RE: how do I concatenate a string in PL/SQL?

From: Shamita Singh <shamita_s_at_yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 8 Feb 2006 17:09:20 -0800 (PST)
Message-ID: <20060209010920.24806.qmail@web50113.mail.yahoo.com>

Hi Roger,

You need to declare the variables as VARCHAR2 instead of CHAR;

Regards,
Shamita

Roger Xu <roger_xu_at_dp7uptx.com> wrote:
SQL> !cat /tmp/abc.sql
set serveroutput on
set verify off

declare

a_strng CHAR(50);
a_ATWRT CHAR(30);

begin

a_ATWRT := 'World';
a_strng := 'Hello';
a_strng := a_ATWRT || a_strng;

dbms_output.put_line ( a_strng);

end;

set verify on

SQL> @/tmp/abc
declare
*
ERROR at line 1:
ORA-06502: PL/SQL: numeric or value error ORA-06512: at line 10

SQL> -----Original Message-----
From: Pat Hildebrand [mailto:pat_at_sas.upenn.edu] Sent: Wednesday, February 08, 2006 4:28 PM To: Roger Xu
Cc: Jared Still; Oracle-L_at_Freelists. Org (E-mail) Subject: Re: how do I concatenate a string in PL/SQL?

I common cause of the error that you are getting for strings is that you are trying to put in a value that is too long for the variable. Look at your variable definition and what you are trying to put into it.

Pat

On Wed, Feb 08, 2006 at 05:01:16PM EST, Roger Xu wrote:
> Nothing wrong with the cursor, the only problem is: "a_strng := a_ATWRT || a_strng;"
>
> ORA-06502: PL/SQL: numeric or value error
> ORA-06512: at line 97
>

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