Dynamic SQL and Bulk Bind... Interesting Problem !!!

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Hi Forum !!
I've got a very interesting problem involving Dynamic SQL and Bulk Bind. I really Hope you guys have some suggestions for me...
Table A contains a column named TX_FORMULA. There are many strings holding expressions like '.3 * 2 + 1.5' or '(3.4 + 2) / .3', all well formed numeric formulas. I want to calculate each formula, finding the number obtained as a result of each calculation.
I wrote something like this:
DECLARE
TYPE T_FormulasNum IS TABLE OF A.TX_FORMULA%TYPE
INDEX BY BINARY_INTEGER;
TYPE T_MontoIndicador IS TABLE OF A.MT_NUMBER%TYPE
INDEX BY BINARY_INTEGER;
V_FormulasNum T_FormulasNum;
V_MontoIndicador T_MontoIndicador;
BEGIN
SELECT DISTINCT CD_INDICADOR,
TX_FORMULA_NUMERICA
BULK COLLECT INTO V_CodIndicador, V_FormulasNum
FROM A;
FORALL i IN V_FormulasNum.FIRST..V_FormulasNum.LAST
EXECUTE IMMEDIATE
'BEGIN
:1 := TO_NUMBER(:2);
END;'
USING V_FormulasNum(i) RETURNING INTO V_MontoIndicador;
END;
But I'm getting the following messages:
ORA-06550: line 22, column 43:
PLS-00597: expression 'V_MONTOINDICADOR' in the INTO list is of wrong type
ORA-06550: line 18, column 5:
PL/SQL: Statement ignored
ORA-06550: line 18, column 5:
PLS-00435: DML statement without BULK In-BIND cannot be used inside FORALL
Any Idea to solve this problem ?
Thanks in Advance !!

Answer 1

Hallo,
many many errors...
1. You can use FORALL only in DML operators, in your case you must use simple FOR LOOP.
2. You can use bind variables only in DML- Statements. In other statements you have to use literals (hard parsing).
3. RETURNING INTO - Clause in appropriate , use instead of OUT variable.
4. Remark: FOR I IN FIRST..LAST is not fully correct: if you haven't results, you get EXCEPTION NO_DATA_FOUND. Use Instead of 1..tab.count
This code works.
DECLARE
TYPE T_FormulasNum IS TABLE OF VARCHAR2(255)
INDEX BY BINARY_INTEGER;
TYPE T_MontoIndicador IS TABLE OF NUMBER
INDEX BY BINARY_INTEGER;
V_FormulasNum T_FormulasNum;
V_MontoIndicador T_MontoIndicador;
BEGIN
SELECT DISTINCT CD_INDICATOR,
TX_FORMULA_NUMERICA
BULK COLLECT INTO V_MontoIndicador, V_FormulasNum
FROM A;
FOR i IN 1..V_FormulasNum.count
LOOP
EXECUTE IMMEDIATE
'BEGIN
:v_motto := TO_NUMBER('||v_formulasnum(i)||');
END;'
USING OUT V_MontoIndicador(i);
dbms_output.put_line(v_montoindicador(i));
END LOOP;
END;You have to read more about bulk- binding and dynamic sql.
HTH
Regards
Dmytro
Test table
a
(cd_indicator number,
tx_formula_numerica VARCHAR2(255))
CD_INDICATOR TX_FORMULA_NUMERICA
2 (5+5)*2
1 2*3*4
Message was edited by:
Dmytro Dekhtyaryuk