Sorts rows into column order. Number of rows returned is restricted using the ROWNUM pseudo-column
This operation is implemented in the following versions
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This example was developed using Oracle 9.2.0.1 on Windows 2000
This example requires the following table definition
CREATE TABLE t1 (c1 NUMBER);
The table does not need to be analysed
The statement
SELECT * FROM ( SELECT c1 FROM t1 ORDER BY c1 ) WHERE ROWNUM < 10;
generates the following execution plan
0 SELECT STATEMENT Optimizer=CHOOSE 1 0 COUNT (STOPKEY) 2 1 VIEW 3 2 SORT (ORDER BY STOPKEY) 4 3 TABLE ACCESS (FULL) OF 'T1'