RE: Increment an alphabetic variable in a PL/SQL loop?
- From: "Dunbar, Norman" <norman.dunbar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <ChrisDavid.Taylor@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 3 Dec 2009 15:28:42 -0000
David,
>> Hey how can we increment an alphabetic variable in PL/SQL?
>>
>> Let's say I have var1 = 'A' for the first pass, but for the
>> second pass, I want it to autoincrement to var1='B' and
>> ultimately to 'Z'.
something like :
var1 char(1) := 'A';
...
var1 := chr(ascii(var1) +1);
if (var1 > 'Z') then
-- handle bigger than Z here.
end if;
Cheers,
Norman.
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