Oracle: replace "rollup" in query with something else

Question

I need to rewrite a simple query without rollup function. Could you help me?

This is an original query:

  SELECT e.department_id, 
         e.job_id, 
         SUM(e.salary)
    FROM EMPLOYEES e
GROUP BY ROLLUP(e.department_id, e.job_id);

I guess it is possible to rewrite using UNION statement, yea?

Answer 1

The following should return the same result as a rollup, but with worse performance and less controll over the "levels".

select e.department_id
      ,e.job_id
      ,SUM(e.salary)
  from EMPLOYEES e
 group 
    by e.department_id
      ,e.job_id
union all
select e.department_id
      ,null
      ,SUM(e.salary)
  from EMPLOYEES e
 group 
    by e.department_id
union all
select null
      ,null
      ,SUM(e.salary)
  from EMPLOYEES e;