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A copy of this was sent to Cory Brooks <coryb_at_lilly.com>
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On Tue, 14 Apr 1998 15:20:56 -0400, you wrote:
>I am getting an invalid character error when I try to execute a stored
>procedure containing a dbms_sql.parse command.
>
>If I hard code the "statement" (second parameter), it works ok.
>Eg. dbms_sql.parse(cursor_#,'Select ...',DBMS_SQL.V7);
>
>
>If I build the statement in a Varchar2 or Char variable
>Eg.
>SQL_STMT := 'Select ...';
>DBMS_SQL.PARSE(CURSOR_NUM,SQL_STMT,DBMS_SQL.V7);
>
You might want to use
SQL> set serveroutput on
in sqplus and put
dbms_output.put_line( sql_stmt );
before the dbms_sql.parse so you can see if what you think you are parsing matches what is being parsed.
>fails with the following message:
>*
>ERROR at line 1:
>ORA-20400: ORA-00911: invalid character
>
>Has anyone successfully used a character variable for the statement and
>if so, was it necessary to do anything special?
It works with variables just fine -- nothing special needs to be done, here is an example
create or replace procedure csv( p_query in varchar2, p_separator in varchar2 default ',' ) is l_theCursor integer default dbms_sql.open_cursor; l_columnValue varchar2(2000); l_status integer; l_colCnt number default 0; l_separator varchar2(10) default '';begin
dbms_sql.parse( l_theCursor, p_query, dbms_sql.native );
for i in 1 .. 255 loop
begin dbms_sql.define_column( l_theCursor, i, l_columnValue, 2000 ); l_colCnt := i; exception when others then if ( sqlcode = -1007 ) then exit; else raise; end if; end;
dbms_sql.define_column( l_theCursor, 1, l_columnValue, 2000 );
l_status := dbms_sql.execute(l_theCursor);
loop
exit when ( dbms_sql.fetch_rows(l_theCursor) <= 0 ); l_separator := ''; for i in 1 .. l_colCnt loop dbms_sql.column_value( l_theCursor, i, l_columnValue ); dbms_output.put( l_separator || l_columnValue ); l_separator := p_separator; end loop; dbms_output.new_line;
>TIA
>Cory Brooks
Thomas Kyte
tkyte_at_us.oracle.com
Oracle Government
Herndon VA
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