Repeat each value n times as rows in SQL

Question

I have been trying to achieve this in SQL (Oracle 11g) for a while but could not find a proper way to do it.

My table names has the following rows:

Answer 1

Try this:

select * from names
cross join (select rownum n from dual
            connect by level <= (select max(repeat) from names))
where n <= repeat
order by name

Answer 2

You may use some temp table containing list of numbers 1 to N, where N is the highest number in your table names. Let call it num(o int) Then the query will be

SELECT *
FROM names, num
WHERE num.o <= names.repeat

Answer 3

If we presume that your all_objects system object has more objects than the max repeat...

SELECT n.name
FROM names n
LEFT JOIN (Select rownum from all_objects) z
 on z.rowNum < n.repeat

Answer 4

I just found an alternative with connect by and correlated sub-query.

select name
from   names o
connect by level <= ( select repeat from names 
                        i where i.name = o.name )
AND                        
prior name = name and
           prior sys_guid() is not null
           order by name;