jr wrote:
> Hello. I'm trying to help a coworker insert a plus sign in front of a
> given block of code within a MERGE statement. Below is an excerpt.
> Using PL/SQL: Her code will automatically return a minus sign in front
> of a given block of values, which is what she wants for some cases,
> but it won't automatically return a plus sign in front of a given
> block of values. Using straight SQL: the code returns exactly what
> she wants.
>
> Her job requirement, unfortunately, is to use a dynamic statement
> within PL/SQL.
>
> Can anyone please tell me how to get the plus sign to be returned in
> front of a given block of code, without having to remove the merge and
> replace it with cursors and loops (which was tried originally on a
> smaller block of code and which worked exactly as expected). The
> MERGE statement--and its idiosyncrasies--are new to me and I have no
> clue why the plus sign simply cannot be concatenated onto the front of
> a given block of values.
>
> Thanks.
>
> JR
>
> dynamicStmt := 'MERGE INTO myTable t USING (SELECT c.a,c.b,c.c,c.d, '
> || '(case when c.e > 0 then ''+''||c.e '...
Single quotes ... not double ... and only one preceding and one following.
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Daniel A. Morgan
University of Washington
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Puget Sound Oracle Users Group
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Received on Mon Apr 02 2007 - 13:48:00 CDT
