Is it possible to get multiple values from a subquery?

Question

Is there any way to have a subquery return multiple columns in oracle db? (I know this specific sql will result in an error, but it sums up what I want pretty well)

Answer 1

In Oracle query

select a.x
            ,(select b.y || ',' || b.z
                from   b
                where  b.v = a.v
                and    rownum = 1) as multple_columns
from   a

can be transformed to:

select a.x, b1.y, b1.z
from   a, b b1
where  b1.rowid = (
       select b.rowid
       from   b
       where  b.v = a.v
       and    rownum = 1
)

Is useful when we want to prevent duplication for table A. Similarly, we can increase the number of tables:

.... where (b1.rowid,c1.rowid) = (select b.rowid,c.rowid ....