User input from pl/sql

How could I get user input from a pl/sql block?
Hope that somebody can help me.
thanx
Amelio.

There is a package DBMS_LOCK that has a SLEEP routine, which suspends the session for a given period of time (in seconds).
However, you can only pause the procedure and not accept user input into the procedure during the pause.
syntax: DBMS_LOCK.SLEEP(1) ;
I need only to run an 'pause' or something like that within a pl/sql block. Do you know if it's possible? Thanks.

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I want to create Tablespace useing sql script , but the location of the data file I need accept from user . (to get the location of the data file ) .
How can I accept user input from pl/sql .
Example :
CREATE TABLESPACE TSPACE_INDIA LOGGING
     DATAFILE 'H:\ORACLE_DATA\FRSDB\TSPACE_INDI_D1_01.dbf'
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     EXTENT MANAGEMENT LOCAL;here I need to accept location of the datafile from user ie : 'H:\ORACLE_DATA\FRSDB\TSPACE_INDI_D1_01.dbf'

Hi,
Whenenever you write dynamic SQL, put the SQL text into a variable. During development, display the variable instead of executing it. If it looks okay, then you can try executing it in addition to displaying it. When you're finished testing, then you can comment out or delete the display.
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    flocation     VARCHAR2 (300);
    sql_txt     VARCHAR2 (1000);
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    SELECT '&Enter_The_Path'
    INTO    flocation
    FROM    dual;
    sql_txt := 'CREATE TABLESPACE SRC_TSPACE_INDIA LOGGING
     DATAFILE' || flocation || ' "\SRC_TSPACE_INDI_D1_01.dbf" ' || '
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     EXTENT MANAGEMENT LOCAL ';
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/When you run it, you'll see something like this:
Enter value for enter_the_path: c:\d\fubar
old   5:     SELECT '&Enter_The_Path'
new   5:     SELECT 'c:\d\fubar'
CREATE TABLESPACE SRC_TSPACE_INDIA LOGGING
     DATAFILEc:\d\fubar
"\SRC_TSPACE_INDI_D1_01.dbf"
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UNLIMITED
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PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.This makes it easy to see that you're missing a space after the keyword DATAFILE. There are other errrors, too. For example, the path name has to be inside the quotes with the file name, without a line-feed between them, and the quotes should be single-quotes, not double-quotes.
Is there some reason why you're using PL/SQL? In SQL, you can just say:
CREATE TABLESPACE SRC_TSPACE_INDIA LOGGING
DATAFILE '&Enter_The_Path\SRC_TSPACE_INDI_D1_01.dbf'
SIZE 500M AUTOEXTEND ON NEXT 1280K MAXSIZE UNLIMITED
EXTENT MANAGEMENT LOCAL;though I would use an ACCEPT command to given a better prompt.
Given that you want to use PL/SQL, you could assign the value above to sql_txt. If you need a separate PL/SQL variable for flocation, then you can assign it without using dual, for example:
DECLARE
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How to prompt for user input in PL/SQL

How do I prompt for user input in PL/SQL?
I am writing a piece of code where the user may choose, by clicking either of three buttons on an alert, to have the system assign a value to a variable, to input a value or to do neither?
If the user chooses to input the value I want to update a set of database fields with the value.
I have thought about showing a view where the value may be entered into a field displayed on that view. The value will be assigned to the variable by the user clicking a command button. The question I have in this case though, is whether, after the command button is clicked, control will be passed back to the code that called the view in the first place?
Edited by: desgordon on Sep 3, 2008 10:33 AM

desgordon wrote:
How do I prompt for user input in PL/SQL?
I am writing a piece of code where the user may choose, by clicking either of three buttons on an alert, to have the system assign a value to a variable, to input a value or to do neither?OK, you're doing that in Forms...
>
If the user chooses to input the value I want to update a set of database fields with the value.Write PL/SQL procedure for this purpose...
>
I have thought about showing a view where the value may be entered into a field displayed on that view. The value will be assigned to the variable by the user clicking a command button. The question I have in this case though, is whether, after the command button is clicked, control will be passed back to the code that called the view in the first place?Not clear what you mean with view?
But if you call your procedure in that button then yes 'control will be passed back to the code'...
Cheers!
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Too slow...

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other option would be to identify the module you wish to modify, analyse it until you fully understand it, modify it so that you can run it in a stand-alone manner, then post your question here. You will probably find that you can answer the question yourself
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Thanks Ram for your reply..I did this but it doesnt seem to work..Because now i realize the problem is somewhere else.
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