Re: ORA-00911 error and COMMIT

"William Maslin" <CATmaslin_at_cvm.msstate.edu> wrote in message news:CATmaslin-59BEAB.18200016062008_at_nntp.msstate.edu...
> In article
> <bf92f83f-57a3-44d6-8897-2db3485d5543_at_m3g2000hsc.googlegroups.com>,
> Ken Denny <ken_at_kendenny.com> wrote:
>
>> On Jun 16, 12:13 pm, William Maslin <CATmas..._at_cvm.msstate.edu> wrote:
>> > Hi,
>> >
>> > I'm been playing with using Filemaker Pro to generate and send sql to
>> > an
>> > Oracle 10g database. The following works fine:
>> >
>> > UPDATE BEVIS DL TEST RESULTS ENTRY
>> >
>> > SET BEVIS DL TEST RESULTS ENTRY.RESULT VALUE = 'A section of liver is
>> > examined microscopically. '
>> >
>> > WHERE BEVIS DL TEST RESULTS ENTRY.RESULT NAME = 'HISTOPATHOLOGY' AND
>> >
>> > BEVIS DL TEST RESULTS ENTRY.ACCESSION ID = '30257' AND
>> >
>> > BEVIS DL TEST RESULTS ENTRY.TEST CODE = '6005';
>> >
>> > But when I add a COMMIT to the end I get an ORA-00911 error.
>> >
>> > UPDATE BEVIS DL TEST RESULTS ENTRY
>> >
>> > SET BEVIS DL TEST RESULTS ENTRY.RESULT VALUE = 'A section of liver is
>> > examined microscopically. '
>> >
>> > WHERE BEVIS DL TEST RESULTS ENTRY.RESULT NAME = 'HISTOPATHOLOGY' AND
>> >
>> > BEVIS DL TEST RESULTS ENTRY.ACCESSION ID = '30257' AND
>> >
>> > BEVIS DL TEST RESULTS ENTRY.TEST CODE = '6005';
>> >
>> > COMMIT;
>> >
>> > These statements are generated in Filemaker "calculation" fields in
>> > which text and field values are concatenated to produce statements like
>> > those above. Please understand admit that I'm a complete Oracle and SQL
>> > novice. The little that I've learned has come from SQL Visual
>> > Quickstart Guide and from hacking queries that I've stolen from Crystal
>> > Reports.
>> >
>> > Thanks!
>>
>> It could be that it's executing them in a single dynamic SQL command
>> which should contain one command but it contains two. Try adding a
>> "BEGIN" at the beginning and an "END;" at the end.
>
> I tried your suggestion and now I'm getting an ORA-06550 error: line 1
> column 6:
> PLS-00103: Encountered the symbol ";" when expecting the following:
> begin case, declare, exit, goto... (etc.)
>
> There's something about one of those semicolons that Oracle doesn't
> like. I think that the semicolon is the problem with the ORA-00911
> error, too.
>
> Thanks for your help!

You shouldn't be dynamically generating sql statements use nind variables. Also looking at your sql statement it doesn't make sence

is BEVIS DL TEST RESULTS ENTRY the table name? Don't do that. It is going to drive you nuts when you have to use another tool to update or select from a table. For example as it is written it won't work in sqlplus. I am guessing whatever filemaker pro is doing is trying to send 2 statements as 2 ( the update and then the commit.) Send them as 2 statements.

UPDATE BEVIS DL TEST RESULTS ENTRY  SET BEVIS DL TEST RESULTS ENTRY.RESULT VALUE = 'A section of liver is  examined microscopically. '

 WHERE BEVIS DL TEST RESULTS ENTRY.RESULT NAME = 'HISTOPATHOLOGY' AND  BEVIS DL TEST RESULTS ENTRY.ACCESSION ID = '30257' AND  BEVIS DL TEST RESULTS ENTRY.TEST CODE = '6005'; Jim Received on Mon Jun 16 2008 - 21:23:44 CDT