Use substitution methods in variable

Hi All,
How do I use substitution methods in variable? For example, I am trying to get a session number in to a variable.
I defined a variable and wrote the followign querry
select <%=odiRef.getSession("SESS_NO")%> from dual.
When I click on tick mark to check the syntax, it is throwing an error message saying missing expression. Please help me out. THank you!

Put quotes around the substitution method:
select '<%=odiRef.getSession("SESS_NO")%>' from dual
You will not be able to "test" this, you can execute it, and see what the result comes back.

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But our requirement is to replace FRE only when it is an off setting entry for FR1 (Freight cost). Could somebody help me in including this additional condition in the Substitution method?
Thanks,
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can you let us know how you managed to replace FER with ZFR... This will help us in replying back to you
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How to get Interface's Internal ID using substitution methods

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Additional condition check in the Substitution method...

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With the example you gave, I thought- 1st, 2nd & 4th fields are the numeric fields.
Is it possible that the numeric fields in a record could be scattered?
To check numeric ness, you can use SQL Functions directly/indirectly, depending on- Which database engine you're using.
For instance-
if you're using SQL Server, you may use- IsNumeric. ISNUMERIC returns 1 when the input expression evaluates to a valid numeric data type; otherwise it returns 0.
if you're using Oracle, select length(translate(trim(column_name),' +-.0123456789',' ')) from dual. This gives you a 0 if it's a numeric or >0 for non-numeric(actually gives the count of non numeric characters)

Substitution method to change the posting date in FB50

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Hi Smart,
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Hi Raj,
I cannot open the link.
Anyway, is it ok if you will advise me regarding my question a while ago?
I have here sample message structure,
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Can substitution methods other than the Global be used in a procedure ?

Hi All,
I am very much new to ODI .Apologies if the question seems silly.
As part of an exercise I am working with ODI variables and substitution methods.
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I had gone through this document,and from other sources also got a same answer that it cant be used.But is there a way it can be done?
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Thanks,
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You would just use ampersand and the variable name instead of the hard coding e.g. &yearVar &periodVar.
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http://john-goodwin.blogspot.com/

Conditional suppression using substitution variable in Hyperion financial r

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Is there a way that I can suppress a column using substitution variable in hyperion financial reporting?
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Variable Substitution Method

Hi,
When Im going through the variable substitution method with respect to the target directory:
with the help of the blog
An interesting usage of Variable Substitution in XI
I dint understand what is the SID here. SID of different systems like DEV system, PRD system and etc. What exactly is an SID?
If we take SID as a variable in the variable substitution method, then the value to VAR will be getting from the header i.e, Receiver_Service.
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Hi ,
As said above Message header contains the following informations
sender_party
sender_service
receiver_party
receiver_service
interface_name
interface_namespace
message_id
message_id_hex
SID stands for System ID and is a three character unique name for a SAP system. It will be different for different systems like for Dev system it may be XXX and for quality system say YYY and similarly for production system say ZZZ. Message header values are accessed dynamically.
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Can we use Substitution Variables in copy data points and refresh in Microsoft Word? I tried it and it does not work dynamically (copy data points only copies what was in excel cell at that point). It only copies the static value of that variable from that cell. I want to use it dynamically in Word so that if I change the value of that variable in Essbase, it is updated in Word upon refresh. Any idea??
We need this feature for reporting in microsoft word and keep using the data points every year (instead of copying the cells from excel over again)
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Using Substitution Variable in Web forms

Hi,
I'm trying to use substitution variable in a planning web form &CurYr in the Column, after creating the form when I save it and try to open the form it says the substitution variable required for this calculation is undefined .Variable : &CurYr.It should be defined as I'm able to see it and select it for the column/row. Any kind of help is appreciated.
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You usually get this error message if you are trying to assign a value from a sub var to a member that does not exist.
e.g. trying to put FY08 which is a year member against a period dimension
or trying to use a sub var of FY09 which does not yet exist in the essbase, so say you added a new year in planning FY09 and used the sub var in the form but have not refreshed the database then it would fail because the year would not have been pushed down to essbase yet.
or the value of the subvar does not match a member name exactly
or using a sub var name that does not exist in essbase, e.g. using &nextYear but the sub var has not been created in essbase.
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Cheers
John
http://john-goodwin.blogspot.com/

How can i use substitution variable

Hai All
This is my sql statement
SELECT (TO_DATE(TO_CHAR(Intime,'DD-MON-YYYY')||' '||
TO_CHAR(0815,'0000'),'DD-MON-YYYY HH24:MI')-intime) * 24*60
from dail_att where to_char(intime,'hh24mi') between 0700 and 0815 ;
Here my table name called Dailyattendance
Intime field is declared as Date Type
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coming late so how can i use substitution variable here to give the value at run time
Ie i need to give 0815 instead or any other time at runtime
Thanks In advance
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Where exactly are you planing to use it? Is sqlplus or at any other front end?
One way is to use below given SQL
SELECT   ( TO_DATE (   TO_CHAR (intime, 'DD-MON-YYYY')
                     || ' '
                     || TO_CHAR (:TIME_VAR, '0000'),
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       * 60
FROM dail_att
WHERE TO_CHAR (intime, 'hh24mi') BETWEEN 0700 AND 0815;*009*
Edited by: 009 on Apr 6, 2010 2:15 AM

Mitigating SQL injection when forced to use substitution variables

The 3rd party software that I use has exactly one way of allowing users to specify runtime parameters: Substitution variables.
The scripts are executed using SQL*Plus. I'm looking for ways to secure this.
Please don't say "Don't use substitution variables" - read above, it's the only way this software works.
My first thought was something like this:
var myvar varchar2(30)
exec :myvar := '&user_input';That's no good. What if the user specifies "X'; execute immediate 'drop table sometable" Then we get
exec :myvar := 'X'; execute immediate 'drop table sometable';Again, no good.
I thought perhaps something like the following would work:
exec :myvar := dbms_assert.noop('&user_input');but then again, a malicious user could specify "'); execute immediate 'drop table sometable'; dbms_assert.noop('"
I'm open to suggestions.
What can I do to sanitize substitution variables?
Thank you!
Edited by: krissco on Jan 30, 2013 3:02 PM

You could use:
var myvar varchar2(30)
exec :myvar := DBMS_ASSERT.ENQUOTE_LITERAL('&user_input');For example:
SQL> exec :myvar := '&user_input';
Enter value for user_input: X';execute immediate 'begin dbms_output.put_line(''XXXX'');end;
XXXX
PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.
SQL> exec :myvar := DBMS_ASSERT.ENQUOTE_LITERAL('&user_input');
Enter value for user_input: X';execute immediate 'begin dbms_output.put_line(''XXXX'');end;
BEGIN :myvar := DBMS_ASSERT.ENQUOTE_LITERAL('X';execute immediate 'begin dbms_output.put_line(''XXXX'');end;'); END;
ERROR at line 1:
ORA-06550: line 1, column 48:
PLS-00103: Encountered the symbol ";" when expecting one of the following:
) , * & = - + < / > at in is mod remainder not rem =>
<an exponent (**)> <> or != or ~= >= <= <> and or like like2
like4 likec as between from using || multiset member
submultiset
The symbol ")" was substituted for ";" to continue.
ORA-06550: line 1, column 110:
PLS-00103: Encountered the symbol ")" when expecting one of the following:
* & = - + ; < / > at in is mod remainder not rem return
returning <an exponent (**)> <> or != or ~= >= <= <> and or
like like2 like4 likec between into
SQL>SY.
Edited by: Solomon Yakobson on Jan 30, 2013 8:28 PM

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