Re: exec immediate

Afternoon Raja,  

>> when the below is run i am getting the error. can someone help me
:    

>> begin
>> execute immediate ' select sysdate from dual ;'
>> end ;
   

you need to remove the ';' from the query and add it to the end of the line as follows :

execute immediate ' select sysdate from dual' ;

You also need to have somewhere to store the result as in :

declare
  vResult date;

begin
  execute immediate 'select sysdate from dual' into vResult;

• do something with vResult here ... end;

Note the syntax is slightly different to 'normal' Pl/SQL where you would SELECT somthing INTO somewhere FROM table WHERE .....

Cheers,
Norman.

Norman Dunbar.
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