Re: Cannot use Order By with XMLAGG()

I found the issue. I was only running 9.2.0.1 and it successfully worked on 9.2.0.3. I know this will help someone in the future. Good luck!

On Mon, Oct 06, 2003 at 08:49:30AM -0800, Jake Johnson wrote:
> No, the correct field is atrb_srt_ord. I also tried order by 1 and that didn't work either. The field names are in the describe below.
>
> Thanks
> Jake
>
>
> On Fri, Oct 03, 2003 at 01:29:33PM -0800, Dave Hau wrote:
> > Is it because you misspelled "atrb_srt_ord" as "atrb_str_ord" in the
> > ORDER BY clause?
> >
> > HTH,
> >
> > Dave
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > jake_at_plutoid.com wrote:
> > >Hello,
> > >I cannot use order by in with my xmlagg clause. Any ideas???
> > >
> > >Disconnected from Oracle9i Enterprise Edition Release 9.2.0.1.0 -
> > >Production
> > >With the OLAP and Oracle Data Mining options
> > >JServer Release 9.2.0.1.0 - Production
> > >
> > >
> > >SELECT XMLELEMENT("Department",
> > > XMLAGG(
> > > XMLELEMENT("Employee", e.atrb_cd||' '||e.vw_cd)
> > > ORDER BY atrb_str_ord --this works if I -- it out
> > > ))
> > > as "Dept_list"
> > >FROM dim_vw_atrb e;
> > >
> > >QL> desc dim_vw_atrb;
> > > Name Null? Type
> > > ----------------------------------------- --------
> > > ----------------------------
> > > CLNT_CD NOT NULL NUMBER(2)
> > > DIM_CD NOT NULL NUMBER(2)
> > > VW_CD NOT NULL NUMBER(2)
> > > ATRB_CD NOT NULL NUMBER(3)
> > > ATRB_SRT_ORD NOT NULL NUMBER(2)
> > > CRE_DT NOT NULL DATE
> > > CRE_IDSID NOT NULL VARCHAR2(8)
> > > LAST_MOD_DT NOT NULL DATE
> > > LAST_MOD_IDSID NOT NULL VARCHAR2(8)
> > >
> > >Thanks,
> > >Jake
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
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