Re: a basic question

From: Randy DeWoolfson <randy_at_euclidsys.com>
Date: Wed, 22 Sep 1999 16:29:40 -0400
Message-ID: <37E93C34.B09B172@euclidsys.com>

We used to say:

If you understand _why_ this table is called _DUAL_ then you would understand so much about Oracle that you would explode.

Randy.

paul cluiss wrote:
>
> Hello all,
>
> I have a basic Oracle question:
>
> What is 'dual'? I've done a bit if reading from general purpose (IE,
> non-Oracle specific) SQL books and they never mention the 'dual' table,
> but I see it cropping up again and again in computations, so please,
> enlighten me. What is dual? Mine currently has one field called
> 'dummy' and has a value of 'X'.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Paul Cluiss
> Dallas, Texas
Received on Wed Sep 22 1999 - 15:29:40 CDT