Single quote in dynamic query

Question

Hi all;
Can u please help me on the following dynamic query code ? I know I am missing the single quote around 2 dates but could not figure out where to put it ! I have tried putting 2 or 3 quotes around 2 bind vars but to no avail.
Want to create a dynamic query to simulate the the following:
select
EMPNO,ENAME,JOB,MGR,HIREDATE from emp where HIREDATE >= to_date('01/01/1981','MM/DD/YYYY') and HIREDATE <= to_date('12/31/1982','MM/DD/YYYY');
dynamic code:
declare
v_q varchar2(4000);
begin
v_q :='select EMPNO,ENAME,JOB,MGR,HIREDATE from emp ';
V_q := V_Q
|| 'where HIREDATE >= '
|| 'to_date(' || :P_DATE1 || ',' ||'''MM/DD/YYYY''' || ' )'
|| 'and HIREDATE <= '
|| 'to_date(' || :P_DATE2 || ',' ||'''MM/DD/YYYY''' || ' )';
-- end the sql
v_q := v_q ||';';
dbms_output.put_line ('V_Q is ' || V_Q);
end;
Thanks.
Zen

Answer 1

declare
    v_q varchar2(4000);
    v_rec emp%rowtype;
    v_cur sys_refcursor;
begin
    v_q :='select EMPNO,ENAME,JOB,MGR,HIREDATE from emp ';
    V_q := V_Q  || 'where HIREDATE >= to_date(:P_DATE1,''MM/DD/YYYY'') and HIREDATE <= to_date(:P_DATE2,''MM/DD/YYYY'')';
    dbms_output.put_line ('V_Q is ' || V_Q);
    open v_cur
      for v_q
      using '01/01/1981',
            '12/31/1982';
    loop
      fetch v_cur
        into v_rec.empno,
             v_rec.ename,
             v_rec.job,
             v_rec.mgr,
             v_rec.hiredate;
      exit when v_cur%notfound;
      dbms_output.put_line('empno = ' || v_rec.empno);
      dbms_output.put_line('ename = ' || v_rec.ename);
      dbms_output.put_line('job = ' || v_rec.job);
      dbms_output.put_line('mgr = ' || v_rec.mgr);
      dbms_output.put_line('hiredate = ' || to_char(v_rec.hiredate,'MM/DD/YYYY'));
      dbms_output.put_line('====================');
    end loop;
    close v_cur;
end;
V_Q is select EMPNO,ENAME,JOB,MGR,HIREDATE from emp where HIREDATE >=
to_date(:P_DATE1,'MM/DD/YYYY') and HIREDATE <= to_date(:P_DATE2,'MM/DD/YYYY')
empno = 7499
ename = ALLEN
job = SALESMAN
mgr = 7698
hiredate = 02/20/1981
====================
empno = 7521
ename = WARD
job = SALESMAN
mgr = 7698
hiredate = 02/22/1981
====================
empno = 7566
ename = JONES
job = MANAGER
mgr = 7839
hiredate = 04/02/1981
====================
empno = 7654
ename = MARTIN
job = SALESMAN
mgr = 7698
hiredate = 09/28/1981
====================
empno = 7698
ename = BLAKE
job = MANAGER
mgr = 7839
hiredate = 05/01/1981
====================
empno = 7782
ename = CLARK
job = MANAGER
mgr = 7839
hiredate = 06/09/1981
====================
empno = 7839
ename = KING
job = PRESIDENT
mgr =
hiredate = 11/17/1981
====================
empno = 7844
ename = TURNER
job = SALESMAN
mgr = 7698
hiredate = 09/08/1981
====================
empno = 7900
ename = JAMES
job = CLERK
mgr = 7698
hiredate = 12/03/1981
====================
empno = 7902
ename = FORD
job = ANALYST
mgr = 7566
hiredate = 12/03/1981
====================
empno = 7934
ename = MILLER
job = CLERK
mgr = 7782
hiredate = 01/23/1982
====================
PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.
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