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Now that I see your whole query I could run it – very cool! I took a very similar approach to you; I’ll post what I did in a few days just in case anyone else is thinking of posting. Only thing is that the VP_NAME column is wrong for everyone under JONES… also, KING lists himself as a VP whereas in the problem statement there is no VP listed for KING. But you got the salary part which I thought was the hardest.

One other thing – I was able to do it without using sys_connect_by_path… ;)

SQL> run
  1  select --rm,
  2         --lvl,
  3         ename,
  4         empno,
  5         first_value(no_space_ename) over (partition by vp_num) vp_name,
  6         sal,
  7         (
  8            select sum(
  9                        to_number (
 10                          substr (sal_str,
 11                            instr(sal_str , '+', 1, rownum ) + 1,
 12                            instr(sal_str, '+', 1, rownum + 1) -
 13                              instr(sal_str , '+', 1, rownum ) - 1
 14                              ))
 15                      )
 16            from dual
 17            connect by level < =
 18                      length(
 19                        translate (q1.sal_str, chr(9)||'0123456789', ' '))  -1
 20         ) sal_sum
 21  from
 22  (
 23  select rm,
 24         lvl,
 25         ename,
 26         empno,
 27         no_space_ename,
 28         sal_str,
 29         max(vp_rm) over (order by rownum) vp_num,
 30         sal
 31  from
 32  (
 33  select rownum rm,
 34         level lvl,
 35         sys_connect_by_path(sal, '+')||'+' sal_str,
 36         decode(level, 2, rownum, null) vp_rm,
 37         lpad(ename, length(ename) + level, ' ') ename,
 38         ename no_space_ename,
 39         empno,
 40         sal
 41  from emp
 42  start with mgr is null
 43  connect by mgr = prior empno
 44  )
 45  ) q1
 46* order by rm

ENAME                EMPNO VP_NAME           SAL    SAL_SUM
--------------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ----------
 KING                 7839 KING             5000       5000
  JONES               7566 SMITH            2975       7975
   SCOTT              7788 SMITH            3000      10975
    ADAMS             7876 SMITH            1100      12075
   FORD               7902 SMITH            3000      10975
    SMITH             7369 SMITH             800      11775
  BLAKE               7698 BLAKE            2850       7850
   ALLEN              7499 BLAKE            1600       9450
   WARD               7521 BLAKE            1250       9100
   MARTIN             7654 BLAKE            1250       9100
   TURNER             7844 BLAKE            1500       9350
   JAMES              7900 BLAKE             950       8800
  CLARK               7782 CLARK            2450       7450
   MILLER             7934 CLARK            1300       8750

14 rows selected.

I have pasted the complete query in the following blog.

http://rajplsql.blogspot.com/

Please share your thoughts on the same.

Thanks
Raj

Please let me know if i can mail the query.

Yes, I do have selected from EMP table.

My inner most query:
SELECT ROWNUM rm,
LEVEL lvl,
sys_connect_by_path(sal, ‘+’)||’+’ sal_str,
decode(level, 2, rownum, null) vp_rm,
LPAD(ename, length(ename) + level, ‘ ‘) ename,
ename no_space_ename,
empno,
sal
FROM emp
START WITH mgr IS NULL
CONNECT BY mgr = PRIOR empno

Thanks
Raj

Part1:
SELECT rm,
lvl,
ename,
empno,
sal_str,
first_value(no_space_ename) OVER (PARTITION BY vp_num) vp_name,
sal,
(
SELECT sum(
to_number (
SUBSTR (sal_str,
INSTR(sal_str , ‘+’, 1, ROWNUM ) + 1,
INSTR(sal_str, ‘+’, 1, ROWNUM + 1) –
INSTR(sal_str , ‘+’, 1, ROWNUM ) – 1
))
)
FROM dual
CONNECT BY LEVEL

...
  9  SELECT sum( to_number (SUBSTR (sal_str,
 10    INSTR(sal_str , '+', 1, ROWNUM ) + 1,
 11    INSTR(sal_str, '+', 1, ROWNUM + 1)
 12      - INSTR(sal_str , '+', 1, ROWNUM ) - 1)))
 13  FROM dual
 14* CONNECT BY LEVEL
first_value(no_space_ename) OVER (PARTITION BY vp_num) vp_name,
*
ERROR at line 6:
ORA-00921: unexpected end of SQL command

also, it might be good to access the EMP table at some point since that’s where the data is… good start though – keep trying!

Update: Wordpress apparently thought your last comment was spam until I found it just now… so to answer your question, if you click “Home” and then “Contact Info” you will see my email addresses. Drop me a line anytime!

Thanks
Raj

I used a query for parsing the sal string.

SELECT rm,
lvl,
ename,
empno,
sal_str,
first_value(no_space_ename) OVER (PARTITION BY vp_num) vp_name,
sal,
(
SELECT sum(
to_number (
SUBSTR (sal_str,
INSTR(sal_str , ‘+’, 1, ROWNUM ) + 1,
INSTR(sal_str, ‘+’, 1, ROWNUM + 1) –
INSTR(sal_str , ‘+’, 1, ROWNUM ) – 1
))
)
FROM dual
CONNECT BY LEVEL