... now using a relational database. You have seen terms like SQL, tables, records, queries, and RDBMS, but you don't remember Teach YourselfSQLin21 Days, Second Edition - Day 2 -Introduction ... SELECT into your system, you might get the following response:INPUT: SQL& gt; SELECT;OUTPUT:SELECT *ERROR at line 1:ORA-00936: missing expressionThe asterisk under the offending line indicates ... calculations in a SELECT statement. Modulo (%)The modulo operator returns the integer remainder of the division operation. Using the table REMAINS, type the following:INPUT: SQL& gt; SELECT...
... Compatibility 574Using the OUTand IN OUTArguments 575Calling PL /SQL from Java Using SQLJ 578Using SQLJ to Execute an Anonymous PL /SQL Block 578Using SQLJ to Call a PL /SQL Procedure or Function ... exciting new product. PL /SQL is an excellent language to use for databaseprogramming. We hope that you enjoy learning about both as you read this book.4 SamsTeachYourself PL /SQL in21 Days, ... using the SQL* Plus @command.•Use the SQL* Plus EDITcommand.The first method involves running Windows Notepad, typing your PL /SQL code (or SQL queries) into it, and then copying and pasting from...
... Anested anonymous block begins on line 14 and ends on line 21. Lines 6 through 9 definethename_printprocedure.The variable a_nameis declared in the outermost block (see line 4), thus any nestedblock, ... watermark.Writing Declarations and Blocks 492Using Block StructureOn Day 1, “Learning the Basics of PL /SQL, ” you saw that the fundamental programmingstructure in PL /SQL is referred to as a block. In ... watermark.Writing Declarations and Blocks 59222:23: DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE(‘Back in the main block’);24:25: But we cannot compile the following line because b_name26: is not defined in this block.27:...
... typing the keyword BEGIN:BEGINBecause you are not performing anything in this function except returning a value, youwill code a NULLstatement, which is discussed later in this lesson in ... When I am comparing strings, especially when comparing a CHARstring to aVARCHAR2string, is there a convenient way to tell PL /SQL to ignore any trail-ing spaces in the CHARstring?A Yes. Use ... longer string and then does the comparison. Trailing spaces alonewill not result in any differences being found between two springs. Oracle also does thesame thing when comparing two string constants....
... ending semicolon for the one-line SQL listings. If you areentering at the prompt, the semicolon performs the SQL statement, similarto using a /to execute the code.NoteLISTING6.8ConvertingDATEto ... about using this example as a PL /SQL procedure and returning to the good old days of BC? Listing 6.9 shows another example of using TO_CHARwith converting and format-ting dates. LISTING6.9ConvertingDATEto ... (inverse) cosine of a number, expressed in radians.ASINReturns the arc (inverse) sine of a number, expressed in radians. ATANReturns the arc (inverse) tangent of a number (x), expressed in...
... resulting month does not have as many days. (Forexample, April 30th is the answer to adding one month.) The following three examples in Listing 6 .21 provide the same result.LISTING6 .21 Adding ... ONcommand at the SQL* Plus prompt. The code in Listing 7.2 illustrates the PUT_LINEcommand line that you can includeinside a procedure.LISTING7.2ThePUT_LINECommand Within a ProcedureCREATE ... left in the given month.LAST_DAY(input_date_passed) You will compute the last daysin the month when summer officially starts from 1999.Execute the code in Listing 6.27.LISTING6.27Finding...
... containing any of the following:OPEN stock_listing_cur (stock_listing.name, ‘ABCDEFG’);OPEN stock)listing_cur (stock_listing_name, stock_listing_price);Fetching Data in a CursorYou get data into ... IF;29: END;30: /Line 12 places a value into the table associated with the index value 10. Thereare no other values in the table. Line 17, inside the nested PL /SQL block (lines16 21) , attempts ... numberListing 8.4 shows the PL /SQL anonymous block that you can run to insert the necessarydata.LISTING8.4Inserting Records with PL /SQL CodeDECLARE insert department data firsti_dept_id INTEGER,i_dept_name,BEGININSERT...
... imagina-tion. Some common uses are• Enforcing business rules• Maintaining referential integrity• Enforcing security• Maintaining a historical log of changes• Generating column values, including ... trigger.Lines 17–19 define a record containing the primary key fields for the emp_depttable.This record in turn is used to define a PL /SQL table type (lines 23–24). Finally, in line27, a PL /SQL ... read in. 13: depts dept_table;14: depts_max PLS_INTEGER;15: inx1 PLS_INTEGER;16: BEGIN17: Initialize the index into the table.18: depts_max := 0;19:20: Initialize the table by creating...
... (SELF IN building,8: OtherBuilding IN building)9: RETURN INTEGER10: );11: /12: CREATE OR REPLACE TYPE BODY building AS13: MEMBER PROCEDURE ChangeMgr(SELF IN OUT building,14: NewMgr IN INTEGER) ... in Listing 12.8 in order to insert a few buildingobjects.These will be used in later examples that show how to update object tables and how tolink objects in the database.LISTING12.8Inserting ... object-oriented methods in your software development projects. Storing Objects in an Object TableYou can insert information about buildings into the object table you just created by usinga SQL INSERTstatement....