Advance Databases

CREATING PACKAGES

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PLSQL Tip
Error: Output buffer overflow
Solution: set the buffer size to a larger value

How

DBMS_OUTPUT is useful for debugging PL/SQL

programs. However, if you print too much, the output
buffer will overflow. In that case, set the buffer size to
a larger value, eg.:
SQL> set serveroutput on size 20000

PACKAGES

Packages has two parts

1- Package Specification
2- Package Body

CREATE A PACKAGE
A package is to be created that will contain a function
and a procedure.

Procedure will take empno as an input and it will

show NET_PAY [sal + comm] of that employee.

Where as Function namely FIND_EMP will confirm

that the record of a particular employee exists or not
before executing NET_PAY procedure.

Creating Package
Specification

CREATE OR REPLACE PACKAGE emp_package

is
PROCEDURE NET_PAY (v_empno in number);
FUNCTION FIND_EMP (v_empno in number)
RETURN BOOLEAN;
END EMP_PACKAGE;

PROCEDURE to
calculate NET_SAL
This Procedure will take empno as an input
and it will show NET PAY [sal + comm]
comm] of that employee.

create or replace PROCEDURE net_sal

(v_empno in number)
is
v_temp_sal number;
begin
select sal + comm into v_temp_sal from emp
where empno = v_empno;
v_empno;
DBMS_OUTPUT. PUT_LINE ('Net salary of ' || v_empno ||
' is ' || v_temp_sal);
v_temp_sal);
END;

SQL> execute net_sal(7499);

Net salary of 7499 is 1900
PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.

FUNCTION FIND_EMP
Function namely FIND_EMP will confirm
that the record of a particular employee exists or not
before executing NET PAY procedure.

FUNCTION FIND_EMP
create or replace Function find_emp (v_empno in number)
return boolean
is
v_temp number;
begin
select empno into v_temp from emp
where empno = v_empno;
Oracle includes about 20
predefined exceptions (errors) return(TRUE);
we can allow Oracle to raise
exception
these implicitly.
when no_data_found then
when too_many_rows then
return(FALSE);
when no_data_found then
when others then
END;
See more details on web/Book

CALLING FIND_EMP
FUNCTION
FROM NET_SAL
PROCEDURE

create or replace PROCEDURE net_sal

(v_empno in number)
is
v_temp_sal number;
begin
if (find_emp(v_empno
)) then
(find_emp(v_empno))
select sal + comm into v_temp_sal from emp
where empno = v_empno;
v_empno;
DBMS_OUTPUT. PUT_LINE
('Net salary of ' || v_empno || ' is ' || v_temp_sal);
v_temp_sal);
else

DBMS_OUTPUT. PUT_LINE
('Record not found of Employee ' || v_empno || '.');

end if;
END;

How to use both Function

and Procedure in one
Package body
create or replace package emp_package is
procedure net_pay (v_empno in number);
function find_emp (v_empno in number)
return boolean;
end emp_package;

CREATE OR REPLACE PACKAGE BODY EMP_PACKAGE IS

FUNCTION FIND_EMP (v_empno
(v_empno in number) RETURN BOOLEAN
is
v_temp number;
begin
select empno into v_temp from emp where empno = v_empno;
v_empno;
return(TRUE);
return(TRUE);
EXCEPTION
when no_data_found then return(FALSE);
return(FALSE);
END;
PROCEDURE net_pay (v_empno in number)
is
v_temp_sal number;
begin
if (find_emp(v_empno
)) then
(find_emp(v_empno))
select sal + comm into v_temp_sal from emp where empno =
v_empno;
v_empno;
DBMS_OUTPUT. PUT_LINE ('Net salary of ' || v_empno || ' is ' ||
v_temp_sal);
v_temp_sal);
else
DBMS_OUTPUT. PUT_LINE ('Record not found of Employee ' || v_empno || '.');

end if; END;

end emp_package;
emp_package;

Execution of Package FUNCTION

and
Package PROCEDURE

SQL> EXECUTE emp_package.

emp_package. net_pay(7499);
Net salary of 7499 is 1900
PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.

SQL> EXECUTE emp_package. net_pay(736);

Record not found of Employee 736.
PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.

Thanks
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