counting the number of records from multiple tables

i have nearly 10 to 15 tables of names like %price1%

i want an output of the form

tablename count(*)
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price1 200
price2 335
price3 634
...
...
..

could someone help me to phrase a query.

:confused:

Any replies to this please ....

Code:

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select 'price1' table_name, count(*) num_rows from price1
union all
select 'price2' table_name, count(*) num_rows from price2
union all
select 'price3' table_name, count(*) num_rows from price3
union all
...
order by 1

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Hi Dave,

thanks for the reply, but in this case i want the table names to be framed up automatically by oracle, as there might be many tables also at times.

any other alternates much appreciated.

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Originally Posted by perot

Hi Dave,

thanks for the reply, but in this case i want the table names to be framed up automatically by oracle, as there might be many tables also at times.

any other alternates much appreciated.

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You can't directly select from a table without knowing the name of the table. You can use dynamic sql to create a query if you have a table that stores all of the tables you want to select from, you can also concatenate a bunch of stuff together and create a cursor to select from. how do you know what tables you want in the select? :confused: