Re: Comparing two rowids

I agree with Jared that different results looks like a bug, I also agree however with Arul that the comparison operation seems meaningless. It would seem in the same class as < comparisons for colours

On 11/28/06, Jared Still <jkstill_at_gmail.com> wrote:
> On 11/28/06, Arul Ramachandran <contactarul_at_gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Oracle 10.2.0.1:
> >
> >
> To me comparing two rowids does not make sense, I can't see how one rowid
> > be greater than another? But then I see a ML note 2714430.8: "Bug 2714430
> > - Wrong results from ROWID comparison to rowid with slot#>32767" that
> talks
> > about rowid comparison.
> >
> > Any insights on this?
> >
> >
>
> I thought perhaps the data type for a ROWID in a table might
> differ from the data type used for a transient ROWID.
> (this happens with DATE types)
>
> Not so.
>
> 14:32:23 SQL>l
> 1* select dump(rid1), dump(rowid) from dummy
> 14:32:24 SQL>/
>
> DUMP(RID1)
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> DUMP(ROWID)
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Typ=69 Len=10: 0,0,163,228,2,129,27,59,0,2
> Typ=69 Len=10: 0,0,215,37,1,0,1,14,0,0
>
>
> 1 row selected.
>
> Both the same type. Sure looks like a bug.
>
> --
> Jared Still
> Certifiable Oracle DBA and Part Time Perl Evangelist
>
>

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