I have the following SQL statement I need to
add a secondary where clause to

SELECT name, amount
FROM node, log
WHERE log.name (+) = node.name

Now I need to add run_date = '31-JAN-05',
I can not just add this statement since when I do
loose columns in the node table since there is
not a 1:1 match between the two tables.

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"Nerfherder" <nobody@home.com> wrote in message
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>I have the following SQL statement I need to
> add a secondary where clause to
>
> SELECT name, amount
> FROM node, log
> WHERE log.name (+) = node.name
>
> Now I need to add run_date = '31-JAN-05',
> I can not just add this statement since when I do
> loose columns in the node table since there is
> not a 1:1 match between the two tables.
>
>[/color]

which table is the run_date column in?

bottom line, you have to include the oracle's outer join syntax in all
affected predicates, so, depending on which table RUN_DATE is in, you need
to add either

run_date = to_date('31-JAN-05','dd-mon-rr') (+)

or

run_date(+) = to_date('31-JAN-05','dd-mon-rr')


note also that you should never use implicite date conversion -- either use
TO_CHAR or the ansi date literal syntax (if using 10g)

++ mcs

"Mark C. Stock" <mcstockX@Xenquery .com> said:

Thanks, that worked.
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>to_date('31-JAN-05','dd-mon-rr')[/color]