Re: Can't code for s.... peanuts

From: <oqij4ngfcrweuh001_at_sneakemail.com>
Date: Mon, 23 Jul 2001 11:57:58 -0700
Message-ID: <F001.003525C0.20010723115208@fatcity.com>

To all who offered there help :

A big thanks, I've got this about 70% licked now :)

The winning combination was :

CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION check_for_name2 (p_name_to_check VARCHAR)RETURN VARCHAR2 ISv_data VARCHAR2(20);v_return_value
VARCHAR2(20);BEGINSELECT lname INTO v_data
FROM namesWHERE lname = p_name_to_check;RETURN 'Found';EXCEPTIONWHEN no_data_found THEN RETURN 'No Matches';END check_for_name2; Thanks to Lisa for the help there. However, the attempts to do the same with the cursor continue to fail:
CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION check_for_name (p_name_to_check VARCHAR)RETURN VARCHAR2 ISCURSOR c_namestbl ISSELECT lname,
fnameFROM namesWHERE lname =
p_name_to_check;v_return_value VARCHAR2(20);BEGINOPEN
c_namestbl;IF c_namestbl%NOTFOUND = TRUE THENv_return_value := 'Not
here';ELSIF C_namestbl%FOUND
= FALSE THENv_return_value := 'In Here'; END
IF;CLOSE c_namestbl;RETURN
v_return_value;EXCEPTIONWHEN no_data_found THEN RETURN 'No Matches';END check_for_name; While I can get it to execute
with "Select check_for_name('Cruise') FROM dual;" it returns no data, but looks like it wants to:
SQL> SELECT
check_for_name('Cruise') FROM dual;
<FONT face=Arial

size=2>CHECK_FOR_NAME('CRUISE')------------------------------------------------

SQL>
If anybody has any ideas on that
one, thankyou. But try to structure your answer in the form of 'hints' that way I get to do something instead of have type what I'm told... can't learn that way.

Thanks again to all for your
responses.
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  Hi again everybody,

  I'll try to be as descriptive as possible, sorry   if I leave anything important out.

  I have the following function which I'm compiling   using PL/SQL Developer (tnx Djordje).

  CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION check_for_name   (p_name_to_check VARCHAR)RETURN BOOLEAN   ISCURSOR c_namestbl ISSELECT
  lnameFROM namesWHERE lname =
  p_name_to_check;v_return_value
  BOOLEAN;BEGINOPEN c_namestbl;IF
  c_namestbl%NOTFOUND THENv_return_value :=   FALSE;ELSIF C_namestbl%FOUND
  THENv_return_value := TRUE; END
  IF;RETURN v_return_value;CLOSE
  c_namestbl;END check_for_name;
  It compiles without errors (now).
  The table 'names' is built like this :   SVRMGR> DESCRIBE names;Column

  Name                    
  Null?    Type------------------------------ -------- 
  ----FNAME                                   
  VARCHAR2(20)LNAME

  VARCHAR2(20)SVRMGR>
  With data like this :
  SVRMGR> SELECT * FROM
  names;FNAME

  LNAME-------------------- 
  --------------------Bruce                
  WillisSalma                
  HayekTom                  
  CruiseElle

McPherson4 rows selected.
 But, whenever I try to do this :
 EXECUTE check_for_name('Cruise');
 so I can run the function from PL/SQL Developer I get the following error :
 "ORA 0900 - Invalid SQL Statment"
 However, If I execute the same statement from SQL*Plus or svrmgrl I get a differant error : SVRMGR> EXECUTE
 check_for_name('Cruise'); check_for_name('Cruise'); *ORA-06550: line 2, column 2:PLS-00221: 'CHECK_FOR_NAME' is not a procedure or is undefinedORA-06550: line 2, column 2:PL/SQL: Statement ignored
 I'm running Oracle Enterprise Edition 8.1.5.0.0 on Windows 2000.
 If that's not enough info, please let me know and I will supply whatever I can.
 Thanks for reading this far :)
 Michael.

Received on Mon Jul 23 2001 - 13:57:58 CDT