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  1. #1
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    Why Error Without Analyzing

    I have the query below :

    SELECT MIN(to_number(a.ADDRESS)) + 1
    FROM BUSINESS a
    WHERE upper(a.ADDRESS) = lower(a.ADDRESS)
    AND to_number(a.ADDRESS) >= 11511
    AND (to_number(a.ADDRESS)+1) NOT IN
    (SELECT to_number(b.ADDRESS)
    FROM BUSINESS b
    WHERE upper(b.ADDRESS) = lower(b.ADDRESS) )


    it failed at first so I analyze the table and it run ok. why is it failed in the first place without analyzing the table????

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    well what was the error

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    wtf is this?
    Code:
    SELECT to_number(b.ADDRESS)
    FROM BUSINESS b
    WHERE upper(b.ADDRESS) = lower(b.ADDRESS)
    Is "address" a number or what?

    Analyzing the table enabled the use of the cost-based optimizer instead of the RBO, and i expect that this "exposed" an error in converting address to a number that the RBO didn't see, because it scanned index instead of table, or something.
    David Aldridge,
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    Address is VArchar2

    your explaination make sense

    thanks

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    Originally posted by learning_bee
    your explaination make sense
    But your query doesn't....
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    I'm guessing that "upper(b.ADDRESS) = lower(b.ADDRESS)" is a test to see if the column is numeric. Except it's not a very good one.
    David Aldridge,
    "The Oracle Sponge"

    Senior Manager, Business Intelligence Development
    XM Satellite Radio
    Washington, DC

    Oracle ACE

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