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Understanding Internal DATE Storage

December 11th, 2006 · 4 Comments

First let’s understand what DUMP function do in Oracle.
The DUMP function shows the datatype, length in bytes and the actual [...]

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Tags: SQL and PL/SQL

deleting duplicate rows from a table

December 5th, 2006 · 5 Comments

One of the old way in which I normally do this by using GROUP BY and HAVING keywords.
Example:
DELETE FROM EMP
WHERE [...]

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Tags: Interesting Coding Showcase · SQL and PL/SQL

Coalesce Function

September 9th, 2006 · No Comments

Today I just come across coalesce function.
In Oracle/PLSQL, the coalesce function returns the first non-null expression in the list. If [...]

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Tags: SQL and PL/SQL