How to define ResultSet limit by PL/SQl in Oracle database

[somenath chatterjee]

Hi all,
I am sharing my problem to all of you for need help to resolve it.
I am going to retrieve millions data from a table.Now I want to retrieve data
part by part wise by ResultSet, giving some example like,a table having 1000 of rows now I want to retrieve those data in 10 steps. like in one steps ResultSet limit 0 to 100, and after finish 1 step 2nd ResultSet limit come 101 to 200.
So if you have done like this or faced like it. please reply me.

[karthikeyan Chockalingam]

The SQL to be used is database specific. Can you please mention the database [like MySQL or Oracle] you are using?

[Paul Clapham]

Karthi, the title of the post includes the phrase "in Oracle database". True, it would have been better to mention that in the body of the post, but at least it's somewhere.

[Jeanne Boyarsky]

Somenath,
Oracle provides a keyword called "rownum" that allows you to return each piece. This Ask Tom article gives a sample.

[karthikeyan Chockalingam]

Paul, It was my fault not to notice it in the title. I was concentrating only on the content.
[ June 09, 2008: Message edited by: karthi keyan ]

[somenath chatterjee]

Hi,

Thanks for reply me. I have done with by rownum, its working. I am sending you the query please check it and let me know if any issues.

select * from ( select *, ROWNUM as rnum from table where ROWNUM <= "upperLimit" order by 1 ) where rnum > "lowerLimit"

[Jeanne Boyarsky]

select * from ( select *, ROWNUM as rnum from table where ROWNUM <= "upperLimit" order by 1 ) where rnum > "lowerLimit"

While this might work in some caises, it is risky in two ways:
1) You are ordering by whichever field is first. If the column order changes, the order by changes. Stating the column explicitly is safer.
2) The rownum <= upperlimit is not correct as it depends on the order by. This is functionally wrong.

See the Ask Tom article again, in particular the section titled "Pagination with ROWNUM". He shows the pattern to use is:

select * 
  from ( select /*+ FIRST_ROWS(n) */ 
  a.*, ROWNUM rnum 
      from ( your_query_goes_here, 
      with order by ) a 
      where ROWNUM <= 
      :MAX_ROW_TO_FETCH ) 
where rnum  >= :MIN_ROW_TO_FETCH;