Re: pl/sql help.....again

I agree, a sql statement should work better.

To the OP, if you define v_refund as NUMBER(6), that means you are defining it to be an integer. So 0.01 * 12 will be equal to 0!
Define it with proper precision ... e.g. NUMBER(6,2) and you should not get a zero. In fact you should define it as expense_log.refund%type

Anurag

"Niall Litchfield" <n-litchfield_at_audit-commission.gov.uk> wrote in message news:3e89908a$0$4846$ed9e5944_at_reading.news.pipex.net...
> It looks like you want to loop through the cursor and calculate the refund
> value for each record in the cursor. Look up cursor for loops in the docs or
> any pl/sql reference and this should get you started.
>
> having said that if this is a production piece of code why would you use
> pl/sql at all, a simple sql statement will perform better.
>
>
> --
> Niall Litchfield
> Oracle DBA
> Audit Commission UK
> "clint" <c_macnichol_at_hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:HUfia.11803$Jf.1153190_at_ursa-nb00s0.nbnet.nb.ca...
> > hello,
> >
> > I have created a series of tables.......as part of that I am trying to
> > create a pl/sql script...that will take some information from one
> > table....manipulate it and insert it into another table....
> >
> > The calculation always equals zero...what am i doing wrong?
> >
> > here is my pl/sql script...
> >
> > DECLARE
> > CURSOR c_MILEAGE_CAL IS
> > SELECT EMPLO_ID, NUM_MILES, MIL_ALLOWANCE, ENTRY_DATE, DESCR
> > FROM MILE_LOG;
> > V_EMPLOID MILE_LOG.EMPLO_ID%TYPE :=20029;
> > V_NUM_MILES MILE_LOG.NUM_MILES%TYPE;
> > V_CENTSPERMILE MILE_LOG.MIL_ALLOWANCE%TYPE;
> > V_DATE DATE;
> > V_DESCR MILE_LOG.DESCR%TYPE;
> > V_REFUND NUMBER(6);
> > BEGIN
> > OPEN c_MILEAGE_CAL;
> > FETCH c_MILEAGE_CAL INTO
> > V_EMPLOID, V_NUM_MILES, V_CENTSPERMILE, V_DATE, V_DESCR;
> >
> > /* I just want to calculate this simple equation*/
> > V_REFUND := V_NUM_MILES * V_CENTSPERMILE;
> >
> > INSERT INTO EXPENSE_LOG
> > VALUES(EXPLOG_COUNT_SEQ.NEXTVAL,V_EMPLOID,V_EMPLOID ,V_REFUND,V_DATE,
> > V_DESCR, V_NUM_MILES );
> > CLOSE c_MILEAGE_CAL;
> > COMMIT;
> > END;
> >
> >
> >
>
>
Received on Tue Apr 01 2003 - 07:19:30 CST