Queries about dynamic sql

Question

i am trying to write a procedure in which rating id n termno are the input
and using this 2 values i have to select the top country and ratingid
i hve written the following block
declare
ratingid varchar2(50);
termno varchar2(50);
begin
execute immediate 'select country, ' || ratingid || ' from ibasis where instr(code,' || termno || ')=1where rownum=1';
end;
but it gives the following error
ORA-00936: missing expression
where am i wrong
also i am new to oracle am i logically correct or there is a better way to do it

Answer 1

Hi,
With execute immediate, the into clause doesn't include into select, but ot must be after :
SQL> set serveroutput on
SQL> l
  1  declare
  2  ratingid varchar2(50):='object_name';
  3  termno varchar2(50):='PSDBOWNER';
  4  count# varchar2(50);
  5  rat varchar2(50);
  6  begin
  7  execute immediate 'select object_id,'||ratingid
  8                 ||' from dba_objects where instr(object_name,'||''''||termno||''''||')=1 and rownum=1'
  9                 INTO count#, rat;
10  dbms_output.put_line(count#||' '||rat);
11* end;
SQL> /
5863 PSDBOWNER
PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.
SQL> HTH,
Nicolas.