Re: exec immediate

Raja,

A major reason might be that you actually (probably) do not understand what you're doing. Please read some fine manuals, and refrein from (ab)using this forum as a tutorial.

Regards, Carel-Jan

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>
> the below did work fine:
>
> declare
> x varchar2(100);
> begin
> execute immediate 'select
> hospital_id||to_char(trnx_date,'||'''||mmddyyyy||'''||')||patient_case_type
> from SJHS_ADT_ACT_TRXMST_BAK2 ' into x;
> dbms_output.put_line(x);
> end;
>
>
>
> this executed successfully with teh MMDDYYYY format however, the result
> seems to
> be strage with a single pipe:
>
> The result is:
>
> SJHS|09102004|ER
>
>
> Actually the pipe should not be there, it should be: SJHS09102004ER
>
> what couldbe the reason.
>
>
> David Sharples <davidsharples_at_gmail.com> wrote:
> the semi colon goes after the final ' in the statement.
>
> Plus that query is a little silly anyway
>
>
> On 1/24/06, raja rao <raja4list_at_yahoo.com> wrote:
> when the below is run i am getting the error. can someone help me :
>
> begin
> execute immediate ' select sysdate from dual ;'
> end ;
>
>
>
>
>
>
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