SQL How to align ranges of data points in rows? - sql

Question

Suppose having the data set:
with
data_table(title, x) as (
select 'a', 1 from dual union all
select 'a', 3 from dual union all
select 'a', 4 from dual union all
select 'a', 5 from dual union all
select 'b', 1 from dual union all
select 'b', 2 from dual union all
select 'b', 3 from dual union all
select 'b', 6 from dual
)
select * from data_table;
TITLE | X
-----------
a 1
a 3
a 4
a 5
b 1
b 2
b 3
b 6
Wee see that points related to a and b are different.
How to align values in X column so both groups have the same points, filling the gaps with NULL?
Expected result is:
TITLE | X
-----------
a 1
a NULL
a 3
a 4
a 5
a NULL
b 1
b 2
b 3
b NULL
b NULL
b 6
Straightforward solution I got is
with
data_table(title, x) as (
select 'a', 1 from dual union all
select 'a', 3 from dual union all
select 'a', 4 from dual union all
select 'a', 5 from dual union all
select 'b', 1 from dual union all
select 'b', 2 from dual union all
select 'b', 3 from dual union all
select 'b', 6 from dual
),
all_points(x) AS (
select distinct x from data_table
),
all_titles(title) AS (
select distinct title from data_table
),
aligned_data(title, x) as (
select t.title, p.x from all_points p cross join all_titles t
)
select ad.title, dt.x
from aligned_data ad
left join data_table dt on dt.title = ad.title and dt.x = ad.x
order by ad.title, ad.x;
As wee see cross join in aligned_data definition is bottleneck and can kill performance on valuable data sets.
I wonder if this task could be solved more elegantly. Maybe a trick with window functions can be proposed.