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Home -> Community -> Usenet -> c.d.o.misc -> Re: insert in function not possible?
A copy of this was sent to rosinowski_at_gmx.de (Jan Rosinowski)
(if that email address didn't require changing)
On Wed, 16 Dec 1998 10:48:14 GMT, you wrote:
>>You cannot modify the database in a function you call from a SQL statement such
>>as select, insert, update, delete. You must be trying to run the function from
>>a 'select f_newfoo('x') from dual;'.
>
>that's exactly what i tried as..
>
>>Instead, if you are in sqlplus just:
>>
>>SQL> set serveroutput on
>>SQL> exec dbms_output.put_line( f_newfoo( 'x' ) );
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>... i don't know how to get this returnvalue without a select when
>using delphi's tdataset-components.
>
sorry, that'll be a question for the delphi newsgroup I guess.
>> :my_host_variable := f_newfoo( 'x' );
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>is also impossible for me.
>
>do i really have to issue a series of queries like
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> insert into foo(bar) values('ba');
>
> select seq_foo.currval as retrievedcurrseq from dual;
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> update foo set moreinfo='bla' where foseq=:retrievedcurrseq;
>
No, you would just:
insert into foo(bar) values( seq_foo.nextval, 'ba' ); select seq_foo.currval into YOUR_VARIABLE from dual;
>?
>
>sorry, i'm an oracle newbie coming from sybase
>
>ciao, jan
Thomas Kyte
tkyte_at_us.oracle.com
Oracle Service Industries
Reston, VA USA
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