RE: Need assistance with a 'VIEW'.

And you want be able to do it. Views do not prompt, do not execute anything and do not run marathons. Views are static views of data. Please, read the fine manual.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: William Rogge [mailto:William_Rogge_at_voltek.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, September 18, 2001 11:47 AM
> To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
> Subject: Need assistance with a 'VIEW'.
>
>
> I have been given the nice task of creating a view of some
> data in our database.
>
> This doesn't seem like a major task, but after 2 days of
> work, I am stumped.
>
> Given table 'table1'
> code1,
> code2,
> date,
> value1,
> value2
>
> I need to produce a view showing
> code1,
> code2,
> sum(value1),
> sum(value2)
> where date < 'user input date'
>
> I have not been able to get the view to prompt for the date
> to limit the sum by.
>
> Specifics:
> Oracle RDMBS 7.3.4
> Server: Unix
>
> What else can I say, but I am totally stumped. HELP!
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> Author: William Rogge
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