Replace Text In SQL Scripts

Hi,
I would like to search and replace text in files when I run .sql files.
E.g. When user provide scripts xyz.sql, they would put table name like
INSERT INTO xyz abc VALUES ('text');I would like to replace xyz abc with mytablename.
INSERT INTO mytablename VALUES ('text');Besides, from the user provided sql scripts, they would be some junk create table scripts, I would like to comment off these junk table scripts.
How could I do achieve the above?
I would be calling user provided sql scripts from my sql scripts using @ ./data/temp.sql
I am using oracle 8i for these. Any help is highly appreciable.
Regards

Sorry for not providing enough information.
Oracle Version as follows:
Oracle8i Enterprise Edition Release 8.1.7.4.0 - Production
PL/SQL Release 8.1.7.4.0 - Production OS:
Windows XP SP2
damorgan wrote:No clear description of what you are actually trying to do ... for example where does "mytablename" come from, where does "xyz" come from, how is the decision to be made? Based on what logic?
These scripts are provided by customers where they use other database like sysbase to generate sql scripts and customers are not in a position to change or alter the scripts as these scripts are part of the solution provided by vendors(legacy systems)
I have mapping sql script where table name is e.g. xyz abc then use script TS2 and process the customer given sql script.
Let me know if I am missing out any other information.
Regards

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dummy_var1 INTEGER;
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StoO_error := 0;
StoO_rowcnt := 0;
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WHEN NO_DATA_FOUND THEN
NULL;
WHEN OTHERS THEN
StoO_error := SQLCODE;
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NULL;/*DECLARE CURSOR ptr */
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StoO_rowcnt := 0;
StoO_crowcnt := 0;
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EXCEPTION
WHEN NO_DATA_FOUND THEN
NULL;
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StoO_crowcnt := 0;
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BEGIN
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WHEN NO_DATA_FOUND THEN
StoO_rowcnt := 0;
StoO_selcnt := 0;
WHEN OTHERS THEN
StoO_rowcnt := 0;
StoO_selcnt := 0;
StoO_error := SQLCODE;
StoO_errmsg := SQLERRM;
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END;
END;
END IF;
END;
END;
END IF;
BEGIN
StoO_error := 0;
StoO_rowcnt := 0;
StoO_crowcnt := 0;
FETCH ptr INTO
SPCXDB_DELIVERPRJ.id;
EXCEPTION
WHEN OTHERS THEN
StoO_rowcnt := 0;
StoO_selcnt := 0;
StoO_error := SQLCODE;
StoO_errmsg := SQLERRM;
raise_application_error(SQLCODE, SQLERRM,true);
END;
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StoO_sqlstatus := 2;
StoO_fetchstatus := -1;
ELSE
StoO_sqlstatus := 0;
StoO_fetchstatus := 0;
END IF;
END;
END LOOP;
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StoO_error := 0;
StoO_rowcnt := 0;
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EXCEPTION
WHEN NO_DATA_FOUND THEN
NULL;
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StoO_error := SQLCODE;
StoO_errmsg := SQLERRM;
raise_application_error(SQLCODE, SQLERRM,true);
END;
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END IF;
IF omwb_emulation.globalPkg.trancount > 0 THEN
omwb_emulation.globalPkg.trancount:=omwb_emulation.globalPkg.trancount-1;
END IF;
RETURN (0);
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Thank's

Hi Hilary,
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@Path_ID     int,
@IsLastPhase     tinyint,
@NewPhase_ID int,
@User_ID     int,
@Comment     varchar(255) = NULL
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          CXDBObjects
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          DvrPhase_ID = 0,
          DvrUser_ID = 0
--          Status = 0
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          Object_ID = @Object_ID
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DEALLOCATE ptr
COMMIT TRAN
RETURN(0)
Regards,
Emilia.

Difference between ';' and '/' in the SQL scripts

Hi All,
Could anyone please let me know the difference between placing ';' and '/' in the sql scripts.
I am placing couple of insert statements in a textfile with .sql extension and running it from the sql prompt.
Which one( ';' or '/') should be keep at the end of each statement in the script.
SQL> SELECT SYSDATE FROM DUAL;
SYSDATE
12-MAY-13
SQL> SELECT SYSDATE FROM DUAL
2 /
SYSDATE
12-MAY-13Thanks,

968217 wrote:
My doubt is how it understands or the difference b/w the below two view statements one with ';' and another one with '/'. Sorry if i am unclear.They are identical in SQL*Plus. These characters mean "+send entered/buffered text to Oracle to parse and execute+".
So - SQL*Plus sends "+create or replace view ev1 as select ename , sal from emp+" to the server (via a cursor execute):
create or replace view ev1 as select ename , sal from emp
/And again, SQL*Plus sends "+create or replace view ev1 as select ename , sal from emp+" to the server (via a cursor execute):
create or replace view ev2 as select ename , sal from emp;These are identical statements.
As I mentioned in the post I referred you to. Oracle also uses the ";" character in the PL/SQL language. So when you enter PL/SQL code in SQL*Plus, you do not want SQL*Plus to send each line of PL/SQL code to the server. Instead, you want it to wait till the last statement has been entered and then send the the whole block to the server to be parsed and executed,
SQL*Plus has a basic parser itself. It uses that to figure out what you have entered, and whether a ";" you enter is an instruction from you to it, to send the text to the server - or when you enter a ";", it is part of the text for the server and that it should not react to it.
Thus when you enter the following, SQL*Plus recognises that you are using the SQL language, and as this language does not use ";" characters, a ";" character when entered means that it needs to send the text to the server to be parsed and executed:
SQL> select * from emp;
// ; character instructs SQL*Plus to create and execute cursor "select * from emp"When you enter PL/SQL code, SQL*Pus recognises that and knows that ";" characters entered indicates end-of-statement for PL//SQL and that it should not act on that,
SQL> begin
2 null;
3 end;
4 /
// SQL*Plus ignores the ";" character - and the "/" character is used to
// instruct SQL*Plus to create and execute cursor"begin<LF>null;><LF>end;"

Convert SQL script from one dialect to another.

Hi all,
I am trying to convert an SQL script in MySQL dialect to one for
Firebird (Interbase Open Source fork).
I will show you the original MySQL script, (one table of 70), what I want it to
become and then the Java program that I have written which has gone some of
the way - but I'm not very experienced in Java and I think my approach
needs to be fundamentally overhauled, it's just that I don't know
exactly how to go about it - maybe treat the table as a unit and pass my
file table by table to a/some processing function(s)?
Here is the original script
CREATE TABLE `analysis` (
`analysis_id` smallint(5) unsigned NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
`created` datetime NOT NULL DEFAULT '0000-00-00 00:00:00',
`logic_name` varchar(128) NOT NULL,
`db` varchar(120) DEFAULT NULL,
`db_version` varchar(40) DEFAULT NULL,
`db_file` varchar(120) DEFAULT NULL,
`type` enum('constitutive_exon','exon','flanking_exon') DEFAULT NULL,
`program` varchar(80) DEFAULT NULL,
`program_version` varchar(40) DEFAULT NULL,
`parameters` text,
`gff_feature` varchar(40) DEFAULT NULL,
   PRIMARY KEY (`analysis_id`),
   UNIQUE KEY `logic_name_idx` (`logic_name`)
) ENGINE=MyISAM AUTO_INCREMENT=261 DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1;I want this to become
CREATE TABLE analysis
( -- ( on a separate line - have done this. Note also - got rid of funny quotes `
analysis_id smallint(5), -- see below for what happens to auto_increment
created TIMESTAMP NOT NULL DEFAULT '0000-00-00 00:00:00', -- datetime now TIMESTAMP -- trivial
logic_name varchar(128) NOT NULL,
db varchar(120) DEFAULT NULL,
db_version varchar(40) DEFAULT NULL,
db_file varchar(120) DEFAULT NULL,
type (CHECK TYPE IN ('constitutive_exon','exon','flanking_exon')) DEFAULT NULL, -- emum becomes a CHECK constraint - parse the string in a function?
program varchar(80) DEFAULT NULL,
program_version varchar(40) DEFAULT NULL,
parameters BLOB SUB_TYPE TEXT, -- text becomes BLOB SUB_TYPE TEXT - trivial
gff_feature varchar(40) DEFAULT NULL,
-- PRIMARY KEY (analysis_id), -- here's where the fun starts - see below.
-- UNIQUE KEY logic_name_idx (logic_name) -- more fun here
) -- ) on new line
-- ENGINE=MyISAM AUTO_INCREMENT=261 DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1; - this line gets obliterated - see below.
-- only data of interest on this line is the AUTO_INCREMENT VALUE - 261
ALTER TABLE ADD CONSTRAINT analysis_id_PK PRIMARY KEY(analysis_id) USING INDEX analysis_id_PK_IX
ALTER SEQUENCE analysis_id_seq RESTART WITH 261 -- note auto_increment=261 at end
-- note, take field name of AutoIncrement - add PK and PK_IX
-- as required. I will also have to write something similar for the UNIQUE KEY - but
-- if I can do it for PRIMARY KEY, then it should be easy...I have written a program which has started to do some of the easier stuff
below - however, I now think that I should be treating a TABLE as a unit rather
than the line by line processing which I have been doing so far. I would
like some pointers as to how I could do this - the .sql file has about 70
tables and I want to be able to process the file in one pass. Any hints,
recommendations, URLs, tips or other help greatly appreciated - rgs,
Paul...
============= Java listing so far (I have been trying 8-) ) ===========
import java.io.*;
import java.util.*;
class FileProcess
public static void main(String args[])
    try
      // Open the file that is the first
      // command line parameter
      FileInputStream fistream = new FileInputStream("analysis.sql");
      FileWriter fwstream = new FileWriter("nanalysis.sql");
      // Get the object of DataInputStream
      DataInputStream in = new DataInputStream(fistream);
      BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(in));
      BufferedWriter out = new BufferedWriter(fwstream);
      String strLine;
      String newLine = System.getProperty("line.separator");
      String newSQLText = "";
      String tblName = "";
      String recordDelims = "[ ]";
      Boolean inTable = false;
      String tableBegin = "(" + newLine;
      System.out.println("\nAnd tableBegin is *_" + tableBegin + "_*");
      //Read File Line By Line
      while ((strLine = br.readLine()) != null)
        // if strLine.contains(
        // Print the content on the console
        System.out.println ("StrLine = " + strLine);
        newSQLText = getRidOfWierdQuotes(strLine);
        if(strLine.contains("CREATE TABLE"))
          StringTokenizer st = new StringTokenizer(newSQLText, "` ");
          st.nextToken();
          st.nextToken();
          tblName = st.nextToken();
          System.out.println("\nAnd the table name is *_" + tblName + "_*");
        if(strLine.contains(" (") && strLine.contains("CREATE TABLE"))
          System.out.println("\nAnd here's the start of a table!");
          newSQLText = newSQLText.replace(" (", newLine + "(");
         // br.readLine();
          //br.readLine();
        if(strLine.contains(" text,") || strLine.contains(" text "))
          newSQLText = newSQLText.replace(" text", " BLOB SUB_TYPE TEXT");
//        String sqlTokens[] = newSQLText.split("\\s+");
//       StringTokenizer stRecord = new StringTokenizer(newSQLText)
        System.out.println("\nNew strLine = " + newSQLText);
        out.write(newSQLText + "\n");
      //Close the input stream
      in.close();
      out.close();
    catch (Exception e)
      //Catch exception if any
      System.err.println("Error: " + e.getMessage());
public static String getRidOfWierdQuotes(String iString)
    return iString.replace("`", "");
} // End of class FileProcess

>
Your technique looks OK but I would avoid all the cosmetic changes. It doesn't make any
difference to the script where the newline comes, and the back-quotes are legal SQL too.
I would confine your activities to what is actually required. Otherwise you are just adding
implementation difficulties and also running the risk of an ever-expanding scope of what
the cosmetic improvements should include.Thanks for your reply - however, I would just make two points.
1) The cosmetic changes are the easiest - and I've essentially implemented them already, and
for myself, I find that when working on a system with many tables, the way they are presented
by whatever tool one is using to modify/update/change/run various scripts is very important as
an aid to organisation and ultimately understanding.
2) Having essentially completed the cosmetic stuff, I now find myself turning to the group here
for help with the real "meat" of the project - getting the PRIMARY KEYs and other INDEXES
&c. into the mix - and this is tricky because of the significant differences between MySQL and
Firebird SQL dialects - that and the fact that not all AUTO_INCREMENT fields are PRIMARY
KEYs - so I am looking beyond the mere cosmetic.
I think I said in my original post that I wanted to perform this task in "one pass". Perhaps what
I should have said (and might have been clearer) is if I said that I just wanted to run one
Java programme against the data.
I now think that my Java programme will have to go through the data a couple of times - on
the first pass - it will collect the names of those tables for which the AUTO_INCREMENT
field is* the PRIMARY KEY - putting the name into a Vector (deprecated?) or similar
and then go through my "cleaned up" sql file adding the KEYs/INDEXes &c. as I go.
What do you think of this approach - or should I be looking at constructing "Table"
objects (as arrays of String?) and manipulating those?
This is my real question - what is the best approach to take - as a 36K guru level
poster - you probably have an idea - I'm not asking for the work to be done for me,
as you can see - I've made an effort myself, despite my Java not being to the highest
pinnacle of coding perfection ;) - any snippets, help, anything appreciated (from
anybody...) - TIA and rgs,
Paul...

Applescript: open Pages doc from Templete, change filename and replace text

Hi!
I just got started with applescript and i want a script that does the following:
1. open "choose from list" dialog to choose the topic of my document
from 4 possibilities (here for example A, B, C, D)
2. open document from TemplateXY
3. set document name with date and topic (dd.mm.yyy) "16.02.2011 - A"
4.inside of document: replace text "date" with the currend date (dd.mm.yyy)
and the text "topic" with the topic chosen in (1.) "A"
this is what i already did:
here as colored screenshot:
http://i55.tinypic.com/2mnhxkm.jpg
set datum to do shell script "date \"+%d.%m.%Y\""
--choose topic:
set chosentopic to choose from list {"A", "B", "C", "D"}
--text "topic" becomes replaced throug variable topic
set searchstringT to "topic"
set replacestringT to chosentopic
--text "date" gets replaced by currend date (variable datum)
set searchstringD to "date"
set replacestringD to datum
--open pages, define filename & do search&replace of the strings defined above
tell application "Pages"
activate
set DocName to datum & " - " & chosentopic
set (every text where it is searchstringT) to replacestringT
set (every text where it is searchstringD) to replacestringD
end tell
the "choose from list" dialog works and the variables like topic, datum and the search&replace strings get defined as well
my problems are:
i only get an error that the text could not be replaced
i dont know how to get a new document from a template and how to get its filename changed
i really just started doin things with applescript for a day so i hope you can help me
regards
DaNylz
Message was edited by: DaNylz

Try something like this:
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Shane Stanley <[email protected]>
AppleScript Pro Sessions <http://scriptingmatters.com/aspro>

Can't Upload SQL scripts or application scripts in APEX 3.1

I have installed APEX 3.1 on an Oracle 10g database.
I can log in to APEX, create applications, and run applications.
One application I import is the sample OEHR application which imports correctly at the hosted site.
However, when I try to upload an SQL script or import the sample application I get
"Page not Found" for this page http://csora:7777/pls/apex/wwv_flow.accept
I've included my dads.conf below and also some Apache error entries
Alias /i/ "e:\oracle\product\10.1.0\Db\Apache\Apache\images/"
AddType text/xml     xbl
AddType text/x-component     htc
<Location /pls/apex>
Order deny,allow
PlsqlDocumentPath docs
AllowOverride None
PlsqlDocumentProcedure      wwv_flow_file_mgr.process_download
PlsqlDatabaseConnectString     csora:1521:ORCL ServiceNameFormat
PlsqlNLSLanguage          AMERICAN_AMERICA.AL32UTF8
PlsqlAuthenticationMode     Basic
SetHandler          pls_handler
PlsqlDocumentTablename     wwv_flow_file_object$
PlsqlDatabaseUsername     APEX_PUBLIC_USER
plsqlDefaultPage          apex
PlsqlDatabasePassword     hocking
Allow from all
</Location>
I:[Mon Apr 14 15:52:35 2008] [error] [client 10.116.101.158] [ecid: 1208202755:198.30.4.195:2696:2864:2873,0] File does not exist: e:/oracle/product/10.1.0/db/apache/apache/htdocs/pls/htmldb/builder/topnav2.gif
[Mon Apr 14 15:52:35 2008] [error] [client 10.116.101.158] [ecid: 1208202755:198.30.4.195:2696:2924:2771,0] File does not exist: e:/oracle/product/10.1.0/db/apache/apache/htdocs/pls/htmldb/builder/left_curve.gif
[Mon Apr 14 15:52:35 2008] [error] [client 10.116.101.158] [ecid: 1208202755:198.30.4.195:2696:2944:2767,0] File does not exist: e:/oracle/product/10.1.0/db/apache/apache/htdocs/pls/htmldb/builder/left_curve.gif
[Mon Apr 14 15:52:35 2008] [error] [client 10.116.101.158] [ecid: 1208202755:198.30.4.195:2696:2972:2750,0] File does not exist: e:/oracle/product/10.1.0/db/apache/apache/htdocs/pls/htmldb/builder/right_curve.gif
[Mon Apr 14 15:52:35 2008] [error] [client 10.116.101.158] [ecid: 1208202755:198.30.4.195:2696:2940:2762,0] File does not exist: e:/oracle/product/10.1.0/db/apache/apache/htdocs/pls/htmldb/builder/right_curve.gif
[Mon Apr 14 16:19:33 2008] [error] [client 10.116.101.158] [ecid: 1208204373:198.30.4.195:2696:2924:2773,0] File does not exist: e:/oracle/product/10.1.0/db/apache/apache/htdocs/pls/htmldb/builder/topnav2.gif
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[Mon Apr 14 16:23:29 2008] [error] [client 10.116.101.158] [ecid: 1208204609:198.30.4.195:2696:2788:2760,0] mod_plsql: /pls/apex/wwv_flow.accept HTTP-404 ORA-00942: table or view does not exist
[Mon Apr 14 16:23:29 2008] [error] [client 10.116.101.158] [ecid: 1208204609:198.30.4.195:2696:2788:2761,0] mod_wchandshake: incorrect uri: name="p_t04" passed in.
[Mon Apr 14 16:23:29 2008] [error] [client 10.116.101.158] [ecid: 1208204609:198.30.4.195:2696:2788:2761,0] Invalid URI in request -data; name="p_t04"
Am I missing some files or directories from the 3.1 install? Any help would be appreciated since I think I'm close to having APEX fully functional.

Val,
In this line:
PlsqlDocumentTablename wwv_flow_file_object$
...that needs to be wwv_flow_file_objects$
Scott

How to test a simple PL SQL function from another PL SQL script

Hi,
I have created a function. Now i need to test that whether it is returning the correct values or not.
For that, i have written anothe pl sql script and trying to call this function. Im passing all the IN parameters in that function. I assume here that OUT parameters will provide me the result. Im trying to display the OUT parameter one by one to see my result.
I'm using toad as sql client here connected with oracle.
pl sql script:-
DECLARE
BEGIN
     DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE('$$$$$$$ VINOD KUMAR NAIR $$$$$$$');
     FETCH_ORDER_PRODUCT_DATA(320171302, 1006, 6999,
ODNumber OUT VARCHAR2, Line_Number OUT VARCHAR2,
ServiceID OUT VARCHAR2, BilltoNumber OUT VARCHAR2,
AnnualPrice OUT NUMBER, CoverageCode OUT VARCHAR2)
DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE('HERE IS THE RESULT ' | ODNumber );
DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE('HERE IS THE RESULT ' | Line_Number );
DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE('HERE IS THE RESULT ' | ServiceID );
DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE('HERE IS THE RESULT ' | BilltoNumber );
DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE('HERE IS THE RESULT ' | AnnualPrice );
DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE('HERE IS THE RESULT ' | CoverageCode );
END;
Function:-
Program Name : SPOT_Order_Product_Data_For_CFS.sql
Description : Function to Validate parameters from CFS
By : Vinod Kumar
Date : 08/19/2011
Modification History
By When TAR Description
CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION FETCH_ORDER_PRODUCT_DATA(orderNumber IN VARCHAR2, customerNumber IN VARCHAR2,
productLine IN VARCHAR2, ODNumber OUT VARCHAR2,
Line_Number OUT VARCHAR2, ServiceID OUT VARCHAR2,
BilltoNumber OUT VARCHAR2, AnnualPrice OUT NUMBER,
CoverageCode OUT VARCHAR2)
RETURN VARCHAR2 IS
lv_err_msg VARCHAR2(100) := '';
lv_bucket_id VARCHAR2(14);
lv_bill_number VARCHAR2(30);
lv_anual_price NUMBER;
lv_coverage_code VARCHAR2(8);
lv_quote_num NUMBER(10) := NULL;
lv_line_num NUMBER(5) := 0;
lv_customer_number VARCHAR2(30) := customerNumber;
lv_product_id VARCHAR2(14) := productLine;
lv_count_quote NUMBER := 0;
lv_quote_status VARCHAR2(5);
lv_quote_version NUMBER(2):=0;
BEGIN
IF INSTR(orderNumber, '-') = 0 THEN
lv_quote_num := orderNumber;
ELSE
lv_quote_num := SPT_Delimiter(orderNumber, 1, '-');
lv_line_num := SPT_Delimiter(orderNumber, 2, '-');
END IF;
--Check status of the quote COM, APP
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AND ORDER_STATUS IN ('APP', 'COM') AND CUSTOMER_NUMBER = lv_customer_number;
IF lv_count_quote = 0 THEN
lv_err_msg := 'Invalid Order number';
RETURN lv_err_msg;
END IF;
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SELECT MAX(VERSION_NUMBER) INTO lv_quote_version FROM SPT_QUOTE_HEADER WHERE QUOTE_NUMBER = lv_quote_num
AND CUSTOMER_NUMBER = lv_customer_number;
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IF lv_line_num = 0 THEN
BEGIN
SELECT a.CUSTOMER_BILLTO_NUMBER,
b.LINE_NUMBER, b.BUCKET_ID,
b.ANNUAL_REF_RATE_USD, b.COVERAGE_CODE
INTO lv_bill_number,lv_line_num,lv_bucket_id,lv_anual_price,lv_coverage_code
FROM SPT_QUOTE_HEADER a, SPT_QUOTE_LINE b
WHERE a.QUOTE_NUMBER = lv_quote_num
AND a.CUSTOMER_NUMBER = lv_customer_number
AND a.VERSION_NUMBER = lv_quote_version
AND a.QUOTE_NUMBER = b.QUOTE_NUMBER
AND a.VERSION_NUMBER = b.VERSION_NUMBER
AND b.PRODUCT_ID = lv_product_id;
ODNumber := lv_quote_num;
BilltoNumber := lv_bill_number;
Line_Number := lv_line_num;
ServiceID := lv_bucket_id;
AnnualPrice := lv_anual_price;
CoverageCode := lv_coverage_code;
RETURN '';
EXCEPTION WHEN OTHERS THEN
lv_err_msg := 'Multiple PIDs existing in the SPOT order, please provide the SPOT order + line number as input data';
RETURN lv_err_msg;
END;
ELSE
BEGIN
SELECT a.CUSTOMER_BILLTO_NUMBER,
b.BUCKET_ID, b.ANNUAL_REF_RATE_USD,
b.COVERAGE_CODE
INTO lv_bill_number,lv_bucket_id,lv_anual_price,lv_coverage_code
FROM SPT_QUOTE_HEADER a, SPT_QUOTE_LINE b
WHERE a.QUOTE_NUMBER = lv_quote_num
AND a.CUSTOMER_NUMBER = lv_customer_number
AND a.VERSION_NUMBER = lv_quote_version
AND a.QUOTE_NUMBER = b.QUOTE_NUMBER
AND a.VERSION_NUMBER = b.VERSION_NUMBER
AND b.PRODUCT_ID = lv_product_id
AND b.LINE_NUMBER = lv_line_num;
ODNumber := lv_quote_num;
BilltoNumber := lv_bill_number;
Line_Number := lv_line_num;
ServiceID := lv_bucket_id;
AnnualPrice := lv_anual_price;
CoverageCode := lv_coverage_code;
RETURN '';
EXCEPTION WHEN OTHERS THEN
          lv_err_msg := 'Multiple SPOT lines exist with same parameter';
          RETURN lv_err_msg;
END;
END IF;
EXCEPTION
WHEN OTHERS THEN
lv_err_msg := '@@@ EXCEPTION THROWN @@@ '|| SUBSTR(SQLERRM,1,120);
RETURN lv_err_msg ;
END;
Don't look at the function, it might have errors but my primary concern is how to test this function. Once I start doing its testing then only i can understand any bugs(if any).
My pl sql is not so good. Im still learning. I don't understand IN and OUT parameters are.
I just know that IN parameters r those whick we pass in to the function wen we call it and OUT parameters are those through which we get the result.
Thanks in advance
Vinod Kumar Nair

20100511 wrote:
I wondered how I could test the output of the function from within TOAD?I usually create the following function in my developer schema:
create or replace function BoolToChar( b boolean ) return varchar2 is
begin
if b then
    return( 'TRUE' );
else
    return( 'FALSE' );
end if;
end;To test a function like yours, the following will do in SQL*Plus/TOAD/etc:
begin
DBMS_OUTPUT.put_line(
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end;
I'm probably doing 101 things wrong here, but thought I'd ask anyway and risk being shouted at.Shout at? You reckon? I thought people risked being beaten with a lead pipe, or pelted with beer cans and stale pretzels - which makes being shouted at a really safe and viable alternative. {noformat};-){noformat}

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This text has to be removed (i.e. replaced by an empty string)
The text occurs many times within each file.
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I know that it's possible to make a folder action with Automator that executes a shell script.
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My questions are:
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