Is there a way to have a recursion in Oracle SQL only using select statements?
For example how do I sum a column in a table without using sum()?
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The answer to this question demonstrates recursion in Oracle, for both recursive CTEs (Oracle 11 onwards) and Oracle’s own CONNECT BY syntax (Oracle 10g and earlier).