Just wondering if anyone can help with this, I have two PLSQL statements for altering tables (adding extra fields) and they are as follows:
-- Make GC_NAB field for Next Action By Dropdown
begin
if 'VARCHAR2' = 'NUMBER' and length('VARCHAR2')>0 and length('')>0 then
execute immediate 'alter table "SERVICEMAIL6"."ETD_GUESTCARE" add(GC_NAB VARCHAR2(10, ))';
elsif ('VARCHAR2' = 'NUMBER' and length('VARCHAR2')>0 and length('')=0) or
'VARCHAR2' = 'VARCHAR2' then
execute immediate 'alter table "SERVICEMAIL6"."ETD_GUESTCARE" add(GC_NAB VARCHAR2(10))';
else
execute immediate 'alter table "SERVICEMAIL6"."ETD_GUESTCARE" add(GC_NAB VARCHAR2)';
end if;
commit;
end;
-- Make GC_NABID field for Next Action By Dropdown
begin
if 'NUMBER' = 'NUMBER' and length('NUMBER')>0 and length('')>0 then
execute immediate 'alter table "SERVICEMAIL6"."ETD_GUESTCARE" add(GC_NABID NUMBER(, ))';
elsif ('NUMBER' = 'NUMBER' and length('NUMBER')>0 and length('')=0) or
'NUMBER' = 'VARCHAR2' then
execute immediate 'alter table "SERVICEMAIL6"."ETD_GUESTCARE" add(GC_NABID NUMBER())';
else
execute immediate 'alter table "SERVICEMAIL6"."ETD_GUESTCARE" add(GC_NABID NUMBER)';
end if;
commit;
end;
When I run these two queries separately, there are no problems. However, when run together as shown above, Oracle gives me an error when it starts the second statement:
Error report:
ORA-06550: line 15, column 1:
PLS-00103: Encountered the symbol "BEGIN"
06550. 00000 - "line %s, column %s:\n%s"
*Cause: Usually a PL/SQL compilation error.
*Action:
I'm assuming that this means the first statement is not terminated properly... is there anything I should put in between the statements to make it work properly?
Oracle can take one SQL statement or PL/SQL anonymous block at a time. (Unlike SQL Server that can except a batch at a time.) So, you have a couple of options.
Wrap the two anonymous blocks within another anonymous block:
begin
-- Make GC_NAB field for Next Action By Dropdown
begin
if 'VARCHAR2' = 'NUMBER' and length('VARCHAR2')>0 and length('')>0 then
execute immediate 'alter table "SERVICEMAIL6"."ETD_GUESTCARE" add(GC_NAB VARCHAR2(10, ))';
elsif ('VARCHAR2' = 'NUMBER' and length('VARCHAR2')>0 and length('')=0) or
'VARCHAR2' = 'VARCHAR2' then
execute immediate 'alter table "SERVICEMAIL6"."ETD_GUESTCARE" add(GC_NAB VARCHAR2(10))';
else
execute immediate 'alter table "SERVICEMAIL6"."ETD_GUESTCARE" add(GC_NAB VARCHAR2)';
end if;
commit;
end;
-- Make GC_NABID field for Next Action By Dropdown
begin
if 'NUMBER' = 'NUMBER' and length('NUMBER')>0 and length('')>0 then
execute immediate 'alter table "SERVICEMAIL6"."ETD_GUESTCARE" add(GC_NABID NUMBER(, ))';
elsif ('NUMBER' = 'NUMBER' and length('NUMBER')>0 and length('')=0) or
'NUMBER' = 'VARCHAR2' then
execute immediate 'alter table "SERVICEMAIL6"."ETD_GUESTCARE" add(GC_NABID NUMBER())';
else
execute immediate 'alter table "SERVICEMAIL6"."ETD_GUESTCARE" add(GC_NABID NUMBER)';
end if;
commit;
end;
end;
Tell the tool you are using to submit the PL/SQL to Oracle to send the two block seperately. How to do this will be tool specific. In SQL*PLUS, a /
on a line by itself will accomplish this:
-- Make GC_NAB field for Next Action By Dropdown
begin
if 'VARCHAR2' = 'NUMBER' and length('VARCHAR2')>0 and length('')>0 then
execute immediate 'alter table "SERVICEMAIL6"."ETD_GUESTCARE" add(GC_NAB VARCHAR2(10, ))';
elsif ('VARCHAR2' = 'NUMBER' and length('VARCHAR2')>0 and length('')=0) or
'VARCHAR2' = 'VARCHAR2' then
execute immediate 'alter table "SERVICEMAIL6"."ETD_GUESTCARE" add(GC_NAB VARCHAR2(10))';
else
execute immediate 'alter table "SERVICEMAIL6"."ETD_GUESTCARE" add(GC_NAB VARCHAR2)';
end if;
commit;
end;
/
-- Make GC_NABID field for Next Action By Dropdown
begin
if 'NUMBER' = 'NUMBER' and length('NUMBER')>0 and length('')>0 then
execute immediate 'alter table "SERVICEMAIL6"."ETD_GUESTCARE" add(GC_NABID NUMBER(, ))';
elsif ('NUMBER' = 'NUMBER' and length('NUMBER')>0 and length('')=0) or
'NUMBER' = 'VARCHAR2' then
execute immediate 'alter table "SERVICEMAIL6"."ETD_GUESTCARE" add(GC_NABID NUMBER())';
else
execute immediate 'alter table "SERVICEMAIL6"."ETD_GUESTCARE" add(GC_NABID NUMBER)';
end if;
commit;
end;
/
Yes, you need a slash /
on the line after each end;
.
one can achieve in two ways
1) run the two blocks separately in pl/sql file.
2) in main block you can run two sbu-blocks in this way :
begin // main block
begin
..... [pl/sql commands]
......
end
begin
....... [pl/sql commands]
.......
end
end // main ends