In SQL we will be having a sequence. But it should be appended to a variable like this
M1,M2,M3,M4....
Any way of doing this ?
Consider having the prefix stored in a separate column in the table, e.g.:
CREATE TABLE mytable (
idprefix VARCHAR2(1) NOT NULL,
id NUMBER NOT NULL,
CONSTRAINT mypk PRIMARY KEY (idprefix, id)
);
In the application, or in a view, you can concatenate the values together. Or, in 11g you can create a virtual column that concatenates them.
I give it 99% odds that someone will say "we want to search for ID 12345 regardless of the prefix" and this design means you can have a nice index lookup instead of a "LIKE '%12345'".
select 'M' || my_sequence.nextval from dual;
Related
I'm a bit new to PL-SQL coming from T-SQL.
I have a requirement that only one phone number is allowed per user ID, but the phone number column can be null as many times as required.
So table is:
User ID
Phone Number
1
NULL
1
9735152122
1
NULL
2
NULL
3
NULL
1
2124821212
It's that last one I need to block, although the first three are fine. In this case I'm talking about the sample table I've posted, not the actual table order. I just need to allow the NULLs through but block if there are duplicate phone numbers per a given User ID.
I've read about functional indexes but not sure exactly how to apply them here.
CREATE UNIQUE INDEX my_index ON my_table (
CASE WHEN phone_number IS NULL THEN NULL ELSE user_id END,
phone_number
)
With this logic, if phone_number is NULL, then both values in the index will be NULL, so that row will be excluded from the index. If phone_number is not NULL, then the row will be included in the index with the actual values for user_id and phone_number, and uniqueness will be enforced.
P.S. This is not "PL/SQL", it is Oracle SQL. PL/SQL is the procedural language used to write such things as triggers, functions, etc.
I have an oracle table. Table's DDL is (not have the primary key)
create table CLIENT_ACCOUNT
(
CLIENT_ID VARCHAR2(18) default ' ' not null,
ACCOUNT_ID VARCHAR2(18) default ' ' not null,
......
)
create unique index UK_ACCOUNT
on CLIENT_ACCOUNT (CLIENT_ID, ACCOUNT_ID)
Then, the data's scale is very huge, maybe 100M records. I want to traverse this whole table's data with batch.
Now, I use the table's index to batch traverse. But I have some oracle grammar problems.
# I want to use this SQL, but grammar error.
# try to use b-tree's index to locate start position, but not work
select * from CLIENT_ACCOUNT
WHERE (CLIENT_ID, ACCOUNT_ID) > (1,2)
AND ROWNUM < 1000
ORDER BY CLIENT_ID, ACCOUNT_ID
Has the fastest way to batch touch table data?
Wild guess:
select * from CLIENT_ACCOUNT
WHERE CLIENT_ID > '1'
and ACCOUNT_ID > '2'
AND ROWNUM < 1000;
It would at least compile, although whether it correctly implements your business logic is a different matter. Note that I have cast your filter criteria to strings. This is because your columns have a string datatype and you are defaulting them to spaces, so there's a high probability those columns contain non-numeric values.
If this doesn't solve your problem, please edit your question with more details; sample input data and expected output is always helpful in these situations.
Your data model seems odd.
Your columns are defined as varchar2. So why is your criteria numeric?
Also, why do you default the key columns to space? It would be better to leave unpopulated values as null. (To be clear, NULL is not a good thing in an indexed column, it's just better than a space.)
I have a list giant list (100k entries) in my database. Each entry contains a id, text and a date.
I created a function to compare two text as possible. How it looks like is not necessary right now.
Is there a "good" way to remove "duplicates" (as possible) from the list by text?
Currently I'm looping through the list twice and compare each entry with each entry, except itself by id.
If your question is when you insert a row in the table... you can include the unique constraint.
Postgresql
CREATE TABLE table1 (
id serial PRIMARY KEY,
txt VARCHAR (50),
dt timestamp,
UNIQUE(txt)
);
Oracle
CREATE TABLE table1
( id numeric(10) NOT NULL,
txt varchar2(50) NOT NULL,
date timestamp,
CONSTRAINT txt_unique UNIQUE (txt)
);
I am trying to use the "Create Table As Select" feature from Oracle to do a fast update. The problem I am seeing is that the "Null" field is not being preserved.
I defined the following table:
create table mytable(
accountname varchar2(40) not null,
username varchar2(40)
);
When I do a raw CTAS, the NOT NULL on account is preserved:
create table ctamytable as select * from mytable;
describe ctamytable;
Name Null Type
----------- -------- ------------
ACCOUNTNAME NOT NULL VARCHAR2(40)
USERNAME VARCHAR2(40)
However, when I do a replace on accountname, the NOT NULL is not preserved.
create table ctamytable as
select replace(accountname, 'foo', 'foo2') accountname,
username
from mytable;
describe ctamytable;
Name Null Type
----------- ---- -------------
ACCOUNTNAME VARCHAR2(160)
USERNAME VARCHAR2(40)
Notice that the accountname field no longer has a null, and the varchar2 field went from 40 to 160 characters. Has anyone seen this before?
This is because you are no longer selecting ACCOUNTNAME, which has a column definition and meta-data. Rather you are selecting a STRING, the result of the replace function, which doesn't have any meta-data. This is a different data type entirely.
A (potentially) better way that might work is to create the table using a query with the original columns, but with a WHERE clause that guarantees 0 rows.
Then you can insert in to the table normally with your actual SELECT.
By having query of 0 rows, you'll still get the column meta-data, so the table should be created, but no rows will be inserted. Make sure you make your WHERE clause something fast, like WHERE primary_key = -999999, some number you know would never exist.
Another option here is to define the columns when you call the CREATE TABLE AS SELECT. It is possible to list the column names and include constraints while excluding the data types.
An example is shown below:
create table ctamytable (
accountname not null,
username
)
as
select
replace(accountname, 'foo', 'foo2') accountname,
username
from mytable;
Be aware that although this syntax is valid, you cannot include the data type. Also, explicitly declaring all the columns somewhat defeats the purpose of using CREATE TABLE AS SELECT.
I've done some search but I prefer something like an hint or similar
http://www.dba-oracle.com/oracle_tips_null_idx.htm
http://www.oracloid.com/2006/05/using-index-for-is-null/
What about a functional index using NVL2, like;
CREATE TABLE foo (bar INTEGER);
INSERT INTO foo VALUES (1);
INSERT INTO foo VALUES (NULL);
CREATE INDEX baz ON foo (NVL2(bar,0,1));
and then;
DELETE plan_table;
EXPLAIN PLAN FOR SELECT * FROM foo WHERE NVL2(bar,0,1) = 1;
SELECT operation, object_name FROM plan_table;
should give you
OPERATION OBJECT_NAME
---------------- -----------
SELECT STATEMENT
TABLE ACCESS FOO
INDEX BAZ << yep
If you're asking, "How can I create an index that would allow it to be used when searching for NULL values on a particular field", my suggestion is to create an index on the field you're interested in PLUS the primary key field(s). Thus, if you've got a table called A_TABLE, with field VAL that you want to search for NULLs, and a primary key named PK, I'd create an index on (VAL, PK).
Share and enjoy.
I'm going to "answer" the non-question above.
The articles you link to are kinda right - Oracle's b-tree indexes will not capture when the leaf nodes are null. Take this example:
CREATE TABLE MYTABLE (
ID NUMBER(8) NOT NULL,
DAT VARCHAR2(100)
);
CREATE INDEX MYTABLE_IDX_1 ON MYTABLE (DAT);
/* Perform inserts into MYTABLE where some DAT are null */
SELECT COUNT(*) FROM MYTABLE WHERE DAT IS NULL;
The ending SELECT will not be able to use the index, because the leafs (right-most column) will not capture the nulls. Burleson's solution is stupid, because now you have to use a NVL in all your queries and have compromised the data in the tables. Gorbachev's method includes a known NOT NULL column for the leaves of the b-tree, but this expands the index for no reason. Maybe in his case the index made sense that way for tuning other queries, but if all you want to do is find the NULLs then the easiest solution is to make the leaf a constant.
CREATE INDEX MYTABLE_IDX_1 ON MYTABLE (DAT, 1);
Now, the leaves are all the constant (1), and by default the nulls will all be together (either at the top or bottom of the index, but it doesn't really matter as Oracle can use the index forwards or backwards). There is a slight storage penalty for that constant, but a single number is smaller than most other data fields in a typical table. Now the database can use the index when querying for nulls...if the optimizer finds that the best way to get the data.