Why or When should we use Execute Immediate in PLSQL??

Hi Frnds,
Long Ago i have received a interview question that ...
How can U create a table in the PLSQL object(Function or procedure)?
But the thing y should we use execute immediate?
In which scenario we should we should use????????????
Why or When should we use Execute Immediate in PLSQL????

OR
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/18375990/oracle-what-does-execute-immediate-means
For DML you'd use it when running statements that you don't have available at compile time, e.g. if the column list is based on a selection from the user.
In your case it's being used because DDL cannot be run as static SQL from within PL/SQL. Only certain query, DML and TCL commands are valid. Anything else has to be treated as dynamic.
I'd say it's rare to need to use DDL from a PL/SQL block. TRUNCATE might be reasonable; if you find anything creating or dropping objects on the fly then that might be more of a concern as it can suggest a suboptimal data model.
EXECUTE IMMEDIATE itself does not automatically commit; but if you execute DDL then that will behave the same as if you ran it outside PL/SQL, so it will commit in your case, yes.
Incidentally, I'm not sure why your code is using an intermediate variable to hold the statement; that's useful if you want to display what it's going to run maybe, but you don't seem to be doing that. What you have could be done as:
EXECUTE IMMEDIATE 'TRUNCATE TABLE BD_BIDS_EXT_DET';
Thank you

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Using Execute Immediate in PLSQL block Vs Stand alone procedure

I am facing very unusual ( atleast unusual to me ) with usage of "Execute Immediate" statement.
I have a table dynamic_sql with one column plsql_block as VARCHAR2(4000);
I have stored some PLSQL blocks ('DECLARE ..... BEGIN.... END.... ) in this column .
Now I want to execute these PLSQL blocks one after other depending on certain conditions .
In order to archive this I wrote a PLSQL block as below
DECLARE
Cursor c1 is
select plsql_block from dynamic_sql
begin
for irec in c1
loop
<<< Condition >>>
begin
execute_immediate(irec.plsql_block);
exception
when others then
raise_application_error(-20001,'error ' ||irec.plsql_block||' '||sqlerrm);
end loop ;
end ;
With above PLSQL block , "execute immediate" is executing PLSQL block successfully without any error
But When I converted above PLSQL block into standalone procedure as shown below , I am getting error .
CREATE OR REPLACE procedure test AS
Cursor c1 is
select plsql_block from dynamic_sql
begin
for irec in c1
loop
<<< Condition >>>
begin
execute_immediate(irec.plsql_block);
exception
when others then
raise_application_error(-20001,'error ' ||irec.plsql_block||' '||sqlerrm);
end loop ;
end ;
BEGIN
test;
end ;
It is showing the value of irec.plsql_block but not showing sqlerrm...
I found this is very unusual as I am able to execute "execute immediate" statement with PLSQL block but not with similar procedure .
can anybody explain me why this is happening?
Thanks in Advance
Amit

Hello,
It doesn't make any sense to add SQLERRM for user defined exception, unless you want to raise application error for already defined error (e.g NOT_DATA_FOUND, ..)
Check following piece of code and its output,
CREATE OR REPLACE PROCEDURE myinsert1
AS
   v_count   NUMBER;
   v_sql     VARCHAR2 (300);
BEGIN
   v_sql :=
      'INSERT INTO ENTITY_EMPLOYEE VALUES(0,''TIM'',''LASTNAME'',10000)';
   BEGIN
      EXECUTE IMMEDIATE v_sql;
      COMMIT;
   EXCEPTION
      WHEN OTHERS
      THEN
         DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE (SUBSTR (SQLERRM, 1, 300));
         RAISE_APPLICATION_ERROR (-20002, 'My Error ' || SQLERRM, TRUE);
         RAISE;
   END;
END;
Output._
ORA-20002: My Error ORA-00001: unique constraint (ENTITY_EMPLOYEE_PK) violated
ORA-06512: at "MYINSERT1", line 21
ORA-00001: unique constraint (ENTITY_EMPLOYEE_PK) violated
ORA-06512: at line 2
Regrds

Have problem when using EXECUTE IMMEDIATE.

Hi, i'm new here... i having problem when trying to use execute immediate statement... :(
procedure code as below:
create procedure copy_row(
p_table varchar2,
p_key varchar2,
p_keyval varchar2,
p_user varchar2,
p_frmto varchar2 default 'FROM')
IS
V_SQL VARCHAR2(500);
BEGIN
if upper(p_frmto)='FROM' then
V_SQL:='INSERT INTO '||P_TABLE||
' SELECT * FROM '||P_USER||'.'||P_TABLE||' WHERE '||P_KEY||' = '''||P_KEYVAL||'''';
elsif upper(p_frmto)='TO' then
V_SQL:='INSERT INTO '||P_USER||'.'||P_TABLE||
' SELECT * FROM '||P_TABLE||' WHERE '||P_KEY||' = '''||P_KEYVAL||'''';
end if;
EXECUTE IMMEDIATE V_SQL;
exception
when others then
raise_application_error(-20000,'PROCEDURE: COPY_ROW - UNABLE TO COPY ROWS! SQL='||V_SQL,TRUE);
end;
is there any limitation on using EXECUTE IMMEDIATE command? i need to use procedure because i'm using old form builder.... but the database server was 9i which able to use this command, so... i decide to use procedure....
i've done some testing on this.... assume the structure of schema1.table1 and schema2.table1 are same....
SQL> CREATE PROCEDURE TESTING IS
2 BEGIN
3 exeCute IMMEDIATE 'INSERT INTO schema1.table1 SELECT * FROM schema2.table1 WHERE column1 = ''abc''';
4 END;
5 /
Procedure created.
SQL> BEGIN
2 TESTING;
3 END;
4 /
BEGIN
ERROR at line 1:
ORA-00942: table or view does not exist
ORA-06512: at "SCHEMA1.TESTING", line 3
ORA-06512: at line 2
any idea?? or have better solution other than this?
database server:9i
sqlplus:SQL*Plus: Release 8.0.6.0.0

Do you have an access to tables you are going to insert into / select from ?
Dynamic SQL checks the access permissions at runtime, not at the compilation stage:
SQL> create user master identified by master default tablespace users temporary
2 tablespace temp;
User created.
SQL> alter user master quota unlimited on users;
User altered.
SQL> grant create session to master;
Grant succeeded.
SQL> grant create table to master;
Grant succeeded.
SQL> grant create procedure to master;
Grant succeeded.
SQL> conn master/master
Connected.
SQL> create procedure wrong_prc
2 is
3 begin
4   execute immediate 'insert into master.t select * from scott.t';
5 end;
6 /
Procedure created.
SQL> create table t (id number);
Table created.
SQL> exec wrong_prc;
BEGIN wrong_prc; END;
ERROR at line 1:
ORA-00942: table or view does not exist
ORA-06512: at "MASTER.WRONG_PRC", line 4
ORA-06512: at line 1
SQL> conn scott/tiger
Connected.
SQL> grant select on t to master;
Grant succeeded.
SQL> conn master/master
Connected.
SQL> exec wrong_prc;
PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.
SQL> select * from t;
        ID
         1And don't use literals in dynamic SQL - you should use binding variables instead.
Rgds.

Delete From More than 1 table without using execute immediate

Hi,
Am new to PL/SQL, I had been asked to delete few of the table for my ETL jobs in Oracle 10G R2. I have to delete(truncate) few tables and the table names are in another table with a flag to delete it or not. So, when ever I run the job it should check for the flag and for those flag which is 'Y' then for all those tables should be deleted without using the Execute Immediate, because I dont have privilages to use "Execute Immediate" statement.
Can anyone help me in how to do this.
Regards
Senthil

Then tell you DBA's, or better yet their boss, that they need some additional training in how Oracle actually works.
Yes, dynamic sql can be a bad thing when it is used to generate hundreds of identical queries that differ ony in the literals used in predicates, but for something like a set of delte table statements or truncate table statements, dynamic sql is no different in terms of the effect on the shared pool that hard coding the sql statements.
This is a bad use of dynamic sql, because it generates a lot of nearly identical statements due to the lack of bind variables. It is the type of thing your DBA's should, correctly, bring out the lead pipe for.
DECLARE
   l_sql VARCHAR2(4000);
BEGIN
   FOR r in (SELECT account_no FROM accounts_to_delete) LOOP
      l_sql := 'DELETE FROM accounts WHERE account_no = '||r.account_no;
      EXECUTE IMMEDIATE l_sql;
   END LOOP;
END;This will result in one sql statement in the shared pool for every row in accounts_to_delete. Although there is much else wrong with this example, from the bind variable perspective it should be re-written to use bind variables like:
DECLARE
   l_sql VARCHAR2(4000);
   l_acct NUMBER;
BEGIN
   FOR r in (SELECT account_no FROM accounts_to_delete) LOOP
      l_sql := 'DELETE FROM accounts WHERE account_no = :b1';
      EXECUTE IMMEDIATE l_sql USING l_acct;
   END LOOP;
END;However, since you cannot bind object names into sql statements, the difference in terms of the number of statements that end up in the shared pool between this:
DECLARE
   l_sql VARCHAR2(4000);
BEGIN
   FOR r in (SELECT table_name, delete_tab, trunc_tab
             FROM tables_to_delete) LOOP
      IF r.delete_tab = 'Y' THEN
         l_sql := 'DELETE FROM '||r.table_name;
      ELSIF r.trunc_tab = 'Y' THEN
         l_sql := 'TRUNCATE TABLE '||r.table_name;
      ELSE
         l_sql := NULL;
      END IF;
      EXECUTE IMMEDIATE l_sql;
   END LOOP;
END;and something like this:
BEGIN
   DELETE FROM tab1;
   DELETE FROM tab2;
   EXECUTE IMMEDIATE 'TRUNCTE TABLE tab3';
END;or this as a sql script
DELETE FROM tab1;
DELETE FROM tab2;
TRUNCTE TABLE tab3;is absolutley nothing.
Note that if you are truncating some of the tables, and wnat/need to use a stored procedure, you are going to have to use dynamic sql for the truncates anyway since trncate is ddl, and you cannot do ddl in pl/sql wiothout using dynamic sql.
John

How to use Execute Immediate to execute a procedure and return a cursor?

The procedure name is unknown until run time so I have to use Execute immediate to execute the procedure, the procedure return a cursor, but I can't figure out the right syntax to pass the cursor out.
To simplify the issue here, I create two procedures as examples.Assume I have a procedure called XDTest:
     p_cur OUT SYS_REFCURSOR
IS
BEGIN
OPEN p_cur FOR
Select * from dummy_table;
END XDTest;
In another procedure, I want to use Execute Immediate to execute XDTest and obtain the result that return from the cursor into a local cursor so I can process the records:
     p_cur OUT SYS_REFCURSOR
IS
l_cur SYS_REFCURSOR;
BEGIN
execute immediate 'BEGIN XDTest (:1); END;' using OUT l_cur;
END XDTest2;
However, this is not working, I get ORA-03113: end-of-file on communication channel error.
What syntax should I use here?
Cheers

well...
I update the XDTest2 procedure as below but when execute it get exceptions.I think the v_sqlstmt syntax is wrong, but I don't know what meant to be correct, please give some suggestions .
Cheers
-------------------- XDTest procedure --------------------------------------------------
     p_cur OUT SYS_REFCURSOR
--AUTHID CURRENT_USER
IS
BEGIN
OPEN p_cur FOR
Select Table_Name from USER_Tables;
END XDTest;
-------------------- XDTest2 procedure --------------------------------------------------
     p_cur OUT SYS_REFCURSOR
IS
TYPE T1 IS TABLE OF VARCHAR2(4000) INDEX BY BINARY_INTEGER ;
v_sqlstmt varchar2(1000):=null;
v_cursor number;
x_num number;
LN$Lig number := 0 ;
LN$MaxCol number := 0 ;
t T1 ;
v VARCHAR2(4000) ;
userTb User_Tables%ROWTYPE;
l_cur number;
BEGIN
LN$Lig := 0 ;
LN$MaxCol := 1 ;
--OPEN p_cur FOR
--execute immediate 'BEGIN XDTest (:1); END;' using OUT l_cur;
v_cursor:=dbms_sql.open_cursor;
v_sqlstmt:='begin :p_cur:="XDTest"(); END; ';
dbms_sql.parse(v_cursor,v_sqlstmt,DBMS_SQL.NATIVE);
dbms_sql.bind_variable(v_cursor,':p_cur',l_cur);
dbms_output.put_line('1');
-- Define the columns --
dbms_sql.DEFINE_COLUMN(v_cursor, 1, userTb.Table_Name, 30);
x_num:=dbms_sql.execute(v_cursor);
dbms_output.put_line('2');
-- Fetch the rows from the source query --
LOOP
IF dbms_sql.FETCH_ROWS(v_cursor)>0 THEN
-- get column values of the row --
dbms_sql.COLUMN_VALUE(v_cursor, 1,userTb.Table_Name);
dbms_output.put_line(userTb.Table_Name);
ELSE
-- No more rows --
EXIT;
END IF;
END LOOP;
dbms_sql.close_cursor(v_cursor);
END XDTest2;
---------------------- Error when execute ------------------------------------------------
1
BEGIN DevD0DB.XDTest2(:l_cur); END;
ERROR at line 1:
ORA-01007: variable not in select list
ORA-06512: at "SYS.DBMS_SYS_SQL", line 1010
ORA-06512: at "SYS.DBMS_SQL", line 212
ORA-06512: at "DEVD0DB.XDTEST2", line 35
ORA-06512: at line 1
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What are the mapfiles for and when should I use them?

Hi,
what are the map files for and why/when should I use them?
/usr/lib/ld/map.noexstk
usr/lib/ld/map.noexbss
/usr/lib/ld/map.noexdata
/usr/lib/ld/map.pagealign

Hi, I'm sure you've read the comments, but for the benefit of those who haven't: /usr/lib/ld/map.noexstk # Linker mapfile to create a non-executable stack definition within an # executable. /usr/lib/ld/map.noexbss # Link-editor mapfile to create a non-executable bss segment definition # within an executable. /usr/lib/ld/map.noexdata # Link-editor mapfile to create a non-executable data segment definition # within an executable. These stop the various segments from being executable. Which could reduce the risk surface for exploiting security holes in an application. /usr/lib/ld/map.pagealign # Linker mapfile to create page-aligned data within an executable. Aligning the start of the data segment can reduce the number of TLB entries needed to map the data. So the smallest TLB page size is 8KB, then we have 64KB, then 4MB etc. If the data starts on a 4MB boundary then it can be mapped with 4MB pages, if not then it has to be mapped with 8KB pages until a 64KB boundary, then 64KB pages until we get to a 4MB boundary. You sometimes get a bit of performance from this, but you may also get performance stability from it. If the mapping is random sometimes it works well, sometimes it works less well. Regards, Darryl.

Error while insert data using execute immediate in dynamic table in oracle

Error while insert data using execute immediate in dynamic table created in oracle 11g .
first the dynamic nested table (op_sample) was created using the executed immediate...
object is
CREATE OR REPLACE TYPE ASI.sub_mark AS OBJECT (
mark1 number,
mark2 number
t_sub_mark is a class of type sub_mark
CREATE OR REPLACE TYPE ASI.t_sub_mark is table of sub_mark;
create table sam1(id number,name varchar2(30));
nested table is created below:
begin
EXECUTE IMMEDIATE ' create table '||op_sample||'
(id number,name varchar2(30),subject_obj t_sub_mark) nested table subject_obj store as nest_tab return as value';
end;
now data from sam1 table and object (subject_obj) are inserted into the dynamic table
declare
subject_obj t_sub_mark;
begin
subject_obj:= t_sub_mark();
EXECUTE IMMEDIATE 'insert into op_sample (select id,name,subject_obj from sam1) ';
end;
and got the below error:
ORA-00904: "SUBJECT_OBJ": invalid identifier
ORA-06512: at line 7
then when we tried to insert the data into the dynam_table with the subject_marks object as null,we received the following error..
execute immediate 'insert into '||dynam_table ||'
(SELECT

887684 wrote:
ORA-00904: "SUBJECT_OBJ": invalid identifier
ORA-06512: at line 7The problem is that your variable subject_obj is not in scope inside the dynamic SQL you are building. The SQL engine does not know your PL/SQL variable, so it tries to find a column named SUBJECT_OBJ in your SAM1 table.
If you need to use dynamic SQL for this, then you must bind the variable. Something like this:
EXECUTE IMMEDIATE 'insert into op_sample (select id,name,:bind_subject_obj from sam1) ' USING subject_obj;Alternatively you might figure out to use static SQL rather than dynamic SQL (if possible for your project.) In static SQL the PL/SQL engine binds the variables for you automatically.

Selecting data from a table using Execute Immediate in 9i

Hi,
I was wondering how I would be able to do a SELECT on a table using EXECUTE IMMEDIATE. When I tried it (with the proc below), I got the following below. Can anyone tell me what I am doing wrong?
Using Scott/Tiger I tried this:
SQL> ed
Wrote file afiedt.buf
1 CREATE OR REPLACE PROCEDURE P2
2 IS
3 v_SQL VARCHAR2(100);
4 BEGIN
5 v_SQL := 'Select * from Emp';
6 EXECUTE IMMEDIATE v_SQL;
7* END;
SQL> /
Procedure created.
SQL> exec p2
PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.
SQL> set serveroutput on
SQL> exec p2
PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.
SQL>
Thanks in advance.
Sincerely,
Nikhil Kulkarni

1 CREATE OR REPLACE PROCEDURE P2
2 IS
3 v_SQL VARCHAR2(100);
erec emp%rowtype;
4 BEGIN
5 v_SQL := 'Select * from Emp';
6 EXECUTE IMMEDIATE v_SQL into erec;
7* END;
SQL> /

Oracle 11G Copying a table using execute immediate

I want to copy the contents of one table into another using execute immediate.
This keeps failing with the following error
ORA-00903: invalid table name
ORA-06512: at "TABLE_COPY", line 6
ORA-06512: at line 8
create or replace
procedure TABLE_COPY(
TABLE1 varchar2,
TABLE2 varchar2)
is
begin
execute immediate 'insert into '||TABLE2||' (select * from '||TABLE1||')';
end;
Edited by: user9213000 on 24-Jan-2013 07:38

user9213000 wrote:
I want to copy the contents of one table into another using execute immediate.
This keeps failing with the following error
ORA-00903: invalid table name
ORA-06512: at "TABLE_COPY", line 6
ORA-06512: at line 8
create or replace
procedure TABLE_COPY(
TABLE1 varchar2,
TABLE2 varchar2)
is
begin
execute immediate 'insert into '||TABLE2||' (select * from '||TABLE1||')';
end;
Edited by: user9213000 on 24-Jan-2013 07:38The standard advice when (ab)using EXECUTE IMMEDIATE is to compose the SQL statement in a single VARCHAR2 variable
Then print the variable before passing it to EXECUTE IMMEDIATE.
COPY the statement & PASTE into sqlplus to validate its correctness.

Using EXECUTE IMMEDIATE with an NVARCHAR2 parameter

Hi everyone,
In the system I'm working on, my stored procedure receives an NVARCHAR2 parameter which contains a complete SQL statement. e.g.
'UPDATE SomeTable SET SomeTable.Value = 0'
I want to be able to execute this dynamically, using EXECUTE IMMEDIATE, but I've encountered a problem where this is apparently not supported (because the string is Unicode).
It is crucial that the string stays as Unicode, because of the data that may possible be baked into the SQL statement, and so casting it off to a VARCHAR2, or changing the parameter type, is not acceptable.
Is there a work-around for this issue? Even if it has a performance hit, it will be better than nothing :)
I've tried something like this;
declare
myVal VARCHAR2(256);
begin
myVal := 'UPDATE SomeTable SET SomeTable.Value = 2';
execute immediate 'BEGIN :x; END;' using myVal;
end;
But I get an error;
"bind variable 'X' not allowed in this context"
Has anyone any ideas?
Thanks for your help,
Chris

uhmm, I'm not sure if this is a valid testcase. the string could still be converted into ascii or we8iso8859p1 or whatever 1byte-character set you want.
What I think you should test is a two-byte character as part of SQL, PL/SQL resp. as in SQL all words are defined you can not enlarge it with a 2byte word. But in PL/SQL you could define your own variable. If this variable name itself contains a 2byte character, I guess it will fail.
(I have used l_vär and l_vér as variable names in my example)
Message was edited by:
Leo Mannhart
According to the PL/SQL Reference Guide PL/SQL consists of:
PL/SQL programs are written as lines of text using a specific set of characters:
Upper- and lower-case letters A .. Z and a .. z
Numerals 0 .. 9
Symbols ( ) + - * / < > = ! ~ ^ ; : . ' @ % , " # $ & _ | { } ? [ ]
Tabs, spaces, and carriage returns
This seems no longer up-to-date as I could define a variable l_vär for instance as long as I use a 1byte char set (like iso8859p1). The same variable name as a n-byte char set like UTF-8 will give an error as my example shows.

Why and when can I use the "NotBoundException" in my RMI?

why and when can I use the "NotBoundException" in my RMI?

The answer to this is contained in the documentation which you should have read before posting to this forum.

CREATE TEMPORARY TABLE USING EXECUTE IMMEDIATE

Hi All,
i have a question,
how can i create a temporary table using EXECUTE IMMEDIATE ??
Like:
CREATE GLOBAL TEMPORARY table new_table as (Select * from old_table);
Thanks,
Edited by: xDeviates on Jun 11, 2012 3:13 PM

It looks like you are approaching the problem incorrectly. As I suggested in Dynamic Select, it sounds like you, at most, want a function that returns a SYS_REFCURSOR (it's still not obvious to me why you would even want/ need to resort to dynamic SQL in the first place)
CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION get_dynamic_cursor( p_table_name IN VARCHAR2 )
RETURN sys_refcursor
IS
l_rc sys_refcursor;
BEGIN
OPEN l_rc FOR 'SELECT * FROM ' || dbms_assert.sql_object_name( p_table_name );
RETURN l_rc;
END;which you can then call from your application
SQL> variable rc refcursor;
SQL> exec :rc := get_dynamic_cursor( 'EMP' );
PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.
SQL> print rc
     EMPNO ENAME      JOB              MGR HIREDATE         SAL       COMM
    DEPTNO
      7369 SMITH      CLERK           7902 17-DEC-80        801
        20
      7499 ALLEN      SALESMAN        7698 20-FEB-81       1601        300
        30
      7521 WARD       SALESMAN        7698 22-FEB-81       1251        500
        30
     EMPNO ENAME      JOB              MGR HIREDATE         SAL       COMM
    DEPTNO
      7566 JONES      MANAGER         7839 02-APR-81       2976
        20
      7654 MARTIN     SALESMAN        7698 28-SEP-81       1251       1400
        30
      7698 BLAKE      MANAGER         7839 01-MAY-81       2851
        30
     EMPNO ENAME      JOB              MGR HIREDATE         SAL       COMM
    DEPTNO
      7782 CLARK      MANAGER         7839 09-JUN-81       2451
        10
      7788 SCOTT      ANALYST         7566 19-APR-87       3001
        20
      7839 KING       PRESIDENT            17-NOV-81       5001
        10
     EMPNO ENAME      JOB              MGR HIREDATE         SAL       COMM
    DEPTNO
      7844 TURNER     SALESMAN        7698 08-SEP-81       1501          0
        30
      7876 ADAMS      CLERK           7788 23-MAY-87       1101
        20
      7900 JAMES      CLERK           7698 03-DEC-81        951
        30
     EMPNO ENAME      JOB              MGR HIREDATE         SAL       COMM
    DEPTNO
      7902 FORD       ANALYST         7566 03-DEC-81       3001
        20
      7934 MILLER     CLERK           7782 23-JAN-82       1301
        10
14 rows selected.Justin

How to use execute immediate for character string value 300

how to use execute immediate for character string value > 300 , the parameter for this would be passed.
Case 1: When length = 300
declare
str1 varchar2(20) := 'select * from dual';
str2 varchar2(20) := ' union ';
result varchar2(300);
begin
result := str1 || str2 ||
str1 || str2 ||
str1 || str2 ||
str1 || str2 ||
str1 || str2 ||
str1 || str2 ||
str1 || str2 ||
str1 || str2 ||
str1 || str2 ||
str1 || str2 ||
str1 || ' ';
dbms_output.put_line('length : '|| length(result));
execute immediate result;
end;
/SQL> 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21
length : 300
PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.
Case 2: When length > 300 ( 301)
SQL> set serveroutput on size 2000;
declare
str1 varchar2(20) := 'select * from dual';
str2 varchar2(20) := ' union ';
result varchar2(300);
begin
result := str1 || str2 ||
str1 || str2 ||
str1 || str2 ||
str1 || str2 ||
str1 || str2 ||
str1 || str2 ||
str1 || str2 ||
str1 || str2 ||
str1 || str2 ||
str1 || str2 ||
str1 || ' ';
dbms_output.put_line('length : '|| length(result));
execute immediate result;
end;
/SQL> 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21
declare
ERROR at line 1:
ORA-06502: PL/SQL: numeric or value error: character string buffer too small
ORA-06512: at line 6

result varchar2(300);Answer shouldn't be here ? In the greater variable ?
Nicolas.

Using EXECUTE IMMEDIATE with XML

Database version : 10.2.0.3.0 - 64bi
Hi All,
I have a xml which is stored in a table, xmltype column.
i have target insert tables whose column names and xml nodes are same.
using all_tab_columns table i will generate columns to be passed to xmltable.
all these data i will store in variables and finally pass to xmltable as below
just want to know using execute immediate is good to use in XML?
SQL_STMT := 'insert into '||table_name|| ' ( '||V_COLUMN_NAME||')';
SQL_STMT := SQL_STMT ||' SELECT ' ||V_XTAB_COLUMN_NAME ||
' FROM TO_XML,
XMLTABLE(' ||v_xpath||
'PASSING XML_VALUE
columns ' || V_COLUMNS_DATA_TYPE
||') XTAB
WHERE Seq_NO = ' || P_SEQUENCE_NO ;
EXECUTE IMMEDIATE SQL_STMT ;
Thanks and Regards,
Rubu

1) is it OK? As I stated above, it can be made to work. It would not be my first choice, but then none of us here know the full details as well as you do so maybe there is a compelling reason to use dynamic SQL.
Here is the documentation for [url http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E11882_01/appdev.112/e25519/executeimmediate_statement.htm#LNPLS01317]EXECUTE IMMEDIATE.
Actually now I finally realize your XML resides in table TO_XML so that means you won't be putting the actual XML into the shared pool via an incorrectly written dynamic SQL statement at least. That is what Odie and I were first concerned about with dynamic SQL usage, that the XML would be hard-coded into your SQL_STMT variable. You are simply changing the columns (in 3 locations). With that setup, you have no need for (nor can use) bind variables. The overall issue of dynamic SQL being slightly slower than static SQL still exists as the SQL statement will first have to be parsed and validated.
A larger issue in terms of performance is how 10.2 handles XMLTypes. If the underlying XML is large, XMLTable performance degrades quickly. Options around this are to parse the XML in PL/SQL or to upgrade to some version of 11 and use SECUREFILE BINARY XML as the underlying storage structure for the TO_XML.XML_VALUE column.

Problem in Update statement using Execute Immediate

Hi All,
I am facing problem in update statement.
I am creating dynamic sql and use "execute immediate" statement to execute a update statement.
But it is not updating any thing there in the table.
I have created a query like :
update_query='Update '|| Table_Name ||' t set t.process_status =''Y'' where t.tid=:A';
Execute immediate update_query using V_Id;
commit;
But it is not updating the table.
I have a question , is execute immediate only does insert and delete?
Thanks
Ashok

SQL> select * from t;
                 TID P
                 101 N
SQL> declare
2     V_Id          number := 101;
3     Table_Name    varchar2(30) := 'T';
4     update_query varchar2(1000);
5 begin
6     update_query := 'Update '|| Table_Name ||' t set t.process_status =''Y'' where t.tid=:A';
7     Execute immediate update_query using V_Id;
8     commit;
9 end;
10 /
PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.
SQL> select * from t;
                 TID P
                 101 Y

Why or When should we use Execute Immediate in PLSQL??

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