Same sql query with multiple database links

Question

Hi All,
i want to execute an sql query for a SELECT LIST Item. which should use database links in it's query.
i'm having a list of database links in the region. say :LOC which is having 10 items each linking to different databases.
i want to use following query for another item in same page.
select customer_name from working_lines@:LOC where
phone_no:phone_no
can i do this.
Thank you All.

Answer 1

What we have done before is to create a report based on a PL/SQL procedure that returns a SQL statement.
The PL/SQL code grabs the "selected" database link from :LOC and parses the SQL QUERY you want to execute replacing some token (like [LINK]) with '@DBNAME'.
Lets say your SQL statement is coded like this:
mySQL := 'SELECT cust_name FROM working_lines[LINK] where phone_no = :Phone;'
Then all you would have to do to replace '[LINK]' with the proper DB alias would be:
mySQL := REPLACE(mySQL, '[LINK]', '@'||:LOC);
and then return the new SQL ...
if :LOC has something like 'V10GPROD' your SQL would look like :
SELECT cust_name FROM working_lines@V10GPROD where phone_no = :Phone;
The beauty of this is that you can also include a "null" option that means the select statement will be executed on THIS database...
Doug