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asutoshv
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Posted - 08/02/2005 :  04:15:11  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
I've a problem in a query, it is performing in Oracle but not working in Sql:

select * from tabA a where (a.sr_no, a.nm) in ((1,'a'),(2,'b'),(3,'c')) ;
tabA is :
sr_no number(3),
nm varchar(10)

If you have any solution or alternate, plz inform asap.
Thank You.

madhivanan
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Posted - 08/02/2005 :  04:17:29  Show Profile  Send madhivanan a Yahoo! Message  Reply with Quote
Try this

select * from tabA a where a.sr_no in (1,2,3)
and a.nm in ('a','b','c')


Madhivanan

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asutoshv
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Posted - 08/02/2005 :  04:21:40  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Sorry, but it wont work like that.
my question is i've to select records like :
select * from tabA where (a.sr_no = 1 and a.nm = 'a') or (a.sr_no = 2 and a.nm = 'b') or(a.sr_no = 3 and a.nm = 'c')

so instead of writing these many 'or' and 'and's can it work like :
select * from tabA a where (a.sr_no, a.nm) in ((1,'a'),(2,'b'),(3,'c')) ;
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Kristen
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Posted - 08/02/2005 :  04:39:01  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
That style of IN is not supported in SQL and I can't think of an easy workaround if you are using Dynamic SQL.

You could put the values into a temporary table (perhaps passing them as a delimited string, and "splitting" that into a temporary table?) along the lines of

SELECT [num]=1,[letter]='a'
INTO #MyTempTable
UNION ALL SELECT 2,'b'
UNION ALL SELECT 3,'c'

select * 
from tabA a
     JOIN #MyTempTable T
         ON T.num = a.sr_no
        AND T.letter = a.nm

Kristen
Edited by - Kristen on 08/02/2005 04:39:38
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madhivanan
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Posted - 08/02/2005 :  04:53:28  Show Profile  Send madhivanan a Yahoo! Message  Reply with Quote
If your data in the table are as follows

sr_no nm
1 'a'
2 'b'
3 'c'

No need of checking the nm value
Can you post some sample data?

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