Use SQL to write SQL in sqldeveloepr

Is there any slick way to use SQL to write SQL in sqldeveloper? This would involve running the output of a SQL SELECT statement, which, after all, is just sitting there in the output window, ready to execute. Or am I pretty much stuck with writing to the spool file and then executing it?

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Is there any slick way to use SQL to write SQL in sqldeveloper?
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No - the result just holds the results. You can copy and paste from it to a sql window and then execute it but nothing like you describe.
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Or am I pretty much stuck with writing to the spool file and then executing it?
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Yup!

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2 /
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Edited by: user12240205 on Jul 18, 2012 9:37 PM

rp0428 wrote:
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We have a simple requirement.
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Really? You mean as opposed to a requirement that might actually be doable?Could be that simple is used as in stupid ? Like in, "+look at this simply idiotic requirement, blah.. blah...+"? ;-)
@user12240205:
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Really hoping someone can provide some code sample or point me in the right direction (with examples using sql).
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ELSE
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ANY SUGGESTIONS OR aLTERNATE SOLUTION TO LOAD AND UNLOAD PDFs through Oracle ARE REQUESTED.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Thanks Justin ...for a quick response ...
well ... i am loading data into BLOB only and using SQL*Loader ...
I've never used dbms_lob.loadFromFile to do the loads ...
i 've opend a file on network and than used dbms_lob.read and
UTL_FILE.PUT_RAW to read and write data into target file.
actually ...my process is working fine with text files but not with PDF and IMAGES ...
and your doubt of ..."Is the data the proper length after reading it in?" ..m not getting wat r you asking ...but ... i think regarding data length ..there is no problem... except ... source PDF length is 90.4 kb ..and Target is 90.8 kb..
thats it...
So Request u to add some more help ......or should i provide some more details ??

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Good afternoon,
I'm starting to write some PL/SQL functions to replace some of the SQL that I use most frequently. A couple of very simple examples would be:
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is
x number;
y number;
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x :=1;
y :=2;
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create or replace function func_test2 (p_1 varchar2) return varchar2
is
return_val varchar2(10);
begin
select p_1 into return_val from dual;
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However, at my workplace I haven't been granted create function privileges yet until I can demonstrate some examples, which is understandable.
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I hope this isn't too vague.
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SQL Developer 3.4
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sb92075 02-Nov-2013 19:12 (in response to TinyPenguin)
populating test DB with data is a solvable problem.
You don't need client data to test code (functions).
You only need sample test data; which generally is less than a few dozen records per table.
Absolutely, of course. Our client database is pretty messy though, and includes data prior to the implementation of more recent business rules that I need to take account of. Useful perspective though, thanks.
rp0428 02-Nov-2013 19:14 (in response to TinyPenguin)
Sure, but then I wouldn't have access to all the data in our client database to test functions under various circumstances.
Huh? Why not? It's your database so what keeps you from creating a database link to your client database where all the data is?
Also, I suppose it's not good practice to constantly write/replace/drop functions to/from a database when developing them? Better to test the function in principle and then write to the database?
Huh? Why not? What you think a dev database is for if not for development?
Based on your two posts so far in this thread it's understandable why they don't want to give you privileges yet. Those sample 'functions' you posted are NOT a good use for functions.
In sql developer you can just create and save the queries you use most often. There is no need to create functions for that.
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Our IT department are pretty sensitive about how they allow access, even to the dev environment. As you've identified, I'm not naturally a programmer so the option to play around with the data to develop some representative examples about how we can simplify and devolve SQL reporting to more members of staff is useful to me. I just wrote those two function quickly for the purpose of posting some sample data, which I thought would be helpful. Thanks for illustrating how to return their output using an anonymous block.
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Hi,
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Thanks Frank. Yeah I'm going to speak with our DBA next week about privileges. I've got XE/SQL Developer installed on my own computer - I wrote those sample functions using them - I just wasn't sure how to call/return anonymous blocks as both you and rp identified to develop at work as an interim solution.
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TP.

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the data I need to upload to table using SQL*LOADER is in format as below:
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INFILE *
insert
INTO TABLE tmp_country_mapping
FIELDS ENCLOSED BY '|'
(country_id, country_name)
BEGINDATA
|AD |Argentina |
|CN |China       |
|US |America            |
|GB |England        |Anyone could help?
BTW, I don`t want the spaces behind the value of the second column.
Thanks
Edited by: PhoenixBai on Dec 28, 2010 2:50 PM

Problem solved, by removing the NLS_LANG=ENGLISH.
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before the load, data is as below:
|AD |安道尔共和国         |
|AE |阿联酋            |
|AF |阿富汗            |
|AG |安提瓜和巴布达        |
|AI |安圭拉岛           |
|AL |阿尔巴尼亚          |after the load, data displays as below:
AD      °2μà？？12oí1ú
AE      °￠áa？？
AF      °￠？？o1
AG      °2ìá1？oí°í2？′？
AI      °21？à-μo
AL      °￠？？°í？á？？And my database supports Chinese words and it displays correctly for other tables, except this one.
What could be the problem?
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Edited by: PhoenixBai on Dec 28, 2010 5:05 PM

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