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Christmas SQL

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Just a re-post of something I put on StackOverflow last year so I can refer back to it easily. What better way to celebrate Christmas than with SQL Smile


select replace(replace(replace(r,'X',chr(27)||'[42m'||chr(27)||'[1;'||to_char(32)||'m'||'X'||chr(27)||'[0m'),
    'T',chr(27)||'[43m'||chr(27)||'[1;'||to_char(33)||'m'||'T'||chr(27)||'[0m'),
    '@',chr(27)||'[33m'||chr(27)||'[1;'||to_char(31)||'m'||'@'||chr(27)||'[0m')
from ( select lpad(' ',20-e-i)|| case when dbms_random.value < 0.3 then substr(s,1,e*2-3+i*2) 
       else substr(substr(s,1,dbms_random.value(1,e*2-3+i*2-1))||'@'||s,1,e*2-3+i*2) end r
from ( select rpad('X',40,'X') s,rpad('T',40,'T') t from dual ) , 
( select level i, level+2 hop from dual connect by level <= 4 ) , lateral
( select level e from dual connect by level <= hop ) union all select lpad(' ',17)||substr(t,1,3)
from ( select rpad('X',40,'X') s,rpad('T',40,'T') t from dual ) connect by level <= 5 );

Each execution gets a different distribution of christmas lights Smile. Enjoy!

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4 comments

  1. Happy Holidays and Merry Christmas to you Connor.

    Here is another version of Chrismas tree to you from SQL. Hope you love it.

    demo@XEPDB1> select decode
    2 (sign (floor (maxwidth/2) – rownum)
    3 ,1, lpad (‘ ‘, floor (maxwidth/2) – (rownum -1))
    4 ||rpad (‘*’, 2 * (rownum -1), ‘ *’)
    5 ,lpad (‘* * *’, floor (maxwidth/2) + 3)) “Merry Christmas”
    6 from dual
    7 , (select 40 as maxwidth from dual)
    8 connect by level < floor (maxwidth/2) + 5
    9 /

    *
    * *
    * * *
    * * * *
    * * * * *
    * * * * * *
    * * * * * * *
    * * * * * * * *
    * * * * * * * * *
    * * * * * * * * * *
    * * * * * * * * * * *
    * * * * * * * * * * * *
    * * * * * * * * * * * * *
    * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
    * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
    * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
    * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
    * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
    * * *
    * * *
    * * *
    * * *
    * * *

    24 rows selected.

  2. Hi Connor,
    I would just like to wish you and your whole family Merry Christmas and Happy New Year 2022 🙂
    And a huge thank you for everything you are doing for the Oracle community 🙂
    Still hope that day will come and we will be able to meet again.

    Cheers & Best Regards,
    Iudith Mentzel

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