Re: ORA-00911 error and COMMIT

On Jun 16, 7:20 pm, William Maslin <CATmas..._at_cvm.msstate.edu> wrote:
> In article
> <bf92f83f-57a3-44d6-8897-2db3485d5..._at_m3g2000hsc.googlegroups.com>,
>  Ken Denny <k..._at_kendenny.com> wrote:
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> > On Jun 16, 12:13 pm, William Maslin <CATmas..._at_cvm.msstate.edu> wrote:
> > > Hi,
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> > > I'm been playing with using Filemaker Pro to generate and send sql to an
> > > Oracle 10g database.  The following works fine:
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> > > UPDATE BEVIS DL TEST RESULTS ENTRY
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> > > SET BEVIS DL TEST RESULTS ENTRY.RESULT VALUE = 'A section of liver is
> > > examined microscopically. '
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> > > WHERE BEVIS DL TEST RESULTS ENTRY.RESULT NAME = 'HISTOPATHOLOGY' AND
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> > > BEVIS DL TEST RESULTS ENTRY.ACCESSION ID = '30257' AND
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> > > BEVIS DL TEST RESULTS ENTRY.TEST CODE = '6005';
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> > > But when I add a COMMIT to the end I get an ORA-00911 error.
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> > > UPDATE BEVIS DL TEST RESULTS ENTRY
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> > > SET BEVIS DL TEST RESULTS ENTRY.RESULT VALUE = 'A section of liver is
> > > examined microscopically. '
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> > > WHERE BEVIS DL TEST RESULTS ENTRY.RESULT NAME = 'HISTOPATHOLOGY' AND
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> > > BEVIS DL TEST RESULTS ENTRY.ACCESSION ID = '30257' AND
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> > > BEVIS DL TEST RESULTS ENTRY.TEST CODE = '6005';
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> > > COMMIT;
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> > > 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.
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> > > Thanks!
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> > 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.
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> 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.)
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> 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!

Don't put a semicolon after "BEGIN" Received on Tue Jun 17 2008 - 08:58:51 CDT