PLS00215: String length constraints must be in range (1..32767) - sql

I am new to pl/sql. I want to create a procedure that has three parameters called 'startMonth', 'endMonth', 'thirdMonth'. In the procedure, I am executing a sql query which is in 'run_sql' column in table_query. Values for 'startMonth', 'endMonth', 'thirdMonth' are needed to this query. This is how I wrote the procedure. My plan is to put all the sql queries in a separate table and execute in the for loop in the procedure. There I am creating a table called table1 and in the next month I want to drop it and create the table again. This is how I have written the procedure.
CREATE OR REPLACE procedure schema.sixMonthAverage (startMonth varchar,endMonth varchar ,thirdMonth varchar )
IS
start_date varchar := startMonth;
end_date varchar := endMonth;
begin
for c_rec in(select run_sql from table_query)
loop
dbms_output.put_line(startmonth);
dbms_output.put_line(endmonth);
execute immediate c_rec.run_sql using start_date, end_date;
Execute IMMEDIATE 'commit';
END LOOP;
EXCEPTION
WHEN OTHERS THEN
dbms_output.put_line('Exception');
END;
This is the query in the run_sql column in table_query.
create table table1
as
select account_num,bill_seq,bill_version,
to_char(start_of_bill_dtm,''YYYYMM-DD'') st_bill_dtm,
to_char(bill_dtm - 1,''YYYYMM-DD'') en_bill_dtm,
to_char(actual_bill_dtm,''YYYYMM-DD'') act_bill_dtm,
round((invoice_net_mny + invoice_tax_mny)/1000,0) mon_bill,
bill_type_id,bill_status
from billsummary
where to_char(bill_dtm - 1,''YYYYMM'') between'||chr(32)||
startMonth ||chr(32)||'and'|| chr(32)||endMonth ||chr(32)||
'and cancellation_dtm is null;
But when I try to compile the procedure it gives me the error 'PLS00215: String length constraints must be in range (1..32767). Though I searched for the error I could not find the exact reason. It seems to be a problem in variable assigning. But I could not resolve it.
--Update
As it is given in the answer I converted the strings to dates.
CREATE OR REPLACE procedure REPO.sixMonthAverage (startMonth varchar2,endMonth varchar2 ,thirdMonth varchar2 )
IS
start_date date := TO_DATE(startMonth, 'yyyymm');
end_date date := TO_DATE(endMonth, 'yyyymm');
But when executing the query it gives the error message that ORA-00904: "END_DATE": invalid identifier. But it does not show any error message for the start_date and what would be the reason for this error message?

The error is pointing you to where the problem is. String declarations (char, varchar, varchar2 - but you should only be using varchar2, not varchar) need a length; so for example:
CREATE OR REPLACE procedure sixMonthAverage (startMonth varchar2,endMonth varchar2 ,thirdMonth varchar2 )
IS
start_date varchar2(10) := startMonth;
end_date varchar2(10) := endMonth;
...
Notice the procedure arguments do not specify a length; only the local variable declarations.
If those represent dates then they, and passed-in arguments, should probably be dates, not strings. It depends what your dynamic SQL is expecting though - if that is converting the strings to dates and specifying the format mask then I guess it's OK; otherwise you should be passed dates, or convert the strings to dates. The example you showed doesn't seem to have any bind variables to populate, though.
Dropping and recreating tables is generally not something you want to be doing though. You could delete/truncate and repopulate a table; or use partitioning if you want to keep more than one month; or use a view (or materialized view).

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PLSQL-0043 - cannot be v_day into select / fetch

I am trying to write a PLSQL code to get current day name using PLSQL and assigning it to variable
Code
CREATE OR REPLACE PROCEDURE ABC_STORE
(
v_day varchar2
)
AS
BEGIN
select to_char(CURRENT_TIMESTAMP,'DAY') into v_day from dual;
DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE(v_day);
END;
Error :
You should add al least clause OUT for value v_day:
create or replace PROCEDURE ABC_STORE
(
v_day IN OUT varchar2
)
AS
BEGIN
select to_char(CURRENT_TIMESTAMP,'DAY') into v_day from dual;
DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE(v_day);
END;
Thank you
You don't need the query, because PL/SQL has an assignment operator :=.
You also don't need dbms_output if the requirement is just to bring back the day name.
Also, the 'DAY' format element includes blank padding by default (e.g. SUNDAY ), so 'fmDAY' provides the expected result SUNDAY. If it doesn't need to be all capitals, you can use 'fmDay'.
create or replace procedure day_name
( v_day out varchar2 )
as
begin
v_day := to_char(sysdate,'fmDay');
end day_name;
Just to add, if you are checking the day name as part of some business logic (for example, a batch step should not run at the weekend), you will also need to specify a date language to avoid the situation where you are checking for 'Sunday' and the procedure is called from a support desk in Paris and returns 'Dimanche'. You would do this using (for example - substitute any language you want)
to_char(sysdate,'fmDay','nls_date_language=English')
(Of course, if you were just checking for the weekend you would only need to get the English three letter abbreviation and check whether it's like 'S%', but this is not what you asked for. I mention it because I have seen production errors caused by poorly handled day name checks, and as a result I use it as an interview question, which it turns out very few candidates can answer.)

No data found error in PL/SQL with the PROCEDURE

I am new with PLSQL and I have issue with this procedure.
I don't know what the error mean at the same time I am sure the table and data are created successfully.
the procedure should receive the start and end date with the invoice number to show the details
create or replace PROCEDURE Invoicedetails (Fromdate IN DATE , Todate IN DATE , InvoiceNum NUMBER)
IS
INV_info invoicetable%ROWTYPE;
BEGIN
SELECT *
INTO INV_info
FROM invoicetable
WHERE InvoiceNum = INV_info.InvoiceNum AND INV_info,InvoiceDate betwen Fromdate And Todate;
dbms_output.put_line('ID:'|| INV_info.InvoiceNum);
dbms_output.put_line('Amount:'|| INV_info.Invoiceamount);
dbms_output.put_line('Date:'|| INV_info.InvoiceDate);
END Invoicedetails;
When I call the procedure like this
BEGIN
Invoicedetails('01-JAN-2020','05-JAN-2020',200651)
END;
Error report
ORA-01403 :no data found
ORA-06512 : at "APPS.Invoicedetails",line 5
ORA-06512 : at line 2
01403. 00000 - "no data found"
If you say you are new then you have done a good job.
Let's dig into the problem,
If you are learning then put into TODO list, the next topic about exception in PLSQL and how to handle.
The error you get say ORA-01403 :no data found which is self explanatory and mean we are searching for something and whatever code you have written didn't find it as expected which leads us to the select statement,
SELECT *
INTO INV_info
FROM invoicetable
WHERE InvoiceNum = INV_info.InvoiceNum
AND INV_info,InvoiceDate betwen Fromdate And Todate;
In the above if you see,
First small problem is syntactical which is INV_info,InvoiceDate which should be INV_info.InvoiceDate (this is anyway not correct as per the expectations of result which I will clarify below)
Second and most important problem is you are trying to compare the value of InvoiceNum with the rowtype variable which is InvoiceNum = INV_info.InvoiceNum and you have to understand here INV_info.InvoiceNum is a variable and doesn't hold any value at this very time.
So you should compare the table value with the input you provided via parameter as WHERE invoicetable.InvoiceNum = invoiceNum. Left side is the table column and right side is the parameter you passed.
Similarly the condition AND INV_info,InvoiceDate betwen Fromdate And Todate should change to AND invoicetable.InvoiceDate betwen Fromdate And Todate.
Having said all these there are some things you also need to consider interms of naming convention of variables and also usage of alias for table. (Which can be seen what changes I made to the procedure below)
Accumulating all points the procedure can be further modified as,
create or replace procedure invoicedetails
(
p_fromdate in date
, p_todate in date
, p_invoicenum number)
is
inv_info invoicetable%rowtype;
begin
select *
into inv_info
from invoicetable i
where i.invoicenum = p_invoicenum
and i.invoiceDate between p_fromdate and p_todate;
dbms_output.put_line('ID:'|| inv_info.invoicenum);
dbms_output.put_line('Amount:'|| inv_info.invoiceamount);
dbms_output.put_line('Date:'|| inv_info.invoicedate);
end invoicedetails;
/
Here is db<>fiddle for your reference. I have to do a little trick by calling dbms.output to print the result while calling the procedure which you don't need when you try in your machine
First thing out of the chute, you declare to input parameters as DATE, but then when you call the procedure you supply a CHARACTER STRING. Just because the input looks like a date to you does not mean that oracle interprets as a DATE. DATE is an internal, binary data type. Where will the input values actually originate? As per your example, you need to convert the input string to a DATE:
create or replace PROCEDURE Invoicedetails (Fromdate IN VARCHAR2 , Todate IN VARCHAR2 , InvoiceNum NUMBER)
IS
v_fromdate date;
v_todate date;
INV_info invoicetable%ROWTYPE;
BEGIN
v_fromdate := to_date(fromdate,'dd-Mon-yyyy');
v_todoate := to_date(todate,'dd-Mon-yyyy');
Then, in the rest of your code, reference v_fromdate and v_todate instead of your input parms.
As an aside, you should also develop the habit of being consistent in your coding style. Unlike some other rdbms products, oracle really doesn't support MixedCaseNames. (Well, you can jump through some hoops to force it to, but that is going against the grain and you really don't want to go there.) Instead of MixedCaseNames, the oracle standard is underscore_separated_names.
You need to:
Not name the procedure's arguments the same as columns in your table; it's confusing to debug and can confuse the SQL parser into comparing the column to itself rather than comparing the column to the parameter's argument.
Handle the NO_DATA_FOUND exception.
Handle the TOO_MANY_ROWS exception.
Using something like this:
CREATE PROCEDURE InvoiceDetails (
p_FromDate IN InvoiceTable.InvoiceDate%TYPE, -- Use the types from the table
p_ToDate IN InvoiceTable.InvoiceDate%TYPE,
p_InvoiceNum IN InvoiceTable.InvoiceNum%TYPE
)
IS
inv_info invoicetable%ROWTYPE;
BEGIN
SELECT *
INTO INV_info
FROM invoicetable
WHERE InvoiceNum = p_InvoiceNum -- Don't have the same variable name as the
-- column name. One practice is to prefix the
-- parameter names with p_ to distinguish
-- that they were passed from outside the
-- procedure.
AND InvoiceDate BETWEEN p_FromDate AND p_ToDate;
dbms_output.put_line('ID: ' || INV_info.InvoiceNum);
dbms_output.put_line('Amount: ' || INV_info.InvoiceAmount);
dbms_output.put_line('Date: ' || TO_CHAR( INV_info.InvoiceDate, 'YYYY-MM-DD' ) );
EXCEPTION
WHEN NO_DATA_FOUND THEN -- Handle the exception when no rows are found.
dbms_output.put_line('No Invoices exist.');
WHEN TOO_MANY_ROWS THEN -- Handle the exception when multiple rows are found.
dbms_output.put_line('Multiple invices exist.');
END InvoiceDetails;
/
So, if you have the table:
CREATE TABLE invoicetable (
invoicenum NUMBER(10,0),
invoiceamount NUMBER(17,2),
invoicedate DATE
);
and then execute your anonymous PL/SQL block:
BEGIN
Invoicedetails( DATE '2020-01-01',DATE '2020-01-05',200651);
END;
/
There will be no rows to match and the NO_DATA_FOUND exception will be raised and you get the output:
No Invoices exist.
If you then insert a row:
INSERT INTO invoicetable (invoicenum, invoiceamount, invoicedate )
VALUES ( 200651, 200, DATE '2020-01-04' );
and run the same anonymous PL/SQL block, you now get the output:
ID: 200651
Amount: 200
Date: 2020-01-04
and, if you insert a second row:
INSERT INTO invoicetable (invoicenum, invoiceamount, invoicedate )
VALUES ( 200651, 300, DATE '2020-01-05' );
and run the anonymous PL/SQL block again, you get the output:
Multiple invices exist.
db<>fiddle here

SELECT command not being recognized for some reason.

For some reason, every time I try to run this, there is any error saying that the SQL statement at line 4, column 3 (SELECT) has been ignored. Also says, "YEAR": Invalid Identifier. Year is another column that exists on the same form. I am trying to make a column that displays the YEAR with a hyphen like for example this: "17-".
DECLARE
TERRA_NUMBER VARCHAR2(40);
BEGIN
SELECT CONCAT(YEAR , '-' )
INTO TERRA_NUMBER FROM DUAL;
RETURN TERRA_NUMBER;
END;
This is too long for a comment.
First, there is no YEAR variable in Oracle. Perhaps you intend TO_CHAR(sysdate, 'YYYY').
Second, an anonymous programming block does not return a value. So, RETURN is inappropriate.
If this is part of a function or stored procedure you should show the entire definition.
Maybe you can create FindYear function.
CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION FindYear RETURN VARCHAR2
IS
TERRA_NUMBER VARCHAR2(40);
BEGIN
SELECT CONCAT(TO_CHAR(sysdate, 'YYYY') , '-' )
INTO TERRA_NUMBER FROM DUAL;
RETURN(TERRA_NUMBER);
END;
/

Setting up a stored procedure in Oracle

I'm working to create a stored procedure that takes input of an id and a start and end date, then returns trips that fall within that range. I've been looking over the oracle documentation and I think I'm close, but getting a few errors yet:
CREATE or replace PROCEDURE chg_per_aircraft
(p_aircraft_id IN RCC_AIRCRAFT.aircraft_id,
p_start_date IN date,
p_end_date IN date,
p_ttl_chg_per_acft OUT INTEGER)
AS
BEGIN
SELECT RCC_AIRCRAFT.aircraft_id,
SUM(RCC_CHARTER.distance * RCC_MODEL.charge_per_mile) ttl_chg
INTO
p_aircraft_id,
p_ttl_chg_per_acft
FROM RCC_AIRCRAFT
full join RCC_CHARTER
on RCC_CHARTER.aircraft_id = RCC_AIRCRAFT.aircraft_id
left join RCC_MODEL
on RCC_MODEL.model_code = RCC_AIRCRAFT.model_code
Where RCC_CHARTER.trip_date > p_start_date and RCC_CHARTER.trip_date < p_end_date
group by RCC_AIRCRAFT.aircraft_id;
SYS.DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE(ttl_chg);
end;
Your first error is the parameter definition:
p_aircraft_id IN RCC_AIRCRAFT.aircraft_id
should be
p_aircraft_id IN RCC_AIRCRAFT.aircraft_id%TYPE
But then you're selecting INTO p_aircraft_id, which is declared as an IN parameter, so you can't set it to a new value. Is that a variable you want to pass in, or a value you want to get out? It makes more sense as something the caller supplies along with the dates, but then you'd need to use it as a filter in the select statement. If there was more than one aircraft ID - likely if it's only restricted by date - then you'd get multiple results back, which would be a too_many_rows error anyway.
Your output will only be visible to a session that is set up to handle it, so that would perhaps make more sense for the caller to do; but in any case should be:
DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE(p_ttl_chg_per_acft);
... as ttl_chg only exists as a column alias, not a PL/SQL variable.
If you are passing in the aircraft ID, you might want something like this:
CREATE or replace PROCEDURE chg_per_aircraft
(p_aircraft_id IN RCC_AIRCRAFT.aircraft_id%TYPE,
p_start_date IN date,
p_end_date IN date,
p_ttl_chg_per_acft OUT INTEGER)
AS
BEGIN
SELECT SUM(RCC_CHARTER.distance * RCC_MODEL.charge_per_mile) ttl_chg
INTO p_ttl_chg_per_acft
FROM RCC_AIRCRAFT
JOIN RCC_CHARTER
ON RCC_CHARTER.aircraft_id = RCC_AIRCRAFT.aircraft_id
JOIN RCC_MODEL
ON RCC_MODEL.model_code = RCC_AIRCRAFT.model_code
WHERE RCC_CHARTER.trip_date > p_start_date
AND RCC_CHARTER.trip_date < p_end_date
AND RCC_AIRCRAFT.aircraft_id = p_aircraft_id
GROUP BY RCC_AIRCRAFT.aircraft_id;
-- just to debug!
DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE(p_ttl_chg_per_acft);
END;
/
I've also changed to inner joins as it doesn't seem useful to make them outer joins. This would also make more sense as a function than a procedure; though wrapping a single query in a stored program may be unnecessary anyway - though this looks like an assignment.

Want to insert timestamp through procedure in oracle

I have this procedure
PROCEDURE insertSample
(
return_code_out OUT VARCHAR2,
return_msg_out OUT VARCHAR2,
sample_id_in IN table1.sample_id%TYPE,
name_in IN table1.name%TYPE,
address_in IN table1.address%TYPE
)
IS
BEGIN
return_code_out := '0000';
return_msg_out := 'OK';
INSERT INTO table1
sample_id, name, address)
VALUES
(sample_id_in, name_in, address_in);
EXCEPTION
WHEN OTHERS
THEN
return_code_out := SQLCODE;
return_msg_out := SQLERRM;
END insertSample;
I want to add 4th column in table1 like day_time and add current day timestamp in it.. ho can i do that in this procedure.. thank you
Assuming you you have (or add) a column to the table outside of the procedure, i.e.
ALTER TABLE table1
ADD( insert_timestamp TIMESTAMP );
you could modify your INSERT statement to be
INSERT INTO table1
sample_id, name, address, insert_timestamp)
VALUES
(sample_id_in, name_in, address_in, systimestamp);
In general, however, I would strongly suggest that you not return error codes and error messages from procedures. If you cannot handle the error in your procedure, you should let the exception propagate up to the caller. That is a much more sustainable method of writing code than trying to ensure that every caller to every procedure always correctly checks the return code.
Using Sysdate can provide all sorts of manipulation including the current date, or future and past dates.
http://edwardawebb.com/database-tips/sysdate-determine-start-previous-month-year-oracle-sql
SYSDATE will give you the current data and time.
and if you add the column with a default value you can leave your procedure as it is
ALTER TABLE table1 ADD when_created DATE DEFAULT SYSDATE;