Re: what's wrong with this...DBMS

From: Igor Neyman <ineyman_at_perceptron.com>
Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2001 06:13:07 -0700
Message-ID: <F001.0032535A.20010612053124@fatcity.com>

Lisa,

You don't need DBMS_SQL.EXECUTE, when running other then DML statements. DBMS_SQL.PARSE is enough.

Igor Neyman, OCP DBAPerceptron, Inc.(734)414-4627<A href="mailto:ineyman_at_perceptron.com">ineyman_at_perceptron.com

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Surendra, you need to execute
 it. Look at the spec of dbms_sql (I want to say it's dbms_sql.execute()). Either that or use EXECUTE IMMEDIATE. Lisa Koivu Oracle Database Administrator 954-935-4117
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    Hi List,
    As the part of developing hot backup strategy, I     am testing the following piece of
    code to take care of arch files to be     made avaialable along with backup set.

SQL> create or replace procedure log_switch as 2 cursor1 integer; 3 begin 4 cur1 := dbms_sql.open_cursor; 5 dbms_sql.parse(cur1,'ALTER SYSTEM SWITCH LOGFILE', dbms_sql.v7); 6 dbms_sql.close_cursor(cur1); 7 end; 8 / Procedure created. SQL> execute log_switch; PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.

But, I have observed several times that the above code is not forcing a log switch.
 FYI, I want to track the sequence# of logfiles before and after the hot backup, so that I can backup the files in that range.
 Am I properly using the DBMS_SQL?
 Any help is highly appreciated
 TIA, Suren Oracle DBA Sony --
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Re: what's wrong with this...DBMS_SQL