Re: [PL/SQL] Help - Select into from a variable tablename?

In article <5j97k7$1pn_at_news1-alterdial.uu.net>, David & Janet Harris <music_at_waymark.com> wrote:
>I need some help selecting into from a variable tablename.
>Example:
>
> Procedure CountTable(tbl char) is
> cnt number;
> BEGIN
> select count(*) into cnt from tbl;
> dbms_output.put_line (tbl || ' ' || cnt);
> end;
>
>PL/SQL interprets tbl as an existing table and fails. I would like to have a
>loop call this routine for each table in a user's schema yielding these
>results:
>
>Tablename Cnt
>--------- ---
>TABLE1 234
>TABLE2 823
>.
>.
>.
>
>Any ideas? Thanks in advance.

I just had this discussion at work...I don't think you can use a variable as the "from" part of the select ...if you find out otherwise, please let me know how you did it...

I believe we resorted to writing a Pro*C program and built the sql statement dynamically...let me know if you find out how to do it in a stored procedure.

Dara

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Dara 

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