Re: How can I execute an SQL statement from a PL/SQL string ?

You need to use Dynamic SQL
You must use the DB_MS-Package and do the following steps:

- DB_MS.OPEN_CURSOR
- DB_MS.PARSE
- DB_MS.BINDVARIABLE, if you want to use varaible in the SQL-Statement
- DB_MS.EXECUTE
- DB_MS.CLOSE_CURSOR

Vincent BARAT <vincent.barat_at_alcatel.fr> wrote in message news:37A94F3D.DB888055_at_alcatel.fr...
> Hi !
>
> In a PL/SQL program, I have an SQL statement contained in a string
> variable
> and I want to execute it and get the result in a cursor (or anything
> else).
>
> I can't figure out how to do that... Can you help me please ?
>
> Thanks a lot !
>
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Received on Thu Aug 05 1999 - 00:00:00 CEST