I don't think there is supposed to be a ; inside v_update. Take it out and see if it runs. -----Original Message----- From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Deanna Schneider Sent: Friday, March 19, 2004 4:28 PM To: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Dynamic SQL question Hello, I'm trying to write a procedure that includes dynamic sql (8.17). If I don't use the dynamic sql, the query runs fine. If I do, it fails with a numeric or value error (ORA-06512). Can anyone see what I'm missing? This works: UPDATE resourcegroup SET lft = DECODE( (SIGN((lft/drop_left)-1) + SIGN((lft/drop_right)-1)), 0, lft-1, 2, lft-2, lft), rgt = DECODE( (SIGN((rgt/drop_left)-1) + SIGN((rgt/drop_right)-1)), 0, rgt-1, 2, rgt-2, lft) WHERE lft > drop_left; This fails: v_update := 'UPDATE '|| in_tablename || 'SET lft = DECODE( (SIGN((lft/:1)-1) + SIGN((lft/:2)-1)), 0, lft-1, 2, lft-2, lft), '|| 'rgt = DECODE( (SIGN((rgt/:3)-1) + SIGN((rgt/:4)-1)), 0, rgt-1, 2, rgt-2, lft) ' || 'WHERE lft > :5'; EXECUTE IMMEDIATE v_update USING drop_left, drop_right, drop_left, drop_right, drop_left; I'm just using the linewrap concantenation for use of readability for testing. It fails when it's all on one line as well. Thanks. -Deanna ---------------------------------------------------------------- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com ---------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe send email to: oracle-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put 'unsubscribe' in the subject line. -- Archives are at //www.freelists.org/archives/oracle-l/ FAQ is at //www.freelists.org/help/fom-serve/cache/1.html ----------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com ---------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe send email to: oracle-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put 'unsubscribe' in the subject line. -- Archives are at //www.freelists.org/archives/oracle-l/ FAQ is at //www.freelists.org/help/fom-serve/cache/1.html -----------------------------------------------------------------