Re: Prompting multiples times in PL/SQL??

qazmlp1209_at_rediffmail.com wrote:
> The Table format is as follows:
>
> SQL> desc MyTEST;
> Name Null? Type
> ----------------------------------------- --------
> ----------------------------
> NAME VARCHAR2(10 CHAR)
>
>
> I want to add 10 rows into this Table, with each row containing the
> 'name' that I want to enter.
> The following PL/SQL script does not work:
>
>
> ----------
> declare
> i number;
> begin
> for i in 1..10 loop
> insert into MyTEST(name) values ('&name');
> end loop;
> end;
> ----------
>
>
> It prompts for the 'name' only once and the same name figures in all
> the rows. But, I want to be prompted 10 times and each time I want to
> enter different 'name'. How exactly I should adapt the PL/SQL script
> for this?

In far less time you could have just written 10 insert statements.

A column named NAME?

SELECT keyword
FROM v$reserved_words
WHERE keyword = 'NAME';

Also do NOT declare the counter variables used in cursor loops.

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