RE: Selecting Next X Values From Dual

From: Gary Chambers <gc22_at_lucent.com>
Date: Fri, 27 Sep 2002 12:33:51 -0800
Message-ID: <F001.004DB9E1.20020927123351@fatcity.com>

> I created a package that would easily loop thru and select x number of
> entries, but not return them in a select to you. This way, you can
> make 1 simple call passing it X. Is that what you wanted ??? Or do you
> have to have them as returned values of a select ?

I would need the values returned through select, if I'm correctly understanding you (it's a web-based application). I thought of doing something like:

SELECT sequence.nextval FROM table WHERE ROWNUM < x

It just seems too kludgy, and I didn't think creating a table with dummy data for the count would be a good way to go. Any suggestions?

Gary Chambers

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