | mult
  ORA-06550: line 41, colum 9:
  PLS-00103: symbol 'END' met instead of one of the following symbols:

  . (), * @ % & = - + <>/ is mod remains not rem
  <>< Hurst (*) > or! = or ~ = > = < = <>and like2 or
  like4 likec between | multiset members
  06550 00000 - "line %s, column % s:\n%s".
  * Cause: Usually a PL/SQL compilation error.
  * Action:

  I checked the line number, but do not see the error in my code.

  Please could you help me?

  peace

  Hello

  glad to know that it worked. In fact, I don't see the reason to make these complicated processes.

  Remember the mantra:

  • If you can do it with SQL then do it with SQL

  Good evening!

  Alberto

• Problem with comparison column multi Nested Tables

  Hello
  
  I am facing a problem while comparing two collections using operator of type MULTISET. Below I pasted code examples referring to the Employees table in the HR schema.
  program works very well, if it's a single column if I declare that, tab type is table of varchar2 (n);
  
  Example code:
  

  --create type base_type as object (id number,name varchar2(10));
  --create type type_tab is table of base_type;
  declare
  v type_tab :=type_tab();
  v2 type_tab :=type_tab();
  v3 type_tab :=type_tab();
  v1 number;
  begin
  select base_type(employee_id,last_name) bulk collect into v from employees where employee_id in (100,101,102);
  select base_type(employee_id,last_name) bulk collect into v2 from employees where employee_id in (100,101);
  
  v3:= v MULTISET EXCEPT v2;
  end;

  Error
  ERROR on line 10:
  ORA-06550: line 10, column 6:
  PLS-00306: wrong number or types of arguments in the call to 'MULTISET_EXCEPT_ALL '.
  ORA-06550: line 10, column 1:
  PL/SQL: Statement ignored
  
  Could you please address the issue and guide me how to solve this problem.
  Thank you.
  Renji

  Why would you use collections like this in the first place?

  When the data is the engine of SQL, then use the SQL engine to to deal with - not PL/SQL. And no - nested tables have no place in a good, working, flexible, high-performance and scalable relational design in Oracle.

  To do this, use the multiset SQL function - example

  .. your plsql code..
  
    select
      v MULTISET EXCEPT v2 into  v3
    from dual;
  end;
  

• View with a column that is derived from a function

  We can create a view with a column being filled using a pl/sql script, which uses 2 other columns on the same line as input?
  
  Example,
  Let's say I have a vision with
  
  Reg. Don't | Total | Customer account | Flag of billing. CodeFn
  $1234 45 2109 Y < value in this column would be what returns the expected script pl/sql, after using the Reg # (1234) and Total (45) as entries >
  $1236 15 2101 Y < input values would be 1236 & 15 >.
  
  Basically, I would like the script to generate a number that is returned in this column rather than do a simple Select stmt to extract columns from other tables/views.
  
  Edit: The point of view does not display right... Here is a picture
  view
  
  Thank you!
  
  Published by: jess_saunders on May 8, 2012 14:05

  Hello

  jess_saunders wrote:
  We can create a view with a column being filled using a pl/sql script, which uses 2 other columns on the same line as input?

  Example,
  Let's say I have a vision with

  Reg. Don't | Total | Customer account | Flag of billing. CodeFn
  $1234 45 2109 Y
  $1236 15 2101 Y .

  Of course, you can use a function that you created in the same way that you would use a built-in function:

  CREATE OR REPLACE VIEW     view_x
  AS
  SELECT  reg_no
  ,     total
  ,     customer_account
  ,     billing_flag
  ,     my_function (reg_no, total)     AS codefn
  FROM     table_x
  ;
  

  You cannot reference the procedures or anyonymous blocks in a CREATE VIEW statement (or any other SQL statement of stinks); only functions.

  Basically, I would like the script to generate a number that is returned in this column rather than do a simple Select stmt to extract columns from other tables/views.

  I don't know what you're saying here.
  As long as the function has no arguments, or make any kind of DML or DDL, then you can use it in the definition of the view, as stated above. The function failed to contain SELECT statements.
  Your notice must be based on other tables or views. If she does not really need anything from any other table, you can base your opinion on double. A CREATE VIEW statement must contain a query, and a query in Oracle must refer to a table or a view.

• Unique table with several columns or several tables split?

  What is the best.
  
  A table with multiple columns inside or divided into several tables. Why?
  How will the performance in the two scenarios?

  Hello

  user13024762 wrote:
  I have a table EMP that has column EMP_ID, EMP_NAME MGR_ID, MGR_NAME, SALARY, EXP_IN_MNTHS, EXP_IN_YRS... etc with multiple columns

  I have the following tables
  EMP-> EMP_ID, EMP_NAME

  Each row in the table emp thie represents a separate employee. I guess other columns in the emp table might be birth_date, social_security_number and status (by example, 'Active', 'Leave', 'complete'). Here's what an employee has (at least) one of. If there is a one-to-many relationship between an employee and an attribute, then you probably want another table for this attribute.

  BISHOP-> EMP_ID, MGR_ID, MGR_NAME

  There is a one-to-many relationship between employees and managers? In other words, an employee may have 2 or more managers? If Yes, then you need another table.
  If there is only a one-to-one relationship between employees and managers (in other words, if an employee is never more than 1 Manager) so why don't you just have a mgr_id column in the emp table?
  Managers are also used for? (This is often the case, as in scott.emp and hr.employees.) If so, do not store their names in the EME and tables of mgr. Store name (and date of birth and other information) in the table emp only and, if you need a table of Bishop, just the emp_id and mgr_id column.

  SAL-> EMP_ID, SALARY

  There is a one-to-many relationship between the employees and wages? In other words, an employee may have 2 or more treatments? If so, how will you use the values? Is a special treatments in some way, as it will be used more often than others? (In other words, you may have a current and past wages salary, but the last wages are rarely used.)
  If you never have more than 1 salary for a given employee, why not just have a sal column in the emp table?

  EXP-> EMP_ID, EXP_IN_MNTHS, EXP_IN_YRS

  There is a one-to-many relationship between the employees and what whether you store in this table?

  etc. with more tables

  What is the best based on

  (1) performance and data recovery
  (2) ease of use
  (3) maintainability

  A one-to-many relationship requires an additional table. If an employee can have up to 3 managers, don't have mgr1, mgr2 and mgr3 columns in the emp table. Use a separate table, with up to 3 lines for the same employee, instead.
  For 1-1 relationships, it is usually best to not have separate tables.

• GetLength errors on CLOB. Retrieves the size of a table with CLOB columns

  Hello
  
  I try to find the size of a CLOB to a table column and get the error
  
  PLS-00306: wrong number or types of arguments in the call to "GETLENGTH.
  
  When you try to use dbms_lob.getlength. Here is the code
  
  
  declare
  number num.
  Start
  for rec in (select xmlupload from FILE_TABLE where file_table_id = 33635) loop
  NUM: = dbms_lob.getLength (rec.xmlupload);
  end loop;
  dbms_output.put_line (num);
  end;
  
  Database version: Oracle Database 10g Enterprise Edition Release 10.2.0.4.0 - 64bi
  
  
  I'm actually trying to find the size of a table with CLOB columns, is there an easy way to do this Besides using getlength and without having to contact the Administrators (they are outsourced)?

  It works fine on my computer, the version is also 10g.

  SQL> declare
    2  num number;
    3  begin
    4  for rec in (select cntnt from ims_toms_msge where rownum<3) loop
    5  num := dbms_lob.getLength(rec.cntnt);
    6  dbms_output.put_line(num);
    7  end loop;
    8
    9  end;
   10  /
  3837
  3837
  
  PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.
  

  You should check if xmlupload is the CLOB data type.
  In addition, if you just want to get the CLOB size, you can use LENGTH() as well, you will get the same result;

  SQL>  select length(cntnt), dbms_lob.getLength(cntnt) from ims_toms_msge where rownum<2;
  
  LENGTH(CNTNT) DBMS_LOB.GETLENGTH(CNTNT)
  ------------- -------------------------
           3837                      3837
  

  Published by: PhoenixBai on September 24, 2009 13:40