I have a batch of sql statements such as ...
insert into.... ;
insert into.... ;
delete .........;
etc
When i try to execute them against oracle it gives me this error (ORA-00911 Invalid Character)
now i can understand that this is because of the semicolon between the statements, i tried this on SQL Server and it worked but in Oracle no luck so far.
Is there a way to run multiple statements against oracle by using the ExecuteScalar or some other function?
DUPLICATE: How can I execute multiple Oracle SQL statements with .NET
Try wrapping with a BEGIN..END
BEGIN insert into.... ; insert into.... ; delete .........; END;
trying the BEGIN END did not work for me.
What i did was make a new method that given a connection(i try to minimize my open connections) it splits the statements using the ; as a delimiter and runs each one seperatly
private void ExecuteSql(string statements, IDbConnection conn)
{
IDbCommand cmd = conn.CreateCommand();
string[] commands = statements.Split(new string[] { ";\r\n", "; ", ";\t", ";\n" }, StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries);
foreach (string c in commands)
{
cmd.CommandText = c;
cmd.CommandType = CommandType.Text;
cmd.ExecuteNonQuery();
}
cmd.Dispose();
}
My inspiration came from this post after Petros told me about it
PS you may need to change it according to your needs, in my case i require the connection to be open, and closed accordingly if something happens from the caller.