Re: sql/plsql query question

roger wrote:

>Mostly, it is because I try to avoid dynamic SQL at all costs.
>
>My main reason being that with DSQL you end up coding
>schema object names (tables, columns, functions etc..)
>as strings, rather than as symbols that are visible and can
>be checked at compile time.
>

This is not true if you do it correctly.

I'd suggest you go to http://asktom.oracle.com and look at the numerous examples Tom has created.
Tom doesn't write junk.

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