I need help with this oracle function I am trying to create.
Basically what I want to do is pass in the name of a table, and return the maximum value of the column which is the variable table name + '_ID'
So it would look like this (tableName)_ID
Here's what I've tried (But I can't get it to even work):
CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION RETURN_ID(tableName IN varchar2)
return int
IS
curResult varchar2;
cursor cur1 is
SELECT column_name
FROM all_tab_cols
WHERE table_name = tableName
AND column_name like '%_ID';
BEGIN
OPEN cur1;
FETCH cur1 INTO curResult;
CLOSE cur1;
SELECT MAX(curResult) AS MaxID
FROM tableName;
RETURN maxID;
END RETURN_ID;
Replace
SELECT MAX(curResult) AS MaxID
FROM tableName;
with
execute immediate
'select max(' || curResult || ')' ||
' from ' || tableName
into MaxID;
Whenever you want to dynamically change table or column names in a select statement, there almost always is no other way than to resort to execute immediate statements.
You'd need to use dynamic SQL. Something like
EXECUTE IMMEDIATE 'SELECT MAX(' || tablename || '_id ) ' ||
' FROM ' || tablename
INTO maxID;
Related
I have a requirement to translate it to an SQL script.
I am using the information schema to get all the columns of a table and print their distinct count.
I was able to get the count, but not able to print the column name properly,
PFA the below code.
I have to pass the value of the "colum_lbl" to my select clause, if I do so it is giving me an group by error.
So I passed the "colum_lbl" within quotes. now all the values of the result has hardcoded 'colum_lbl' as value, I have to replace it with the original value I read from the for Loop
Any other efficient method for this requirement will be very much appreciated. Thanks in advance
do $$
DECLARE
colum_lbl text;
BEGIN
DROP TABLE IF EXISTS tmp_table;
CREATE TABLE tmp_table
(
colnm varchar(50),
cnt integer
);
FOR colum_lbl IN
SELECT distinct column_name
FROM information_schema.columns
WHERE table_schema = 'cva_aggr'
AND table_name = 'employee' AND column_name in ('empid','empnm')
LOOP
EXECUTE
'Insert into tmp_table
SELECT '' || colum_lbl || '',count(distinct ' || colum_lbl || ')
FROM employee ';
END LOOP;
END; $$
I work wirh oracle Database. I have a plsql code where i run a query in a loop for multiple tables. so, table name is a variable in my code. I would like to have another variable (a single number) that I can call inside the loop and every time it counts the total rows of each table for me
declare
Cursor C_TABLE is
select trim(table_name) as table_name
from all_tables
where table_name in ('T1', 'T2', 'T3');
V_ROWNUM number;
begin
for m in C_TABLE
loop
for i in ( select column_name
from (
select c.column_name
from all_tab_columns c
where c.table_name = m.table_name
and c.owner = 'owner1'
)
)
loop
--I have this:
execute immediate ' insert into MY-table value (select ' || i.column_name || ' from ' || m.table_name || ')';
--I want this but it does not work of course:
V_ROWNUM := execute immediate 'select count(*) from ' || m.table_name;
execute immediate ' insert into MY-table value (select ' || i.column_name || ', ' || V_ROWNUM || ' from ' || m.table_name || ')';
end loop;
end loop;
end;
/
I count not use the "insert into" because I am not selecting from 1 table but the table I want to select from changes every round.
There are three things wrong with your dynamic SQL.
EXECUTE IMMEDIATE is not a function: the proper syntax is execute immediate '<<query>>' into <<variable>>.
An INSERT statement takes a VALUES clause or a SELECT but not both. SELECT would be very wrong in this case. Also note that it's VALUES not VALUE.
COLUMN_NAME is a string literal in the dynamic SQL so it needs to be in quotes. But because the SQL statement is itself a string, quotes in dynamic strings need to be escaped so it should be `'''||column_name||'''.
So the corrected version will look something like this
declare
Cursor C_TABLE is
select trim(table_name) as table_name
from all_tables
where table_name in ('T1', 'T2', 'T3');
V_ROWNUM number;
begin
for m in C_TABLE
loop
for i in ( select column_name
from (
select c.column_name
from all_tab_columns c
where c.table_name = m.table_name
and c.owner = 'owner1'
)
)
loop
execute immediate 'select count(*) from ' || m.table_name into V_ROWNUM;
execute immediate 'insert into MY_table values ( ''' || i.column_name || ''', ' || V_ROWNUM || ')';
end loop;
end loop;
end;
/
Dynamic SQL is hard because it turns compilation errors into runtime errors. It is good practice to write the statements first as static SQL. Once you have got the basic syntax right you can convert it into dynamic SQL.
you can't assign the result of execute immediate to a variable. it is not a function.
but you can do it by using the into_clause e.g.
execute immediate 'select count(*) from ' || m.table_name into V_ROWNUM ;
I need to verify converted data, distinct values and records counts. I would like to write statements so that I can enter a table name, then retrieve it's columns and use them in a query to get its distinct values (the actual values, not just a count of how many distinct) and their count.
I think I need to a CURSOR or CURSOR FOR LOOP and create something like this:
declare
cursor field_name
is
select COLUMN_NAME
from user_tab_cols
where table_name='TABLE1'
c_field_name field_name%ROWTYPE;
BEGIN
OPEN field_name
loop
fetch field_name INTO c_field_name;
exit when field_name%NOTFOUND;
end loop;
CLOSE field_name;
end;
Then run a query using that above in something like
select field_name, count(*)
from table1
group by field_name
Do I need to create 2 loop statements? I've not yet created one and can't quite get the context to get my results so far.
BEGIN
FOR myrow in (select field_name, count(*) as "count" from table1 group by field_name)
loop
dbms_output.put_line(myrow.field_name);
dbms_output.put_line(myrow.count);
end loop;
end;
Considering you will be giving the table name as parameter below code will print all the values of all the columns one by one along with the count of the values
create or replace PROCEDURE PR_PREP(
P_TABLE_NAME IN VARCHAR2)
IS
CURSOR CUR_COLUMNS (PA_TABLE_NAME VARCHAR2)
IS
SELECT COLUMN_NAME FROM ALL_TAB_COLUMNS WHERE TABLE_NAME = PA_TABLE_NAME;
COL_NAMES CUR_COLUMNS%ROWTYPE;
TYPE TYP_RECORD
IS
RECORD
(
FIELD_NAME VARCHAR2(255),
CNT INT);
TYPE TYP_OP_TABLE
IS
TABLE OF TYP_RECORD;
OP_TABLE TYP_OP_TABLE;
I INT;
V_SQL VARCHAR2(2000);
BEGIN
FOR COL_NAMES IN CUR_COLUMNS(P_TABLE_NAME)
LOOP
V_SQL := 'SELECT ' || COL_NAMES.COLUMN_NAME || ' AS FIELD_NAME ,
COUNT(*) AS CNT FROM ' ||
P_TABLE_NAME || ' GROUP BY ' || COL_NAMES.COLUMN_NAME ;
-- DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE (V_SQL);
EXECUTE IMMEDIATE V_SQL BULK COLLECT INTO OP_TABLE;
dbms_output.put_line('columna name = ' ||COL_NAMES.COLUMN_NAME);
FOR I IN OP_TABLE.FIRST .. OP_TABLE.LAST
LOOP
DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE('FIELD VALUE '||OP_TABLE(I).FIELD_NAME || ' COUNT = ' || OP_TABLE(I).CNT);
END LOOP;
DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE('ONE FILED ENDED , NEXT STARTED');
END LOOP;
END;
I would love to be able to use the system tables (Oracle in this case) to drive which fields are used in a SELECT statement. Something like:
SELECT
(
select column_name
from all_tab_cols
where table_Name='CLARITY_SER'
AND OWNER='CLARITY'
AND data_type='DATE'
)
FROM CLARITY_SER
This syntax doesn't work, as the subquery returns multiple rows, instead of one row with multiple columns.
Is it possible to generate a SQL statement dynamically by querying the table schema information in order to select only certain columns?
** edit **
Do this without using a function or procedure, if possible.
You can do this:
declare
l_sql varchar2(32767);
rc sys_refcursor;
begin
l_sql := 'select ';
for r in
( select column_name
from all_tab_cols
where table_Name='CLARITY_SER'
AND OWNER='CLARITY'
AND data_type='DATE'
)
loop
l_sql := l_sql || r.column_name || ',';
end loop;
l_sql := rtrim(l_sql,',') || ' from clarity_ser';
open rc for l_sql;
...
end;
No, it's not possible to specify a column list dynamically in SQL. You'll need to use a procedural language to run the first query, use that to construct a second query, then run the second query.
You could use dynamic SQL. Create a function that takes the table name, owner, data type, executes the inner query and returns a comma-separated list of column names, or an array table if you prefer. Then construct the outer query and execute it with execute immediate.
CREATE FUNCTION get_column_list(
table_name IN varchar2,
owner_name IN varchar2,
data_type IN varchar2)
RETURN varchar2
IS
BEGIN
...... (get columns and return comma-separated list)
END;
/
If your function returns a comma-separated list you can inline it:
execute immediate 'select ' || get_column_list(table_name, owner_name, datatype) || ' from ' || table_name
Admittedly it's a long time since I played with oracle so I may be a bit off but I'm pretty sure this is quite doable.
In SQLPlus you could do this:
COLUMN cols NEW_VALUE cols
SELECT max( ltrim( sys_connect_by_path( column_name, ',' ), ',' ) ) cols
FROM
(
select rownum rn, column_name
from all_tab_cols
where table_Name='CLARITY_SER'
and OWNER='CLARITY'
AND data_type='DATE'
)
start with rn = 1 connect by rn = prior rn +1
;
select &cols from clarity.clarity_ser;
I need to run a query on generated generated column names.
Here's the query:
select 'col_'||4 from MY_TABLE
Note:
"4" is a variable that is passed to this query from within the Java code
MY_TABLE is a table that contain columns with names (col_4, col_5, etc..)
Inside Oracle you need use dynamic SQL. (YourVariable value is 4 for your example)
EXECUTE IMMEDIATE ' select col_' || YourVariable || ' from MY_TABLE ';
From Java you can build any SQL and execute them
To run a dynamic SELECT statement, you have two choices:
For single row selects, you use EXECUTE IMMEDIATE ... INTO:
EXECUTE IMMEDIATE 'select col_' || l_num || ' from MY_TABLE WHERE id = 37' INTO l_result;
For selecting multiple rows, you can use a dynamic cursor:
DECLARE
TYPE MyCurType IS REF CURSOR;
my_cv MyCurType;
BEGIN
OPEN emp_cv FOR 'select col_' || l_num || ' from MY_TABLE';
...
END;
This code generates a SELECT that returns the tables with their column name:
SELECT
'SELECT ' ||(
SELECT
LISTAGG(
c.TABLE_NAME || '.' || c.COLUMN_NAME || ' AS "' || c.TABLE_NAME || '.' || c.COLUMN_NAME || '"',
', '
) WITHIN GROUP(
ORDER BY
c.TABLE_NAME
) "TABLE_NAMES"
FROM
USER_TAB_COLS c
WHERE
TABLE_NAME IN(
'PESSOA',
'PESSOA_FISICA',
'PESSOA_JURIDICA'
)
)|| 'FROM PERSON;'
FROM
DUAL;