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Problems with the DUAL table

By Harish Kapgate – DUAL is a table automatically created by Oracle along with the data dictionary. It is in the schema of the user SYS, but is accessible by the name DUAL to all users. It has one column, DUMMY, defined to be VARCHAR2(1), and contains one row with a value ‘X’. Selecting from the DUA

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SQLPing.NET

by Chip Andrews – After receiving a few requests for a .NET version of SQLPing I coded one up last night. I’ve only got about an hour invested in it so as you can imagine, its not what you call “fully tested”. In any case, works on my end. Please provide feedback if you have any issues with it. Sour