oracle8.1.6 select revision_id, to_char(o.creation_date, 'MM/DD/YY HH:MI AM') modified, round(r.content_length / 1000, 2) || ' KB' as file_size, decode(NVL(p.person_id, 0), 0, '-', p.first_names || ' ' || p.last_name) modified_by, nvl(j.msg, '-') msg from cr_revisions r, acs_objects o, persons p, journal_entries j where item_id = :template_id and o.object_id = r.revision_id and o.creation_user = p.person_id (+) and o.object_id = j.journal_id (+) order by o.creation_date desc