with as (oracle) (转)

有两张表，分别为A、B，求得一个字段的值先在表A中寻找，如果A表中存在数据，则输出A表的值；如果A表中不存在，则在B表中寻找，若B表中有相应记录，则输出B表的值；如果B表中也不存在，则输出“no records” 字符串。

with
sql1 as (select to_char(a) s_name from test_tempa),
sql2 as (select to_char(b) s_name from test_tempb where not exists (select s_name from sql1 where rownum=1))
select * from sql1
union all
select * from sql2
union all
select 'no records' from dual
       where not exists (select s_name from sql1 where rownum=1)
       and not exists (select s_name from sql2 where rownum=1);

用with as的好处在于将查询缓存起来，便于查询速度。