Re: Help on PL/SQL

Biao Cheng (Sam) wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I have a question to ask:
>
> I need to create a stored procedure which contains a string
> type parameter, say
>
> CREATE OR REPLACE proc_1(fieldname CHAR)
> ....
>
> Now, suppose the actual parameter I am passing is a field
> name in a table, my question is How I am able to run a
> SQL statement, something like this:
>
> SELECT "fieldname" from table1;
>
> Is there any way to do this? Any input is highly appreciated.

  You can use dynamic SQL. The package used is DBMS_SQL

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