Re: Problem with a procedure

On Apr 9, 9:11 am, mowi..._at_hotmail.com wrote:
> On Apr 8, 8:53 pm, Ed Prochak <edproc..._at_gmail.com> wrote:
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> > On Apr 8, 12:26 pm, mowi..._at_hotmail.com wrote:
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> > > Hi all,
>
> > > I have two tables; vpd_tabell_v and USER_POLICIES.
>
> > > vpd_tabell_v contains all the table names that we plan to secure with
> > > VPD while the table USER_POLICIES has all the tables that have already
> > > been secured with VPD. What I am trying to do is find out in
> > > vpd_tabell_v which tables have not been secured yet then print them
> > > out.
>
> > > I've written the procedure below to assist in achieving this. It
> > > compiles fine but when I run it, it does not supply the desired
> > > result. Any help is greatly appreciated.
>
> > > --
> > > Mark
>
> > > CREATE OR REPLACE PROCEDURE p_add_vpd_34
> > > IS
> > > CURSOR kk
> > > IS
> > > SELECT object_name FROM USER_POLICIES;
> > > ka kk%ROWTYPE;
> > > BEGIN
> > > OPEN kk;
> > > LOOP
> > > FETCH kk
> > > INTO ka;
> > > for x in ( SELECT table_name FROM vpd_tabell_v ) loop
> > > IF x.table_name NOT IN (ka.object_name)
> > > THEN
> > > DBMS_OUTPUT.put_line ('Table name: '||x.table_name);
> > > END IF;
> > > End loop;
> > > EXIT WHEN kk%NOTFOUND;
> > > END LOOP;
> > > CLOSE kk;
> > > END;
>
> > Why are you doing in PL/SQL what can be done in straight SQL?
> > this is a simple not in query, like this:
>
> > SELECT v.table_name
> > FROM vpd_tabell_v v
> > WHERE v.table_name NOT IN
> > ( SELECT u.table_name from user_policies u );
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> > It can be written as a MINUS operation and as an outer join also.
> > Here's the outer join:
>
> > SELECT v.table_name
> > FROM vpd_tabell_v v, user_policies u
> > WHERE v.table_name=u.table_name(+)
> > AND u.table_name is null ;
>
> > Then you don't have to worry about the server buffer for PL/SQL
> > output. Just an example of picking the right tool for the job.
>
> > --
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> Ed,
>
> Your solution helped fix my problem but had to use it in a procedure
> to print using the DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE function.
>
> Thanks a lot :-)
> Mark

Was this a school assignment? Why else would you NEED PUT_LINE()??

  Ed Received on Wed Apr 09 2008 - 08:49:41 CDT