SQL Query to return N rows from dual

Question

I want to write a SQL query which accepts a bind variable (say :NUM) and its output consists of one column & :NUM number of rows, each row having its row number. i.e. if we

Answer 1

Try something like:

SELECT 1 AS Val FROM dual
UNION ALL SELECT 2 FROM dual
UNION ALL SELECT 3 FROM dual
UNION ALL SELECT 4 FROM dual
UNION ALL SELECT 5 FROM dual
UNION ALL SELECT 6 FROM dual
UNION ALL SELECT 7 FROM dual;

It's messy, but it'll do the trick.

Edited: Ah - you need to pass in a variable to let you know how high to go...

So how about something like:

SELECT t1.Val + t2.Val * 2 + t3.Val * 4 + t4.Val * 8 AS Val
FROM
(
SELECT 0 AS Val FROM dual
UNION ALL SELECT 1 FROM dual
) AS t1, 
(
SELECT 0 AS Val FROM dual
UNION ALL SELECT 1 FROM dual
) AS t2, 
(
SELECT 0 AS Val FROM dual
UNION ALL SELECT 1 FROM dual
) AS t3, 
(
SELECT 0 AS Val FROM dual
UNION ALL SELECT 1 FROM dual
) AS t4
WHERE t1.Val + t2.Val * 2 + t3.Val * 4 + t4.Val * 8 <= 7;

Ok... editing again, now using WITH:

WiTH 
A0 AS (SELECT 0 as N FROM DUAL UNION ALL SELECT 0 FROM DUAL),
A1 AS (SELECT 0 as N FROM A0, A0 AS B),
A2 AS (SELECT 0 as N FROM A1, A1 AS B),
A3 AS (SELECT 0 as N FROM A2, A2 AS B),
A4 AS (SELECT 0 as N FROM A3, A3 AS B),
A5 AS (SELECT 0 as N FROM A4, A4 AS B),
A6 AS (SELECT 0 as N FROM A5, A5 AS B),
Nums AS (SELECT ROW_NUMBER() OVER (ORDER BY N) AS Val FROM A6)
SELECT *
FROM Nums
WHERE Val <= :NUM
;