Re: Dynamic SQL question

  • From: "Deanna Schneider" <deanna.schneider@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Fri, 19 Mar 2004 15:33:07 -0600

Nope. It doesn't even compile then. It's not "inside" v_update, it's ending
the assignment block of v_update.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Freeman, Donald" <dofreeman@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, March 19, 2004 3:26 PM
Subject: RE: Dynamic SQL question


> 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
>
>
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