an oracle guy wrote an sql statement that solves a sudoku puzzle...using an oracle specific feature. Still, it's pretty neat, and an absolute gem of lateral thinking. http://technology.amis.nl/blog/6404/oracle-rdbms-11gr2-solving-a-sudoku-using-recursive-subquery-factoring merlin -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general