首先,不要使用WM_CONCAT,因为它是一个未记录的功能,并且已从最新的12c版本中删除 .任何一直依赖wm_concat 功能的应用程序在升级到12c 后将无法运行。见Why not use WM_CONCAT function in Oracle?
SQL> select banner from v$version where rownum = 1;
BANNER
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Oracle Database 12c Enterprise Edition Release 12.1.0.1.0 - 64bit Production
SQL> SELECT object_name
2 FROM dba_objects
3 WHERE owner='WMSYS'
4 AND object_name LIKE 'WM\_%' ESCAPE '\';
OBJECT_NAME
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WM_REPLICATION_INFO
WM_RDIFF
WM_PERIOD
WM_PERIOD
WM_OVERLAPS
WM_MEETS
WM_LESSTHAN
WM_LDIFF
WM_INTERSECTION
WM_INSTALLATION
WM_GREATERTHAN
WM_EVENTS_INFO
WM_ERROR
WM_ERROR
WM_EQUALS
WM_DDL_UTIL
WM_DDL_UTIL
WM_CONTAINS
WM_COMPRESS_BATCH_SIZES
WM_COMPRESSIBLE_TABLES
20 rows selected.
您将收到“invalid identifier”错误:
SQL> SELECT banner FROM v$version;
BANNER
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Oracle Database 12c Enterprise Edition Release 12.1.0.1.0 - 64bit Production
PL/SQL Release 12.1.0.1.0 - Production
CORE 12.1.0.1.0 Production
TNS for 64-bit Windows: Version 12.1.0.1.0 - Production
NLSRTL Version 12.1.0.1.0 - Production
SQL> SELECT deptno, wm_concat(ename) FROM emp;
SELECT deptno, wm_concat(ename) FROM emp
*
ERROR at line 1:
ORA-00904: "WM_CONCAT": invalid identifier
因此,没有必要依赖最新版本中不再提供的未记录的功能。
有各种string aggregation techniques:
例如,
SELECT deptno, LISTAGG(ename, ',') WITHIN GROUP (ORDER BY ename) AS employees
FROM emp
GROUP BY deptno;
DEPTNO EMPLOYEES
---------- --------------------------------------------------
10 CLARK,KING,MILLER
20 ADAMS,FORD,JONES,SCOTT,SMITH
30 ALLEN,BLAKE,JAMES,MARTIN,TURNER,WARD
3 rows selected.
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ROW_NUMBER() 和 SYS_CONNECT_BY_PATH 函数在 9i 及更高版本中
例如,
SELECT deptno,
LTRIM(MAX(SYS_CONNECT_BY_PATH(ename,','))
KEEP (DENSE_RANK LAST ORDER BY curr),',') AS employees
FROM (SELECT deptno,
ename,
ROW_NUMBER() OVER (PARTITION BY deptno ORDER BY ename) AS curr,
ROW_NUMBER() OVER (PARTITION BY deptno ORDER BY ename) -1 AS prev
FROM emp)
GROUP BY deptno
CONNECT BY prev = PRIOR curr AND deptno = PRIOR deptno
START WITH curr = 1;
DEPTNO EMPLOYEES
---------- --------------------------------------------------
10 CLARK,KING,MILLER
20 ADAMS,FORD,JONES,SCOTT,SMITH
30 ALLEN,BLAKE,JAMES,MARTIN,TURNER,WARD
3 rows selected.
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AskTom 中描述的用户定义聚合函数 STRAGG。
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COLLECT 10g 及以上功能
Tim Hall here 的几个很好的例子。