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Re: too many values?

From: Daniel Morgan <dmorgan_at_exesolutions.com>
Date: Wed, 20 Nov 2002 17:20:10 GMT
Message-ID: <3DDBC441.D6BFB01A@exesolutions.com> 





tony wrote:



> Hi.  I'd like to do a "select into" in pl/sql but I am getting a too

> many values error.  How can I select only the first value that

> satisfies the query?

>

> thanks




Many possibilities. One tony mentions which is WHERE ROWNUM = 1.



Another is SELECT MAX(value) FROM ...



Another is SELECT MIN(value) FROM ...



Depending on the situation you might use SELECT DISTINCT value FROM



Daniel Morgan
Received on Wed Nov 20 2002 - 11:20:10 CST












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