Oracle SQL Developer, using dynamic SQL in function - sql

I have the following script which contains a function named 'myFunction'. (declaration of types named rowValueTmp and rowValueTable are also attached for your information) Basically, I need to use a table name as an input parameter for myFunction. I found that I need to use dynamic SQL in order to use the table name as a parameter (Please correct me if there are alternative ways to do this). So the following code is what I have tried so far.
create or replace type rowValueTmp as object (
month number,
year number
);
/
create or replace type rowValueTable as table of rowValueTmp;
/
create or replace FUNCTION myFunction (TABLENAME in VARCHAR2)
return rowValueTable as
v_ret rowValueTable;
begin
execute immediate '
select rowValueTmp(month, year)
bulk collect into v_ret
from '||TABLENAME;
return v_ret;
end myFunction;
/
select * from table(myFunction('SCHEMA.TEST'));
But, this code gives me an error, and I assumed that this error is occurred because of using 'bulk collect' in execute immediate block.
ORA-03001: unimplemented feature
If I replace the content of execute immediate as the following, the above script is working..
select rowValueTmp(month, year)
bulk collect into v_ret
from SCHEMA.TEST;
Question
1] Is there any way(rather than Dynamic SQL) that I can use a table name as an input parameter for myFunction?
2] If I am not allowed to use bulk collect in execute immediate block, what do you suggest?

You can return values from execute immediately into a bulk collect:
CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION myfunction (tablename IN VARCHAR2)
RETURN rowvaluetable AS
v_ret rowvaluetable;
v_table VARCHAR2 (61) := DBMS_ASSERT.sql_object_name (tablename);
BEGIN
EXECUTE IMMEDIATE '
select rowValueTmp(month, year)
from ' || v_table
BULK COLLECT INTO v_ret;
RETURN v_ret;
END myfunction;
/
In the interest of an abundance of caution, I'd recommend using DBMS_ASSERT to validate the table parameter as well (as shown).

Related

Redshift dollar quoting inside a procedure

I have a procedure which accepts the table name and the 3 fields that need filling. This is to be called from another procedure that loops through another table deciding which sub-table to put stuff into. The important bit is a simple insert statement, e.g.
insert into table1 values
('blah','String','50');
So that 4 parameters coming in (table1, and the 3 values). How would I do this using dollar quoting? Obviously this doesnt work but gives you an idea of what I'm trying to accomplish:
create or replace procedure
insert_dc_table(p_tblname varchar,
p_name varchar,
p_datatype varchar,
p_datalen varchar)
as $$
begin
execute
'insert into '||p_tblname||'(name,datatype,datalen) values '
||'('
||p_name||', '
||p_datatype||', '
||p_datalen
||')';
end;
$$ language plpgsql;
I'd need double-dollars around some, but am unsure of exactly where $$ and quotes go in all this !*&#!
I could declare a variable to hold the execute statement and do:
declare a _output varchar(200);
a_output := $$ insert into $$||p_tblname||$$(name,datatype,datalen) values ( '$$||p_name||$$',
well, i get lost there!
Thanks in advance for help!
Redshift Stored Procedures only require dollar quoting of the procedure body. Quotes inside the the procedure body are interpreted as normal.
You may find that your SQL client does not submit the SP create correctly due to the dollar quotes. If so I recommend using psql to create the stored procedure.
Sample stored procedures are available in our "Amazon Redshift Utils" GitHub repository.
Here's a modification of your example:
-- DROP PROCEDURE insert_dc_table(VARCHAR,VARCHAR ,VARCHAR ,VARCHAR);
CREATE OR REPLACE PROCEDURE insert_dc_table(
p_tblname VARCHAR, p_name VARCHAR, p_datatype VARCHAR, p_datalen VARCHAR )
AS $$
DECLARE
rows INTEGER;
BEGIN
sql := 'INSERT INTO '||p_tblname||' (name, datatype, datalen)'
||' VALUES ('||p_name||','||p_datatype||','||p_datalen||');';
RAISE INFO 'Running SQL: %', sql;
EXECUTE sql;
GET DIAGNOSTICS rows := ROW_COUNT;
RAISE INFO 'Rows inserted = %', rows;
END
$$ LANGUAGE plpgsql;
-- CALL insert_dc_table ('test_table', 'name', 'type', 'length');

How to make a function that takes code like "SELECT * FROM SOME_TABLE" as an input and returns a table as an output?

I want to create a function that takes some code as an input (e.g. Select * FROM SOME_TABLE) and returns the result of a query as an output.
I want to use it in procedures in order to return tables as a result.
It should look like this:
BEGIN
--some procedure code
CREATE TABLE SOME_TABLE as Select * FROM ...;
Select * FROM table(my_function('Select * FROM SOME_TABLE'));
END;
Important tips:
The resulting table can have multiple columns, from 1 to +inft
The resulting table can have multiple rows, from 1 to +inft
So the size of a table can be both very small or very large.
The input query can have several where, having, partition, and other Oracle constructions.
I want to have a table as an output, not DBMS_OUTPUT.
I can't install any modules/applications, or use other languages hints. However, I can manually create types, functions, procedures.
I tried to search in the net but could not find a solution that meets all my expectations. The best link I've found was this:
https://sqljana.wordpress.com/2017/01/22/oracle-return-select-statement-results-like-sql-server-sps-using-pipelined-functions/
DBMS_SQL.RETURN_RESULT works if your "code" is a select query
DECLARE
l_cur SYS_REFCURSOR;
l_query VARCHAR2(4000) := 'select * from SOME_TABLE';
BEGIN
OPEN l_cur for l_query;
DBMS_SQL.RETURN_RESULT(l_cur);
END;
/
you can create a function that has a string as parameter and return a cursor.
select statement you should pass as a string. in a function you can open a Cursor.
declare
v_sql varchar2(100) := 'select 1,2,3,4,5 from dual';
cur_ref SYS_REFCURSOR;
function get_data(in_sql in varchar2) return SYS_REFCURSOR
as
cur_ret SYS_REFCURSOR;
begin
OPEN cur_ret FOR in_sql;
return cur_ret;
end;
begin
:cur_ref := get_data(v_sql);
end ;
if your select statement is longer than 32K than you maybe should use a clob instead of varchar2 for your Parameter type. But you have to try that

PL/SQL equivalent of SELECT statement

What would be the PL/SQL equivalent of this SQL query:
SELECT * FROM table(OWNER.PACKAGE.get_exam('123456789'));
This is the Function that I am trying to call:
FUNCTION get_exam(id IN VARCHAR2)
RETURN ab_assign_v1
IS
CURSOR c_exams(cid VARCHAR2) IS
SELECT t_api_exam_v1(
sei.person_id, --unique id
l.description --loc description
)
FROM my_view sei
JOIN loc l
ON sei.loc_code = l.loc_code
v_collection ab_assign_v1;
BEGIN
OPEN c_exams(id);
FETCH c_exams BULK COLLECT INTO v_collection;
CLOSE c_exams;
RETURN v_collection;
EXCEPTION
WHEN OTHERS THEN
error_a1.raise_error(SQLCODE, SQLERRM);
END get_exam;
Hope this helps.
DECLARE
lv <COLLECTION_NAME>;
BEGIN
lv:= OWNER.PACKAGE.get_exam('123456789');
dbms_output.put_line(lv.COUNT);
END;
/
Assuming that you want to return the result of a function :
select owner.package.get_exam('123456789') from table
Your function returns a nested table type. You simply need to declare a variable of that type, and assign to it as you would if it were a scalar:
declare
l_coll your_collection_type;
begin
l_coll := OWNER.PACKAGE.get_exam('123456789');
end;
/
In this example your_collection_type is a placeholder for whatever object your function actually returns.
" I am getting this error: PLS-00201: identifier 'ab_assign_v1' must be declared "
ab_assign_v1 is the type used by your function. From the code posted in your revised question it seems that type is in the same schema which owns the package with the function. However your original pseudo-code prefixes the call with the schema name. So, putting two and two together, you need to revise the variable declaration to include the schema too. (You may need to grant EXECUTE on it too, if you haven't done this already).
declare
l_coll OWNER.ab_assign_v1;
begin
l_coll := OWNER.PACKAGE.get_exam('123456789');
end;
/

Pass SQL string to oracle stored procedure and get results with execute immediate

I am trying to pass in a SQL string to a stored procedure and using EXECUTE IMMEDIATE to return the results. Something like this:
CREATE PROCEDURE P360_RCT_COUNT (sqlString IN VARCHAR2)
AS
BEGIN
EXECUTE IMMEDIATE sqlString;
END;
/
I am not sure how to accomplish it. With the above, when I execute the SP using the command below, I get an error:
EXECUTE P360_RCT_COUNT 'SELECT COUNT(DISTINCT ENTITY_ID),ADDR_COUNTY FROM P360_V_RCT_COUNT GROUP BY ADDR_COUNTY';
The error is: ORA-06550: line 1, column 22:
PLS-00103: Encountered the symbol "SELECT COUNT(ENTITY_ID),ADDR_COUNTY
FROM P360_V_RCT_COUNT GROUP " when expecting one of the following:
:= . ( # % ; The symbol ":=" was substituted for "SELECT
COUNT(DISTINCT ENTITY_ID),ADDR_COUNTY FROM P360_V_RCT_COUNT GROUP " to
continue.
Basically I am building a SQL string in a system and need to pass it in to the SP and get the results back to the system. I am relatively new to stored procedures in Oracle.
The easiest way to work with a result set is sys_refcursor. This can be used quite easily with JDBC or ODBC.
Your procedure would look like this:
CREATE PROCEDURE P360_RCT_COUNT (
sqlString IN VARCHAR2
, p_result_set out sys_refcursor)
AS
BEGIN
open p_result_set for sqlString;
END;
/
Obviously the precise details of how you call it will vary according to your client. But in SQL*Plus it would be:
var rc refcursor
exec P360_RCT_COUNT( 'SELECT COUNT(DISTINCT ENTITY_ID),ADDR_COUNTY FROM P360_V_RCT_COUNT GROUP BY ADDR_COUNTY', :rc);
print rc
To return lists of values in a OUT parameter you need to decide the type(s) to use.
Say, for example, you have to return some varchar2 and some date lists, you could use something like this:
create or replace type tabOfVarchar2 is table of varchar2(100);
create or replace type tabOfDates is table of date;
create or replace procedure testProc(pString IN varchar2,
pOutVarchar1 OUT tabOfVarchar2,
pOutVarchar2 OUT tabOfVarchar2,
pOutVarchar3 OUT tabOfVarchar2,
pOutDates OUT tabOfDates
) is
begin
execute immediate pString
bulk collect into pOutVarchar1, pOutVarchar2, pOutVarchar3, pOutDates;
end;
This is way you can test this procedure:
declare
v1 tabOfVarchar2 ;
v2 tabOfVarchar2;
v3 tabOfVarchar2;
d1 tabOfDates ;
vSQL varchar2(100) := 'select ''a'', ''b'', ''c'', sysdate from dual';
begin
testProc(vSQL, v1, v2, v3, d1);
--
for i in v1.first .. v1.last loop
dbms_output.put_line(v1(i) || '/' || v2(i) || '/' || v3(i) || '/' || to_char(d1(i), 'dd/mm/yyyy'));
end loop;
end;
which gives:
a/b/c/14/04/2017
This only works with queries that give exactly a fixed number of columns, of known types.

PLSQL SELECT INTO FROM parameter

I created a function that should return the max id from a table(parameter)
CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION getmaxid
(
P_TABLE IN VARCHAR2
)
RETURN NUMBER IS
v_maxId NUMBER(38);
BEGIN
SELECT MAX(id) INTO v_maxId FROM P_TABLE;
RETURN v_maxId;
END getmaxid
However, i keep getting the error message "ORA-00942: table or view does not exist" on this line:
SELECT MAX(id) INTO v_maxId FROM P_TABLE;
Like explained earlier, you need to use dynamic SQL to perform the operation. In this case, p_table is a variable. The solution to this is to build a string that will contain the SQL and dynamically execute it one you've build the query.
The example below uses, DUAL, but the table name is arbitrary.
Here is what you're looking for, take the function outside of the block, I left it like this so that you can test it..
DECLARE
FUNCTION getmaxid (p_table IN VARCHAR2)
RETURN NUMBER
IS
v_maxid NUMBER (38);
v_select VARCHAR2 (200);
cnt SYS_REFCURSOR;
BEGIN
v_select := 'SELECT COUNT(*) FROM ' || p_table;
DBMS_OUTPUT.put_line (v_select);
EXECUTE IMMEDIATE v_select INTO v_maxid;
RETURN v_maxid;
END getmaxid;
BEGIN
DBMS_OUTPUT.put_line (getmaxid ('DUAL'));
END;