Oracle-L: AW: Read user input inside plsql code

From: Stefan Jahnke <Stefan.Jahnke_at_bov.de>
Date: Mon, 12 May 2003 09:17:08 -0800
Message-ID: <F001.00596EB2.20030512091708@fatcity.com>

Hi Kader Ben

If the code is supposed to run within the server as a stored procedure, I would write an additional java stored proc to communicate with a java program outside the server. let this program read and validate the user input and return it to the pl/sql procedure. Maybe there is an easy way of doing this within pl/sql, which I don't know of.

Stefan

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Von: Kader Ben [mailto:kaderb_at_yahoo.com] Gesendet: Montag, 12. Mai 2003 18:17
An: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Betreff: Read user input inside plsql code

Hi Listers,

I'm about writing a code to prompt user to enter some data and the code do some verification and subsequently prompt him for further information. Basically the pseudocode looks like the following:

define a = Y ;
define b = N;
define c = 10;

accept a prompt 'Enter value of a: ';

BEGIN
IF('&&a' = 'Y')
THEN
DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE('Enter value of c :'); ACCEPT c;
IF &&c = 10 THEN

do some staff END IF; ELSIF('&&a' = 'N') THEN
- do other treatment END IF; END; /

The problem the ACCEPT nor PROMPT doesn't work inside the
PL/SQL code. Do you have any suggestion to do the code interact with user?

Thank you in advance.

Ben

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