Scenario:
Differences between rowid and rownum
Solution:
Rowid
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Rownum
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Rowid is an oracle internal id that is allocated every
time a new record is inserted in a table. This ID is unique and cannot be
changed by the user.
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Rownum is a row number returned by a select statement.
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Rowid is permanent.
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Rownum is temporary.
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Rowid is a globally unique identifier for a row in a
database. It is created at the time the row is inserted into the table, and
destroyed when it is removed from a table.
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The rownum pseudocoloumn returns a number indicating the
order in which oracle selects the row from a table or set of joined rows.
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