String compare in select statement

Hi All,
i have a problem in select statement. i have a name field in my selection screen, i am using name field to comapre string in my select statement, but i am not getting the resule can anyone suggest me on this . please find my code below,s_name1 is my select option name.
IF s_name1-low IS NOT INITIAL.
LOOP AT S_NAME1.
CONCATENATE s_name1-low '%' INTO s_name1-low.
TRANSLATE s_name1-low TO UPPER CASE.
s_name1-option = 'CP'.
MODIFY s_name1.
ENDLOOP.
ENDIF.
SELECT lifnr land1 name1 ort01 ort02 pfach pstl2 pstlz regio stras
         erdat ernam ktokk loevm sperr sperm sperz nodel
    INTO (gs_vendor-vendor_num, gs_vendor-land1, gs_vendor-name,
          gs_vendor-ort01, gs_vendor-ort02, gs_vendor-pfach,
          gs_vendor-pstl2, gs_vendor-pstlz, gs_vendor-regio,
          gs_vendor-stras, gs_vendor-created_on, gs_vendor-created_by,
          gs_vendor-account_gp, gs_vendor-deletion_flag,
          gs_vendor-central_post, gs_vendor-ctr_purch_block,
          gs_vendor-payment_block, gs_vendor-central_deletion)
    FROM lfa1
         WHERE lifnr IN s_lifnr
         AND    name1 LIKE s_name1
Start of Change G9007789 03/12/2008 - D01K946651
Additional selection criteria added for City and Region
         AND    ort01 IN s_ort01
         AND    regio IN s_regio
End of Change G9007789 03/12/2008 - D01K946651
         AND    ktokk IN s_ktokk
         AND    ( ktokk NE 'ZHMT' AND ktokk NE 'ZTER' ).
    APPEND gs_vendor TO gt_vendor.
    CLEAR gs_vendor.
ENDSELECT.

Hi,
Have you checked whether you have given proper events.
Check this code below.
AT selection screen output. "Change here
IF s_name1-low IS NOT INITIAL.
LOOP AT S_NAME1.
CONCATENATE s_name1-low '%' INTO s_name1-low.
TRANSLATE s_name1-low TO UPPER CASE.
s_name1-option = 'CP'.
MODIFY s_name1.
ENDLOOP.
ENDIF.
Start-of-Selection. " change here
SELECT lifnr land1 name1 ort01 ort02 pfach pstl2 pstlz regio stras
erdat ernam ktokk loevm sperr sperm sperz nodel
INTO (gs_vendor-vendor_num, gs_vendor-land1, gs_vendor-name,
gs_vendor-ort01, gs_vendor-ort02, gs_vendor-pfach,
gs_vendor-pstl2, gs_vendor-pstlz, gs_vendor-regio,
gs_vendor-stras, gs_vendor-created_on, gs_vendor-created_by,
gs_vendor-account_gp, gs_vendor-deletion_flag,
gs_vendor-central_post, gs_vendor-ctr_purch_block,
gs_vendor-payment_block, gs_vendor-central_deletion)
FROM lfa1
WHERE lifnr IN s_lifnr
AND name1 LIKE s_name1
Start of Change G9007789 03/12/2008 - D01K946651
Additional selection criteria added for City and Region
AND ort01 IN s_ort01
AND regio IN s_regio
End of Change G9007789 03/12/2008 - D01K946651
AND ktokk IN s_ktokk
AND ( ktokk NE 'ZHMT' AND ktokk NE 'ZTER' ).
APPEND gs_vendor TO gt_vendor.
CLEAR gs_vendor.
ENDSELECT.
Reward if helpful.
Regards.

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Yet go to the DB/SQL Plus prompt and it returns perfectly. I can simply copy and paste the SELECT statement from the out.print line I made and it works like a champ in SQL Plus. Any ideas why the same exact thing cannot return the proper values within the servlet/JSP?
Yeeeeeeesh!!! : (
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A trouble with "LIKE" in a select statement

Hi!
I'm having trouble with "LIKE" in a select statement...
With Access I can make the following and everything works well:
SELECT name, birthday
FROM client
WHERE birthday LIKE '*/02/*';
but if try to do it in my application (it uses Access), it doesn't work - I just can't understand that!!!
In my application the "month" is always the currently month taken from the "System". Look what I'm doing...
String query1 = "SELECT name, birthday " +
          "FROM client " +
          "WHERE birthday " +
          "LIKE '*/" +
          pMonth +
          "/*' " +
          "ORDER BY birthday ASC ";
ResultSet rs = statement1.executeQuery(consulta1);
boolean moreRecords = rs.next();
The variable "moreRecords" is always "false", the query returns nothing although the table "client" has records that attend the query.
Please, anyone can help me?! It's a little bit urgent.
Thanks,
Katia.

Hi Katia,
I'll bet the problem lies with the characters you're using to escape the LIKE clause. You're using the ones that Access likes to see, but that's not necessarily what's built into the JDBC-ODBC driver class.
You can find out what the correct escape wildcard characters are from the java.sql.DatabaseMetaData.getSearchStringEscape() method. It'll tell you what to use in the LIKE clause.
I'm not 100% sure about your code. It doesn't use query1 anywhere. I'd do this:
String query = "SELECT name, birthday FROM client WHERE birthday LIKE ? ORDER BY birthday ASC";
PreparedStatement statement = connection.createStatement(query);
String escape = connection.getMetaData().getSearchStringEscape();
String test = escape + '/' + pMonth + '/' + escape;
statement.setString(1, test);
ResultSet rs = statement.executeQuery();
while (rs.hasNext())
// load your data into a data structure to pass back.
rs.close();
statement.close();Let me know if that works. - MOD

Using Select statement in IF condition?

hi all,
Can i use select statement in IF COndition in pl sql ?
eg like- if( select 1 from ASD) then
end if;

There is no way to do any kind of select statement inside if conditions.
Why don't test simple cases like this first?
An example to show it.
SQL> begin
2 if exists (select 1 from dual) then
3 dbms_output.put_line('ok');
4 end if;
5 end;
6 /
if exists (select 1 from dual) then
ERRORE alla riga 2:
ORA-06550: line 2, column 5:
PLS-00204: function or pseudo-column 'EXISTS' may be used inside a SQL
statement only
ORA-06550: line 2, column 2:
PL/SQL: Statement ignored
SQL> begin
2 if ( (select count(*) from dual) > 0 ) then
3 dbms_output.put_line('ok');
4 end if;
5 end;
6 /
if ( (select count(*) from dual) > 0 ) then
ERRORE alla riga 2:
ORA-06550: line 2, column 8:
PLS-00103: Encountered the symbol "SELECT" when expecting one of the following:
( - + case mod new not null others <an identifier>
<a double-quoted delimited-identifier> <a bind variable> avg
count current exists max min prior sql stddev sum variance
execute forall merge time timestamp interval date
<a string literal with character set specification>
<a number> <a single-quoted SQL string> pipe
<an alternatively-quoted string literal with character set specification>
<an alternativ
ORA-06550: line 2, column 33:
PLS-00103: Encountered the symbol ")" when expecting one of the following:
. , @ ; for <an identifier>
<a double-quoted delimited-identifier> group having intersect
minus order partition start subpartition union where connect
SQL> begin
2 if ( 0 in (select count(*) from dual) ) then
3 dbms_output.put_line('ok');
4 end if;
5 end;
6 /
if ( 0 in (select count(*) from dual) ) then
ERRORE alla riga 2:
ORA-06550: line 2, column 12:
PLS-00405: subquery not allowed in this context
ORA-06550: line 2, column 2:
PL/SQL: Statement ignoredBye Alessandro

Select statement in if/else condition

Hi i need to write a select statement in the if condition in pl/sql how can i write this
example :
if field_name not in (select statement) then
Is this type of if condition is possible in pl/sql?
thanks in advance for help.

Qwerty wrote:
here pick a job example salesman for ename ward, now i want to compare this job that is "salesman" with all the jobs which are before it. that is clerk in line 1 and salesman in line 2Define "before it". There is no order in relational tables. Only ORDER BY means ordered sets. Therefore there is no before/after without ORDER BY. Assuming ORDER BY empno, job count of same job title before empno:
select ename,
        job,
        count(*) over(partition by job order by empno) - 1 same_job_count_before_empno
from emp
ENAME      JOB       SAME_JOB_COUNT_BEFORE_EMPNO
SCOTT      ANALYST                             0
FORD       ANALYST                             1
SMITH      CLERK                               0
ADAMS      CLERK                               1
JAMES      CLERK                               2
MILLER     CLERK                               3
JONES      MANAGER                             0
BLAKE      MANAGER                             1
CLARK      MANAGER                             2
KING       PRESIDENT                           0
ALLEN      SALESMAN                            0
ENAME      JOB       SAME_JOB_COUNT_BEFORE_EMPNO
WARD       SALESMAN                            1
MARTIN     SALESMAN                            2
TURNER     SALESMAN                            3
14 rows selected.To find job count of same job title as Ward has before Ward (by empno):
SELECT same_job_count_before_empno
FROM (
         select ename,
                 count(*) over(partition by job order by empno) - 1 same_job_count_before_empno
           from emp
WHERE ename = 'WARD'
SAME_JOB_COUNT_BEFORE_EMPNO
                          1SY.

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