Re: pl/sql statement

select count(*) into usercnt_tmp from prod.consenid;

"Farnsworth, Dave" wrote:
>
> How can I do something like this;
>
> select count(*) from prod.consenid into usercnt_tmp from dual
>
> I want to send the amount of COUNT(*) into a variable. I get the following error
>
> ORA-06550: line 5, column 36:
> PLS-00103: Encountered the symbol "INTO" when expecting one of the following:
> . , @ ; for <an identifier>
> <a double-quoted delimited-identifier> group having intersect
> minus order start union where connect
> ORA-06550: line 6, column 1:
> PLS-00103: Encountered the symbol "END"
>
> Is this something that I can do. I am probably overlooking something very obvious.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Dave

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