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Dual Table
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RAJAT RAHUL
PL/SQL Interview Questions
Is Dual Table updatable? If we update, will it impact the health of the database?
Anshul Nagar
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Feb 3rd, 2016
We cannot update it, a dual table is a dummy table with one row and any no. of columns.
sujata
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Jan 19th, 2016
No we cannot update dual table. It is in-built table with one row and one column.
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SQL Optimization
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kunalpurbey
How to optimize SQL Statements?

Sudhir Kumar
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Jan 20th, 2016
Try to make use of mqts or temporary tables if possible ..try to transfer the conditions from non key
columns to key columns
ace1234567
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Mar 4th, 2015
update the statistics of all the tables used in the query. Check the explain plan. Check whether query
is using the existing indexes. If required add/modify new indexes. Check for the sequence of cond...
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What is pragma autonomous transaction? Plz can u let me know

it in a simple understandable way.Thanks in advance.Byee
raj
sujata
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Jan 19th, 2016
Pragma AUTONOMOUS_TRANSACTION instructs the compiler to treat the PL/SQL block
following the pragma as autonomous (independent) from the calling transaction. Pragma can be
applied on:- 1) Anonymous PL...
kitti
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Dec 19th, 2015
An autonomous transaction is an independent transaction initiated by other transaction -When an
autonomous transaction is called the parent transaction is currently suspended. -We can commit or
rollba...
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What is the difference between stand alone procedures and

stored procedures?
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madhuk17
Praveen kumar
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Both are same
Naresh Bandla
Jan 8th, 2016
o
Dec 1st, 2015
Stand Alone Procedure: A procedure which is not enclosed in a package is called Stand Alone
Procedure.
Stored Procedure: A Procedure which is defined in Package is called Stored Procedure and if we
want to call that procedure out of package is to use .
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What is materialized view?

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Mrigen
sachin rasal
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Dec 11th, 2015
Materialised view - A table on a disk that contains the result set of a query
Non-materiased view - A query that pulls data from the underlying table
Sathish
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Jun 12th, 2012
Materialized views are objects that are used in base table that can be Summarized Group, and
aggregated with the base table.This materialized views are used in data-ware housing and decision
support system.
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What is difference between a PROCEDURE & FUNCTION ?

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A FUNCTION is always returns a value using the return statement.

return one or more values through parameters or may not return at all.
A PROCEDURE may
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1. Function is mainly used in the case where it must return a value. Where as a procedure may or
may not return a value or may return more than one value using the OUT parameter.
2. Function can be called from SQL statements where as procedure can not be called from the sql
statements
3. Functions are normally used for computations where as procedures are normally used for
executing business logic.
4. You can have DML (insert,update, delete) statements in a function. But, you cannot call such a
function in a SQL query.
5. Function returns 1 value only. Procedure can return multiple values (max 1024).
6.Stored Procedure: supports deferred name resolution. Example while writing a stored procedure
that uses table named tabl1 and tabl2 etc..but actually not exists in database is allowed only in during
creation but runtime throws error Function wont support deferred name resolution.
7.Stored procedure returns always integer value by default zero. where as function return type could
be scalar or table or table values

8. Stored procedure is precompiled execution plan where as functions are not.
9.A procedure may modify an object where a function can only return a value The RETURN
statement immediately completes the execution of a subprogram and returns control to the caller.
Giri
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Dec 2nd, 2015
DML statement can be used in function also.
Shalini
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Jul 23rd, 2014
function can be called from trigger. 1.CREATE OR REPLACE TRIGGER emp_trig 2. before
INSERT ON emp 3. FOR each row 4.--referencing old as old and new as new 5.declare 6. i
pls_integer; 7.begi...
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Load excel data into oracle database

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Mayur
1. How to load excel data into oracle database by using sql loader?
2. What are the ways to load data from excel file in oracle database ?
Naresh Bandla
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Dec 1st, 2015
You can upload the Excel file into tables by many approaches, I will explain here in two methods. 1.
Loading data using Loader programs: Convert your excel file into CSV file and create control as pe...
ashay
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Nov 13th, 2015
Best and most easy way is to use an external table. Keep the file in designated location and file will
automatically loaded into table every time you put a new file or update the file. Create trigger on the
given table to load the data into respective tables.
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Drop Vs Truncate
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kalabaggam
Which is faster, Drop or Truncate? Explain

anjaneulu
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Nov 26th, 2015
TRUNCATE means it deletes the table data but the table structure remains as it is. Whereas in DROP
command it deletes the table data as well as its structure also.
subbarao
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Nov 6th, 2015
I have one doubt which is one is faster some people said comp with drop truncate very faster but
some one drop very faster comp with truncate.
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What is mutating trigger? How do you resolve it?If a trigger body

is trying to update dependent tables, will it get a mutating error?
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be17be
Lokesh
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Nov 18th, 2015
A mutating table is a table that is being modified by an UPDATE, DELETE, or INSERT statement.
The session that issued the triggering statement cannot query or modify a mutating table. If you must
up...
maxin john
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Jun 8th, 2015
Soo...... how you are going to use that lelel trigger :O
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Bulk binding
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sidd_130
What are the advantages of bulk binding in PL/SQL?

sachin rasal
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Nov 12th, 2015
A new feature called "bulk binds" was added to PL/SQL back in Oracle 8i . Bulk binds enable a
PL/SQL program to fetch many rows from a cursor in one call instead of fetching one row at a time.
Bulk bin...
amala
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Jun 24th, 2015
It retreives multiple rows with a single fetch...It increases the performance by reducing no.of context
switches
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What is cursor? Explain the types of cursor and write one implicit
cursor program to check how many records deleted from table?
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indranil
gagan
o
Nov 9th, 2015
Oracle uses the work area for its internal processing in order to execute a SQL statement is known as
a cursor.
shivigupta
o
Oct 4th, 2012
Set serveroutput on;
begin
delete from employ where empid = 1;
commit;
dbms_output.put_line(NO of records deleted||sql%rowcount);
end;
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How do you change oracle default system date like mon-dd-yyyy

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Nagendar
Ram Devineni
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Nov 3rd, 2015
Alter session set nls_date_format=mon-dd-yyyy hh:mi:ss
/
Purvesh Khanna
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May 5th, 2015
If you are using sql developer then go to Tools ->> Preference ->> Database ->> NLS -->> Date
Format.
Send the format as you want.
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How many number of triggers can be created on a table?

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vivek
Ram
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Oct 29th, 2015
You can create n number of triggers on a table but maximum types of triggers you can create are 12.
Ratnesh gupta
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Apr 2nd, 2015
There is no technical limit on the number of triggers you define (or, at least, not one that any rational
person has ever hit). It generally wouldnt make sense to have more than one trigger of a given...
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What is meant by DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE

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maheshwari
hardeep singh
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Oct 16th, 2015
The (dbms_output) is library and the (put_line) is the function declared inside library
aravinthancse
o
Dec 27th, 2011
DBMS_OUTPUT - is a Oracle supplied package. put_line() is a DBMS_OUTPUT packages inbuilt
procedure. put_line() is a combination of two inbuilt procedures such as put() and new_line().
procedure put()...
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What is difference in defining constraints at table level and

column level What is main purpose of making constraints at table
level....pls ans me
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basukolur014
Saurabh Singh
Oct 12th, 2015
Table level constraints are defined for compound constraints like primary key involving more than
one col and have the flexibility to provide user defined names to these which is not possible in case
of col level constraints. Only NOTNULL constraints cant be defined as table level.
krishna mistry
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Oct 10th, 2015
No difference in column level and table level constraints.
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Load Tab Delimited Data

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ramesh.akula9
How to load tab delimited data using SQL*Loader?

bhargavi
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Oct 3rd, 2015
For Tab delimiter You can use 0x 09
gaurav
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Sep 26th, 2015
Fields Terminated by X09 use this
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Trigger - insert into one table update into another table

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Revathi
If i insert record in table A and these record should update in table B by using Trigger.How to
achieve this.
Trigger - insert into one table update into another table
Nagendra
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Sep 10th, 2015
"sql CREATE TRIGGER update_trigger ON CUSTOMER_info FOR update AS BEGIN IF
UPDATE (cust_name) OR UPDATE (contact) BEGIN INSERT INTO update_log ( cus...
Avinash
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Aug 10th, 2015
We can use instead of trigger in this case
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Types of Triggers in Oracle

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GIRISH H.R.
sai balaji
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Sep 8th, 2015
Basically we have 13 types of triggers. 1.Row level triggers (6 types) 2.Statement level triggers (6
types) 3.Instead of trigger Row Level Triggers: before insert on each row before update on each r...
mahamadalig
o
Apr 17th, 2012
Before trigger
after trigger
row level trigger
statement level trigger
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PL/SQL Triggers
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wajid
How many types of PL/SQL Triggers are there? What are they?
sravanthi
Aug 13th, 2015
There are two different types of triggers: - Application Triggers - Database Triggers An application
trigger fires whenever an event occurs within a particular application. A database trigger fire...
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How to tune package, how can we see the output, which logic
taking more time to execute?
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SHikha
Anjani Kumar
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Aug 9th, 2015
We can use oracle supplied package DBMS_HPROF(New in 11g) to see which procedure and inside
that which sql is taking taking more time to execute.DBMS_HPROF Package profiles subprogram
calls also with ...
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Can we use commit or rollback command in the exception part of

PL/SQL block?
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Nov 9th, 2005
Yes, we can use the TCL commands(commit/rollback) in the exception block of a stored
procedure/function. The code in this part of the program gets executed like those in the body without
any restriction. You can include any business functionality whenever a condition in main block(body
of a proc/func) fails and requires a follow-thru process to terminate the execution gracefully!
Leena Roja
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Jul 13th, 2015
Correct Subhash..
Susil Kumar Nagarajan
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Jan 20th, 2012
Yes. You can very well use COMMIT or ROLLBACK in exception block. But it is not a good idea to
use, as it will commit the previous transactions in the same PLSQL block. Make use of creating
SAVEPOINTS and commiting them when required.
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Cursor Advantages and Disadvantages

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sri3241
What are the uses of Cursor?

What are its advantage and disadvantage?
Maneesh Kanaujia
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Jun 26th, 2015
Best way to define disadvantage of cursor is context switching, if the execution switches from
PLSQL engine to SQL engine and vise versa, then execution time will increase and finally end up
with longer time to complete the whole process.
Manoj Singh
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Jun 25th, 2015
Strongely Suggested aviod to use cursor becuase it is very slow, if you have good knowledge of joins
you can replace cursor with join
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What is Simple Cursor? and What is Parametrized cursor?

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sateeshkonthala
Explain what is Simple Cursor and What is Parameterized Cursor? And Difference between
both??
amala
o
Jun 25th, 2015
Cursor is a private SQL area which is used to retrieve multiple rows from one or more tables. The
cursor which uses parameter is called parameterised cursor. Based on the given parameter value
the cursor will execute.
abinay
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Oct 5th, 2012
Cursors having some private area.which is used for store the data from sql statements.Normal cursors
we don't have use any parameters.but parametrized cursors are used the parameters,which is executed
based upon the parameter.
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How can we avoid duplicate rows. without using distinct

command
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subbaraovangalli
Malyadri M
Jun 22nd, 2015
Code
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SELECT ROWID,
E.*
FROM
WHERE ROWID = ( SELECT MAX(ROWID)
EMP E
FROM
EMP1 E1
WHERE
E.ENO
E1.ENO
);
Rashid
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Here It is:
Jun 21st, 2015
Code
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SELECT * FROM
tablename a
a.ROWID
WHERE
>
ANY
(SELECT
b.ROWID
FROM
WHERE
AND
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b.fieldname
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b.fieldname2)
What is Atomic transaction?

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Mrigen
igornem
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Jun 6th, 2015
There is no term "Atomic transaction". There is term "Transaction" which is must have ACID
properties, and first "A" in "ACID" is - "Atomicity", which is defines that series of operations
included in ...
madhaviguthula
o
Feb 28th, 2007
Autonomous transactions are independent transactions that can be called from within another
transaction. An autonomous transaction lets you leave the context of the calling transaction, perform
some S...
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Define a RETURN statement

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Sasmita
Is it possible to define a RETURN statement in the exception part of a function?

Explain it with example.
Aryan
May 26th, 2015
Yes it is possible to use Return in exception block of pl/sql. Example: "oracle8 CREATE OR
REPLACE FUNCTION [(input/output variable declarations)] RETURN return_type [AUTHID ...
Kamal
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May 23rd, 2015
Yes, you can return from exception block. example: create or replace function TestReturn return
varchar2 is Result varchar2(1);--size 1 begin Result := 123;--size 3 return Test; except...
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How to dump REST webservice data into Oracle 11g

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What is difference between % ROWTYPE and TYPE RECORD ?

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% ROWTYPE is to be used whenever query returns a entire row of a table or view. TYPE rec
RECORD is to be used whenever query returns columns of differenttable or views and
variables.
E.g. TYPE r_emp is RECORD (eno emp.empno% type,ename emp ename
%type); e_rec emp% ROWTYPE cursor...
Nupur
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Apr 30th, 2015
This is my understanding: Declare : eno employee.emp_id%type - specifically tells you that the
variable type or data that it will be holding will be same as th e employee_id type in the employee
tabl...
Nupur
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Apr 24th, 2015
When we declare a var as %row type, then the variable holds all the column type attributes.
Developer does not need to know what the individual column types are. Type record is used when we
declare a variable to be of the records of the table.
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How to get 1st date of a month ?

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dinaballavsahoo
During preparation of report in *.RDF , there are two things on date & to date
on date is the i/p value , but to date = 1st day of this month on date
how ?
pradeep
o
Apr 24th, 2015
SELECT TRUNC(SYSDATE,MM) FROM DUAL
Praveen
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Apr 22nd, 2015
SELECT ADD_MONTHS(LAST_DAY(SYSDATE),-1)+1 FROM DUAL;
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Stored Procedure Vs Function

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priyanka_sharma
What is the impact of using a stored proc or a function on the performance? Which has a better
performance? Also, why is it not possible to use DML in the functions called from a select
query?
Nupur
o
Apr 24th, 2015
Functions and procedures are both named blocks of statement . A function must return a value .
Performance wise if you want the program to return a single value use a function . You can use
out par...
Suchith Shivali
o
Apr 17th, 2015
1)In stored procedure you may or may not return value but in the function return is compulsory. 2)If
you want to return more than one value go for Stored procedure. 3)Once SP or function is created,...
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If we call oracle package inside another package

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santosh.rdg
We have a oracle package that package is calling in user defined package ?from this user
defined package how will u debug the oracle package?
ChandraSekhar thimmapthruni
o
Apr 15th, 2015
Use DBMS_UTILITY.FORMAT_ERROR_BACKTRACE
Rohit
o
Jan 6th, 2013
Using trace_on utility
eg:- For HRMS hr_utility.trace_on ;
expression(here call the package which you want to debug);
HRMS hr_utility.trace_off;
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Triggering events in oracle

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Srividhya
A table has both before insert and after insert trigger. Also we have declared both the trigger as
pragma autonomous transaction for saving the error record alone in the error table if any
exception occurs. Now if we have a error in the trigger will the before insert trigger will get
executed and the error data will be stored in the error table?. what is the exact use of before and
after insert trigger...
DInesh Shukla
o
Apr 15th, 2015
As we declared pragma here. It will insert the record in error table if got fail during execution.
sukrathik
o
Mar 6th, 2015
If an autonomous transaction attempts to access a resource held by the main transaction, a deadlock
can occur. Oracle raises an exception in the autonomous transaction, which is rolled back if the exc...
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Can we create a table by using a procedure or a function?

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sarada
Abhijit Musale
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Mar 23rd, 2015
We can create a table in procedure by executing a string statement using EXECUTE IMMEDIATE or
using DBMS_SQL.EXECUTE.
veera
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Nov 25th, 2013
It is possible by using Dynamic SQL.
By using EXECUTE IMMEDIATE.
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PL/SQL Procedure
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Pallavi_2507
What is the difference in CREATE or [REPLACE] Procedure and to drop a procedure and create
it again? What does REPLACE do, Does it drop the existing one and create the new one with
same name?
Abhijit Musale
o
Mar 23rd, 2015
PLSQL objects and views can be replaced if pre-exists using REPLACE keyword .
souvik
o
Nov 16th, 2014
If you drop the procedure, then all the privileges are gone which you will have to give again while
creating the program. But CREATE OR [REPLACE] command will keep the privileges intact.
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What are Oracle Hints and How do you use them ?

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Jaikumar D V
Explain the real-time situation where would you use Oracle Hits
Abhijit Musale
o
Mar 23rd, 2015
To override the flow of execution and priority of the execution we can use oracle optimizer hints.(e.g.
PARALLEL,APPEND,etc.)
kalpana
Oct 28th, 2014
Optimizer hints are used with SQL statements to alter execution plans.We are suggesting oracle how
the statement should be executed.
syntax : /*+RULE */
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How to return more than one value from a function?What are the
types of triggers?What are the features of oracle 9i
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aseemnaithani
ace1234567
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Mar 4th, 2015
Please find the template. Using out type parameter we can return more than one value from a
function.
Code
o
CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION

RETURN NUMBER
IS
BEGIN
FUN_TEST(var1
VARCHAR2,var2 VARCHAR2,result OUT VARCHAR2)
END;
shyam
o
Mar 2nd, 2015
Yes, we return more than one value in function using package. Example::
Code
o
create package pack
is
type mul_val is record
(emp_id
emp_name employees.last_name%type);
end pack;
employees.employee_id%type,
and the return type of function is that pack type.....

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Access Cursor Output

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mkansakar
How to access cursor output from web application and present the record set in tabular form?
ace1234567
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Mar 4th, 2015
Using ref cursor and returning output in the plsql table we can return the result in tabular format.
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How do you optimise your pl/sql code?

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Teenzh
How to optimise your pl/sql code? Not using explain plan which is for tuning the quey
ace1234567
o
Mar 4th, 2015
The best technique used is to avoid repeatative coding by putting repeated logic in a
subroutine/function. Save the DML operations after a specific interval or records
insertion/updation/deletions , depending on your archive log size.
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Can we insert multiple nulls through unique constraints ?

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sachinkshd
Shri
o
Feb 27th, 2015
Yes we can insert multiple null values as UNIQUE constraint allows multiple null values to insert
and also one null value cannot be compared with another null value.
Abhijit Musale
o
Feb 18th, 2015
If ur unique contains only one column then u can insert only one null. If u have 2 then u can insert
two null values but with different combinations like (1,null) and (null,1).
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Use of Indexes
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Sruthi
What are indexes used for ? What are the different types of Indexes?
lakshmi
o
Feb 20th, 2015
Index is schema object.which is an entry for each value that are appear index column.index used to
give a direct access and also increase the performance .
types of indexes:
simple,composite,function based,bitmap,bit treeindex
Abhijit Musale
o
Feb 18th, 2015
It is not necessary that adding an index will always help. When u have less no. of records then there
is no need to add index. An index is an additional database object to improve the data i/o operations.
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Transaction management in triggers

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Can we give COMMIT or ROLLBACK within a trigger?

Abhijit Musale
o
Feb 19th, 2015
Using PRAGMA AUTONOMOUS_TRANSACTION we can treat the child transaction as a separate
transaction, committing which wont affect the parent transaction.
Tushar
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No we cant used it.because it affected on logical processing. It is possible using Pragma
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Adventages of package over standalone procedure

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What are the advantages of packages over standalone procedure ?

abhijit musale
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You can wrap/encrypt the package code .
jkcboys
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Packages will be pre-compiled components, will improve performance compare to standalone one.
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Why do we use cursors ?

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vamsi1810
Guys can you please help me in realtime scenario?

Abhijit Musale
o
Feb 18th, 2015
Whenever you want to perform some operation on a set of result of rows , then we use the
cursor.Cursor is nothing but a work space allocated on the memory. When u fire a query that set of
rows is stored in the cursor temporarily.
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Why we use collections in PL/SQL ?

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AYAN BHAUMIK
Abhijit Musale
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Feb 18th, 2015
To make the operations faster. When we need to do any operation on data like some calculations and
when u need to fetch the data repetitively , in that case we can use the collections like PLSQL table.
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How to reverse string without using string function?

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vinit0180
killvinkill
Feb 3rd, 2015
DECLARE
input varchar2(30);
reverse varchar2(30);
n integer(3);
BEGIN
input:=&input;
for n in reverse 1..length(input) loop
reverse:=reverse||substr(input,n,1);
end loop;
dbms_output.put_line(reverse);
end;
/
harsh
o
Sep 22nd, 2014
Answer:"plsql reverse a string in oracle : DECLARE V_string VARCHAR2(10):=SRIRAM;
V_reverse VARCHAR2(10):=null; V_string1 VARCHAR2(10); v_count NUMBER; BEGIN
v_count:=length(V_stri...
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Char(20) = 'name' varchar2(20)='name' When comparing these

two values, are the spaces padded in char are considered or not?
Are both values equal?
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ricky
suvijyo
Feb 2nd, 2015
"c declare s1 char(10):=name; s2 varchar2(10):=name; begin if s1=s2 then

dbms_output.put_line(both are equal); else dbms_output.put_line(both are equal); end if; dbms_ou...
chinnu
o
Jan 27th, 2015
Char datatype is fixed,but it cant be reused. eq: char(10) -- elena,first 5 characters will be filled
remaining field are padded.
varchar2 datatype fixed,but it can be reused. eq: varchar2(10) -- elena, first 5 characters will be filled
and remaining fields are reused.
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What are different data structures supported by PL/SQL.??

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Preeti Kulkarni
Eltonclardy
o
Jan 9th, 2015
Yes PL/SQL have different data types compared to C and C++. These two datatypes in SQL i.e scalar
and composite are very mush useful in SQL.
Hema nagaraju
o
Dec 19th, 2014
Scallar,composite datatypes.
scllar datatypes are varchar2,number
composite datatypes are records,tables,collections which can store multiple values at a time
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242013
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Query to retrieve one entire column data

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shankar
Write a query to retrieve one entire column data of multiple rows into one single column of
single row?
hema nagaraju
o
Dec 20th, 2014
SELECT listagg (ename, ,) within group( order by ename) FROM emp
Geet
Dec 4th, 2014
Code
o
SELECT REPLACE(EMP_NAME , ,, ) "EMPLOYEE NAME"
FROM (SELECT
FROM
EMPLOYEE);
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STRAGG(EMP_NAME) EMP_NAME
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10:16 AM
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What is procedure and package

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ram
Hi ,can any one tel pls what is use ofprocedures and packages? why we use can anyone tell me
with one real time example
HEMA NAGARAJU
o
Dec 20th, 2014
Procedures are dataobjects which are stored in a database. We can define an operation in procedure
and we call the procedure many times in the application. Packages are collection of subprograms,
pro...
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142013
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How to update a rows with opposite gender in Sql?

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raiyaans
In Emp table there is a column which consists of gender (Male or Female) ? How should one
Can update the Values of Male to Female and Female to Male with a single query ?
sandeep
o
Nov 22nd, 2014
I need to update in the table not to select can u guys show me how to change directly in the database
NARSIMHA
o
Nov 13th, 2014
SELECT DECODE(GENDER,M,F,F,M,NULL) FROM EMP
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What is the use parameterized cursor in PL/SQL ?

o
what is the use of parameterized cursor in pl/sql?
sandeep
o
Nov 22nd, 2014
This was used when you are going to use the cursor in more than one place with different values for
the same where clause.
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Call a Procedure in Trigger

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sandeep.bawalia
How to call a Procedure in Trigger and if any exception occurs in trigger then How do we
rollback it?
Ayaz Uddin
o
Nov 20th, 2014
Create or replace trigger trg
after insert on emp
for each row
begin
myproc(:new.empno, :new.ename);
end;
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132014
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Oracle Cursors in Pl/SQL

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sumit
Why we use cursor in plsql? in same case can we use cursor or procedure?? difference between
cursor , procedure and package?? is any relation between 3??
parul priya
o
Nov 20th, 2014
We use cursor when we need to handle multiple rows query in plsql.
Bhanuprasad
o
Nov 14th, 2014
Cursor in Plsql: When we execute sql query. The records fetched from sql query, information about
sql query is stored in context memory area in oracle. so in order to access each record row by row we
...
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062014
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Moving data from 1 table to Another

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Sruthi
How can you move the entire data from one table to another? If in same instance and in different
instances, both cases?
KARTHIKA
o
Nov 6th, 2014
Use the below code to perform the task
Code
o
INSERT INTO
NEWTABLE(COLUMNNAME)
SELECT
FROM
OLDTABLE.COLUMNNAME
OLDTABLE
WHERE
OLDTABLE.COLUMNNAME=CONDITIONVALUE;
A MOHAN KUMAR
o
Nov 6th, 2014
INSERT INTO < old table > SELECT * FROM < new table > Note the table should have same
column name and their respective data types as old table
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INSERT INTO
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new_table_name
SELECT * FROM
EMP
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102013
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How can we insert into a table by fetching data from more then
one table by using only single command
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Nitin kumar
I have 3 tables , same no of columns ,i want to insert whole the data from all these table into a
single table,which also having same no of column and the same data type.
sateeshchandra
o
Oct 14th, 2014
"sql INSERT ALL INTO suppliers (supplier_id, supplier_name) VALUES (1000, IBM) INTO
suppliers (supplier_id, supplier_name) VALUES (2000, Microsoft) INTO customers (customer_i...
J. Ali (PL/Sql)
Nov 29th, 2013
INSERT INTO DYMMY (VAL)

SELECT COLUMN_VALUE val FROM table (tab_contents_nt (1, 2, 3))
UNION ALL
UNION ALL
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242012
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Web testing
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Ramu.B
While testing a website, an image that is supposed to appear on a page does not load (for
example in IE, you would see an empty box with a small red cross icon). What type of
investigation could you carry out to find out what the cause of the problem is? What information
would you include when raising the defect
harmeet rehal
o
Oct 13th, 2014
Web testing is the name given to software testing that focuses on web applications. Complete testing
of a web-based system before going live can help address issues before the system is revealed to th...
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Recursive function
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manju_kambar
What is recursive function, explain with example?

Vishant Gupta
o
Oct 11th, 2014
It is function that calls itself to implement some repetitive task
VIVEK
o
Sep 24th, 2014
Function is calling the same function
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Function purity
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manju_kambar
What is function purity level and why we need it in PL/SQL function?

chaitanya
o
Sep 19th, 2014
Any function called from an sql query will have certain side effects on database state and package
variables..these side effects are classified as purity levels. there are different purity levels like 1. read
no database package state 2. write no database package state e.t.c
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Call External Procedure

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sk.mca6
How to call an external-procedure from a package?

manju_kambar
o
Sep 12th, 2014
Calling procedure from other package should have following format
package_name.procedure_name;
if you are calling package in other schema, you need to create synonyms for that particular
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102014
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What is meant by instead of cursor?

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Nareshbtd3
Raviteja
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Aug 23rd, 2014
Instead of cursor is not there,, instead of trigger is used incase of complex views. when we use views
with joins
Kumar
o
Jul 25th, 2014
Its instead of trigger not cursor and it is used to apply trigger on views.
Can we write commit or rollback in trigger ?

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sachinkshd
Rakesh057
Jul 19th, 2014
NO.. triggers are auto commit no need of commit or rollback

Rpradeep
Jul 7th, 2014
Yes we can use commit or rollback statements in trigger by using

AUTONOMOUS_TRANSACTION pragma.
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Delete duplicate records without using sub query?

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Rakesh057
Delete duplicate records without using sub query? Is That possible

Raud Premananda
o
Jul 7th, 2014
USING "ROWID" PSEUDO COLUMN YOU CAN DELETE DUPLICATE RECORDS

122011
MAY
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What is Oracle 11G PL/SQL Best Feature?
Shashank Gangimalla
bhanu priya
o
Jul 4th, 2014
1. function result cache : stores the retured value in a cache and can b used again n again
instead of storing it in memory.
2. continue statement : passes controle from one iteration to other rather than exiting it.
3.regexp.count is introduced.
4.dbms_parallel_execute is introduced.
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262014
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Why we have to perform calculation part in Functions?

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Rakesh057
Procedure also written the values using out parameter than why we need functions?
Rakesh057
Jul 1st, 2014
Because procedure is pre compiler and function is not pre compiler so that the reason we
go for an calculation part in function
Madhav
o
Jul 1st, 2014
Procedure also written in out parameter but we can not use procedure in Sql statement.
But if we wrote function and ita cant contain DML operation then we can access this
function in SQL queries.
JUN
302014
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When use Before and After Trigger?

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Rakesh057
When use Before and After Trigger? Please any help for this one
chaithanya
o
Jul 1st, 2014
Before trigger is used while performing DML operations and whereas After Trigger is used
for after performing DML operations Real time Example for before trigger: in banking
systems: ...
Mrutyunjay Nayak
o
Jul 1st, 2014
Before Trigger is used only when u want to restrict the invalid data entry in a table.After
trigger is used when u perform the operation in one table that will effect on other table.
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How to avoid using cursors? What to use instead of cursor and

in what cases to do so?
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moviefan456
Ashish
o
Jun 12th, 2014
You can use MERGE statements in

will save lot of time
Oracle
to avoid looping through Conventional cursors. It
KSPRADEEP
o
Oct 17th, 2012
Yes we can ..
Instead of cursor we using bulk collection or bulk binding or using %type and %rowtype
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062012
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Debugging PL/SQL programs
sidd_130
How can we debug stored procedures in PL/SQL?

prasadkrish
o
Jun 10th, 2014
In procedure function can be able to use ?if yes means give example
ram
o
Jul 31st, 2013
Can any one tell how to retrieve more than one table structure at a time?
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102012
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What is the main purpose of RETURN in functions?

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sudnic
What is the main purpose of RETURN in functions when we can calculate a value and pass it through
using OUT mode in procedure or functions?
Deepika S Verma
o
Mar 14th, 2014
Its a myth that function returns value whereas procedure does not, actually procedure also
return value (i.e. 0 or 1 ) at the time of exiting which indicates the success or error. Whereas
Function ret...
shivigupta
Oct 9th, 2012
create or replace procedure proc1 as begin dbms_output.put_line(Before Return Clause);

return; dbms_output.put_line(After Return Clause); end; set serveroutput on; begin proc1;
dbms_output.put_line(I...
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FLASHBACK concept ? What is it?

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balanagi
Can any one help me on FLASHBACK concept ? What is it?

Deepika S Verma
o
Mar 13th, 2014
Its a feature introduced in oracle9i where oracle DB allows user to view the content of table
quickly and easily the way it was at a particular time in the past, even when it is modified
and committed...
NAVEEN
o
Mar 2nd, 2014
Execute dbms_flashback.enable_at_time(sysdate-5/1440);(for 5 minutes flash back )

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What is PL/Sql tables?Is cursor variable store in PL/SQL table?

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Dolly
Pixie
o
Feb 18th, 2014
PL/SQL tables are PL/SQLs way of providing arrays. They are temporary tables in
memory and thus are processed very quickly. They are not database tables, and DML
statements cannot be issued against...
sbagai2001
May 30th, 2006
DECLARE TYPE EmpCurTyp IS REF CURSOR; // Reference Cursor - weak TYPE

NumList IS TABLE OF NUMBER; // Table of Number TYPE NameList IS TABLE OF VA...
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How many types of database triggers can be specified on a

table ? What are they ?
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o
Insert
Update
Delete Before Row
o.k.
o.k.
o.k. After...
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krishnaindia2007
Member Since Sep-2007 | May 6th, 2008
A trigger may be a
1. DML Trigger on tables
2. Instead of triggers on views
3. System triggers on database or schema
Based on the way it executes statements triggers are of two types
1. Statement leve trigger
2. Row level trigger
A trigger fires for three actions
1. Insert
2. Delete
3.Update
and the trigger can the fired
1. Before action
2. After action.
tarini sankar das
o
Feb 7th, 2014
Actual answer is we have 14 types of triggers in pl sql. For statement level :- 1-before insert
2-before update 3-before delete 4-after insert 5-after update 6-after delete For row level :- 7before ...
sandip.dhopat
Jun 14th, 2011
Below mentioned triggers can be specified on Table1.ROW or STATEMENT 2.BEFORE or

AFTER or INSTEAD OF Triggers3.DML (INSERT, UPDATE, or DELETE on table or view )
or DDL (CREATE, ALTER, or DROP on schema objects which includes all DB
objetcs)4.COMPOUND TRIGGERS
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162013
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Bind variabales
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kamesh
What are bind variables in sql? explain in detail?

pradipta
Feb 8th, 2014
The way to get Oracle to reuse the execution plans for "the statements having different hard
coded value in where clause" there should use bind variables. Bind variables are
substitution variable...
Aarti
o
Jan 15th, 2014
Bind variable is session specific variable. It is declared using variable keyword . Bind variable
cant be used in named block. It cant have default value.
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What are the components of a PL/SQL block ?

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A set of related declarations and procedural statements is called block.

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Answered by: Chandra Shekhar
o
Oct 3rd, 2005
PL/SQL Block contains :

Declare : optional
Variable declaration
Begin : Manadatory
Procedural statements.
Exception : Optional
any errors to be trapped
End : Mandatory
So only begin and end keywords are required, as needed, to process a pl/sql block.
saravanan
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Nov 29th, 2013
NIL
prakashraj.v
Jul 14th, 2008
Component of PL/SQL Block are Declare(Optional), Begin(Mandatory), Exception(Optional),

END(Mandatory).
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Reference cursor from a procedure & pass cursor as a paramater

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plsqlgeek
How to call/reference a cursor defined in a procedure A from another procedure B?

How to pass a cursor as a parameter of a cursor?
UTTAM GHOSH
o
Oct 31st, 2013
How I can an Ac dynamo of a car/vehicle test with a12v dc battery good or bad
Pavan
o
Aug 27th, 2013
This can be done by using REFCURSORS.

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COLLECTIONS
o
sdas84jobs
1-WHAT IS DIFF BETWEEN VARRAY AND TABLE?2-WHAT IS SQL SUPPORT FOR NESTED TABLE?
3-WHAT IS INLINE STORAGE AND OUT OF LINE STOGARE OF THE NESTED TABLE?4-WHAT ARE
COMMON EXCEPTION RELATED WITH COLLECTION?5-CAN U DECLARE VARRAY OF VARRAY OF
VARRAY OF TABLE?6-GIVE SAMPLE DEFINATION OF VARRAY OF OBJECT AND TABLE OF
OBJECT?7-WHAT ARE COMMON METHODS OF HANDLING EXCEPTIONS?
subhashishchaki
Oct 7th, 2013
Collections similarities and differences Collection Type Elements Limit Subscript Type
Uninitialized Status Always Dense ----------------------------------------------------------...
basukolur014
Feb 28th, 2011
Exceptions related to collections are...1.collection_is_null2.collection subscript beyond

count3.collection subscript outside limit4.no_data_found .these are more common
exceptions related to collections.
AUG
162013
03:29 PM
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Reference table from inside a procedure

o
plsqlgeek
How do you reference a (updated) table from procedure A which is being updated by another procedure
B?
Lalit
o
Sep 15th, 2013
By taking help of global temporary table.
NOV
242011
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Where would you use implicit & explicit cursors?

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sai
Malar somu
Sep 10th, 2013
Implicit Cursor:- It is Oracle implicit type.. when we fetch only one record then we need to
use implicit cursor i.e when ever we performing select query or any dml operations termed
as implicit curso...
hira
o
Aug 8th, 2013
When ever any query execute by the server in database sever itself create a implicit
cursor ,which can not any control to the programmer but in case explicit cursor the
programmer has to create it.and used for the data manipulation by following some rule......
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192006
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How to edit existing procedure in sql * plus?

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sravan1
Suresh kumar patra

o
Sep 10th, 2013
SQL>ed
Then Window Will Open,You Can Change Your Code.
Vinod Tuteja
o
Jun 18th, 2013
Simply Write
SQL>ed
Then Window Will Open,You Can Change Your Code .
AUG
142013
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PL/SQL table vs Global Temporary Table
Sukanta2013
Difference between PL/SQL table and Global Temporary Table. why we use Global Temporary Table
without using PL/SQL Table.
nivi
o
Sep 3rd, 2013
1.Global Temporary table is stored in Temporary tablespace while PL/SQL table is stored in
PGA. 2.SQL operations can not be performed on pl/sql tables whereas it can be performed
on GTT as any normal...
plsqlgeek
Aug 16th, 2013
PL/SQL table or associated array is a collection (data type). Where as GTT is a temp table
created to store/process data for a particular session. Once you log out of the session the
data is gone, not the table structure.
AUG
162013
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What happens to the base table transactions when procedure

has some error?
o
plsqlgeek
Procedure A calls procedure B. A updates table t1, t2. B updates table t3. If some error happens to B what
happens to the updates in all those tables? Whether they will rollback or commit? If commits how far it will
commit?
vishal.bhadange
Aug 24th, 2013
CASE 1 (If you are not handling exception in Procedure B, none of the table gets updated)
"sql PROCEDURE A BEGIN UPDATE TABLE t1; UPDATE TABLE t2; CALL
PROCEDURE ...
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What is the difference between procedure and function and

package, which is the fastest
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Function can be called in select statement but procedure cant be called in select statement. function
has return keyword but procedure not
Varun Tiwari
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Function Procedure 1. Can be used as column Cant used in select statement in select statement 2. Can
be used in where Cant used in where condition c...
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Write ONLY ONE SQL statement which produces the following

output
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sashelp
DEPARTMENT_ID EMP_COUNT DEPT_PERCENTAGE

lviswanath
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Jul 23rd, 2013
Ask the question clearly
what is DEPT_PERCENTAGE
on what basis we have to calculate DEPT_PERCENTAGE?
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Overloading procedure - all parameters are default

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tinku981
If there are 2 overloaded procedure, one among then have 1 IN parameter and another have 2
parameters. Both procedures parameters are of default type.
What will happen when you will call package.procedure without any parameter?
Khamar
o
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You will get an error message "PLS-0037: too many declarations of procedure_name match this call"
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Group By
o
mikeslazak
Create a query using group by that shows maximum salary for each department?
lviswanath
o
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Jul 17th, 2013
SELECT
deptno, MAX(sal) max_sal
FROM
GROUP BY
emp
deptno;
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Why cant we use commit inside a trigger?

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Nitin kumar
Varun Tiwari
o
Jul 4th, 2013
Any data transaction control statement can not be used in triggers. As trigger invokes due to any
DML event and the transaction may not be successfully commit later and may need to complete
rollback.
Pragma_autonomous can be used as an alternate way to commit.
prashant mhatre
o
Jun 13th, 2013
Can not used ...if we want to use it inside the trigger then use pragma_autonomous.
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Can we use function inside a trigger

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Nitin kumar
Is it possible to use function inside a trigger.

tinku981
Jun 16th, 2013
Code
o
CREATE OR REPLACE TRIGGER
before
FOR
INSERT ON
emp_trig
emp
each row
--referencing old as old and new as new
declare
o
o
i pls_integer;
begin
emp_pro;
i := emp_func;
dbms_output.put_line(TRIGGER called
o
o
end;
o
tinku981
AND FUNCTION
returned
||
i);
o
Jun 16th, 2013
Yes, by using CALL statement.
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When we can declare a column as Unique and Not Null both at

the same time. What is the use pf Primary Key then?
o
Gupta
Vinod Tuteja
o
Jun 14th, 2013
Main Difference : Referential
Index is created in both Cases (Unique and Primary key Constraint )
But can't references Columns with combination of UNIQUE and NOT NULL. Like in Primary
key ,we Can references primary key to make foreign key constraint .
z_ashwini
o
Jan 13th, 2012
Eg: Consider table emp with EMP_ID,EM|NAME,ADD columns You can define the column e_name
as Unique constraint. DECLARE e_name number(10) NOT NULL; BEGIN ... .. END: Primary key
cannot have NU...
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Oracle Joins
o
sidd_130
There are 2 tables, A and B having 3 rows each. What will be result on executing the following
query? : SQL> select * from A,B
Raju TT
o
Jun 11th, 2013
Cross join -cartesian product :Table a no. of rows (3) * Table b no.of rows (3)= cross join query
returns 9 rows
Code
o
SELECT
* FROM
CROSS JOIN
b ;
Arpit Agrawal
o
May 24th, 2013
Here simply answer would be 6. Since a is having 2 rows and b is having 3 rows. And we go for
Cartesian join, which means 3*2=6.
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222006
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Can anybody tell me a sample OCI function which will be able to

call from Tourbo cthanx!!
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Nitina
rajkumar1237
o
Apr 27th, 2013
OCI means::oracle call interface.is a interface api used to access oracle database from C programs.
Data Guard stands for it is multiple DB servers environment configured for Physical as well as
Logic...
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062012
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Copying data across tables

o
sidd_130
In what ways can data be copied from one table to another?

Neeraj Saxena
o
Apr 12th, 2013
You can copy the data from one table to another with the help of below Query:
Suppose dummy is the main table and we need to copy the data from dummy_120413 table.
Create tabel dummy_120413 as Select * from dummy;
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JUN
012006
03:41 PM
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What is the data type of Null?

o
Ramakrishnan
rayavarapu
o
Jan 23rd, 2013
Null is not a value and not a string. It is unknown it is maximum in descending order and minimum
value in ascending order.
Sandeep
o
Char(0)
Mar 7th, 2012
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JUN
092006
03:45 AM
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Difference between truncate and delete

o
rojalina begum
Hasan
o
Dec 15th, 2012
Truncate is a ddl...delete is dml
cannot rollback data in truncate...rollback data in delete
truncate -delete entire data not structure...it delete specific datas
VASU
o
Oct 20th, 2012
By using delete we have to delete particular records only..
If we use truncate we cannot retrieve the data permanently...
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OCT
062012
12:52 PM
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Autonomous transactions
o
sidd_130
What is an autonomous transaction?
Sonal
o
Nov 7th, 2012
The AUTONOMOUS_TRANSACTION pragma changes the way a subprogram works within a
transaction. A subprogram marked with this pragma can do SQL operations and commit or roll back
those operations, without ...
VASU
o
Oct 20th, 2012
BY USING AUTONOMOUS TRANSACTION
WE GET THE FOLLOWING ADVANTAGES
WE PROCEDURE HAVING TRANSACTIONS STATEMENTS WE CALL PROCEDURE
AUTOMATICALLY EFFECT THE ABOVE TRANSACTIONS ALSO TO OVERCOME THAT
PROBLEM WE HAVE TO USE AUTONOMOUS TRANSACTION..
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OCT
062012
12:54 PM
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Oracle collections
o
sidd_130
What are the types of collection in PL/SQL? What is the advantage of nested tables?
pawan
o
Nov 6th, 2012
Varrays,nested tables,index by tables are oracle collection.Index by tables also known as associative
array similar to hashtables in java. Varrays are like arrays in java static in nature need to d...
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192007
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What is the use of nocopy parameter in oracle procedure

o
ily_saravanan
Hi, What is nocopy parameter in oracle procedure. what is the use of it. In which situation,we
can use the nocopy parameter.Thanks,Saravanan.P
Himansu
o
Nov 6th, 2012
In procedure,Function there are three types of parameter is there. eg-IN, OUT, INOUT. IN parameter
is call by reference and OUT & INOUT are call by value. Always call by reference is faster than
call ...
Saket
o
Apr 3rd, 2012
Pass by reference: "IN" Case
Pass by value : "Out" or "IN OUT" Case which have the overhead of copying the value to new
procedure parameter.
In order to make to Pass by reference we will use NOCOPY
Pass by reference: "OUT NOCOPY" or "IN OUT NOCOPY" which deals which the actual reference
value.
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JUL
03:36 AM
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State the difference between implict and explict cursor's

o
senthil
chiatanya
o
Nov 5th, 2012
Implicit cursors are automatically generated,when a sql statement is processed where as
Explicit cursors are user defined.
VASU
o
Oct 20th, 2012
Implicit cursors returns only single record..where as explicit cursor multiple records. But it process
record by record.
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062012
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Dropping a type in Oracle
sidd_130
Can a type body be dropped without dropping the type specification?

ramya
o
Oct 31st, 2012
When you drop a type body, the object type specification still exists, and you can re-create the type
body. Prior to re-creating the body, you can still use the object type, although you cannot call the
member functions.
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062012
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Oracle locks
o
sidd_130
With what ways can we find out instance locks?

Jose George
o
Oct 22nd, 2012
V$lock contains details of locks
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SEP
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What is a cursor for loop ?

o
o
Cursor for loop implicitly declares %ROWTYPE as loop index,opens a cursor, fetches rows of
values from active set into fields in the record and closeswhen all the records have been
processed.
eg. FOR emp_rec IN C1 LOOP
salary_total := salary_total +emp_rec
sal;
...
vasu
o
Oct 20th, 2012
Cursor for loop is the one by using this we need not to perform open, close, fetch operations of a
cursor..
PRADEEP
o
Oct 17th, 2012
If we use explicit cursor we need to open the cursor and fetching the data and close the cursor.
If we use cursor for loop cursor will open the cursor and fetching data and close the cursor
automatically.
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092011
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Populating Tables in Oracle 11g

o
Dany Wells
How do you populate tables or data in Oracle 11g step by step?

Jose George
o
Oct 17th, 2012
We can use SQL Loader too
Jose George
o
Oct 16th, 2012
Depending on the situation one can use
external tables
or
UTL_FILE package
What is a database trigger ? Name some usages of database

trigger ?
o
o
Database trigger is stored PL/SQL program unit associated with a specific database table. Usages
are Audit data modifications, Log events transparently, Enforce complex business rules Derive
column values automatically, Implement complex ...
KSPRADEEP
o
Oct 17th, 2012
Trigger is data base object .Trigger is block of code it is executed automatically when dml
operations are fired .
by using trigger we can do the auditing and perform a operation(modifications) on a tables
(using dml operation)
krishnaindia2007
May 6th, 2008
A database trigger is a named pl/sql block associated with a table and fires automatically
when an event occurs or something happens. Data auditing , Implementing complex
business rules, security are main uses of database triggers.
SEP
092004
06:04 AM
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What are the modes of parameters that can be passed to a

procedure ?
o
o
IN,OUT,IN-OUT parameters.
KSPRADEEP
o
Oct 17th, 2012
Two modes of parameters are available to pass the parameter In and Out, the default
parameter is IN. In : Lets you pass a value to subprogram being called.It can not be
changed inside the parameter(...
g_sidhu
Jan 31st, 2008
IN (default): Passes a constant value from the calling environment into the
procedureOUT :Passes a value from the procedure to the calling environmentIN
OUT :Pa...
192006
MAY
02:39 AM
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1) Why it is recommonded to use INOUT instead of OUT

parameter type in a procedure?2) What happen if we will not
assign anything in OUT parameter type in a procedure?
o
shraddha
KSPRDEEP
o
Oct 17th, 2012
In parameter means it will insert the values

OUT parameters means it will print out put (pass values to output). If we not assigning any
value to out parameter it will take (print) NULL value.
INOUT means it take values as input and out put
krishnaindia2007
May 7th, 2008
1.There is no hard and fast rule about this. Whether to use INOUT or OUT depends upon
the situation.2. If not assigned anything to OUT parameter it retuns NULL value.
APR
042007
03:09 AM
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What is a cluster and what is the real time use and business
reasons to use Clustering
o
subbaraovangalli
KSPRADEEP
o
Oct 17th, 2012
Cluster are groups of one or more tables physically stores together to share common
columns and are often used together
g_sidhu
Feb 5th, 2008
Clustering is a method of storing tables that are intimately related and often joined together
into the same area on disk. For example, instead of the BOOKSHELF table being in one
section of the disk ...
JUN
162008
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What is the need of primary key as opposed to using not null and
unique ?
o
sreeraghava.nara
We can create a column with' not null+unique' with out using primary key
PRADEEP
o
Oct 17th, 2012
Primary key: set of columns is uniquely identified a rows of a table. It does not allow both
nulls and duplicate values. If we use null values it will allow duplicate values but it does not
allow n...
Radha
o
Jul 14th, 2011
We can create NOTNULL and UNIQUE constraints on single column. Which indirectly
means a Primary Key. But only a Primary Key column can be used as Foreign key column.
Primary key provides a default...
SEP
092004
06:04 AM
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13
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What are % TYPE and % ROWTYPE ? What are the advantages

of using these over datatypes?
o
o
% TYPE provides the data type of a variable or a database column to that variable. % ROWTYPE
provides the record type that represents a entire row of a table or view or columns selected in the
cursor. The advantages are : I. Need not know about variable's data typeii. If the database definition of
a column in a table changes, the...
PRADEEP
o
Oct 16th, 2012
%rowtype is associated entire table(if we want to declare all columns then we need to
declare %rowtype).
%type is associated with one column .(if we want to declare entire column then we need to
declare %type).
Yaseen
o
Aug 9th, 2012
If using %type and %rowtype , no need to know the the data type of the table column . and
once the development is finished , the type of column is changed it will not effect the coding.
SEP
022005
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Difference between a cursor and reference cursor

o
o
PRADEEP
o
Oct 16th, 2012
Ref cursor is having return type where as cursor does not have .
syntax of ref cursor:- type ref_type_name is ref cursor [return return_type].
syntax of cursor:- declare
cursor cursor name select statement..
pradeep
o
Jan 8th, 2012
Normal cursors do have a return type. ex:
Code
o
CREATE
package pkg_test
cursor c1
end pkg_test;
RETURN
IS
emp%rowtype;
o
o
CREATE
package body pkg_test
cursor c1
begin
FOR
..
end pkg_test;
emp_cv
RETURN
IN
emp%rowtype
IS
IS SELECT * FROM
emp
WHERE
empno
= 10;
c1 loop
o
282006
2. JUL
03:08 AM
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Explian rowid,rownum?what are the psoducolumns we have?

o
suribabu
PRADEEP
o
Oct 16th, 2012
Rowid is octal decimal values it is stored permanently in a

while creating a table.
oracle
database. It will created
rownum is also octal decimal number but it is for only specific time span it will arise after
completed a task.
Dilip
o
Sep 3rd, 2012
Here I am providing all the psudo columns of Oracle ROWNUM, ROWID,NEXTVAL,

CURRVAL, SYSDATE, USER, LEVEL
OCT
062012
12:52 PM
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Global temporary tables

o
sidd_130
What is a global temporary table?

Aijaz
o
Oct 14th, 2012
Global temporary tables are the permanently created tables for a timed session.
Only the data in the table is temporary but the table is permanent in the Oracle database.
OCT
062012
12:58 PM
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1
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Finding object dependencies

o
sidd_130
How can we find out the dependencies on a table?

srikanth goduru
o
Oct 10th, 2012
Check the table dba_dependencies and see what other tables are affected.
312008
JUL
05:17 PM
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Oracle Mass Update

o
galactus911
How do we do mass updates in Oracle PL SQL?
shivigupta
Oct 9th, 2012
Code
o
declare
type id_table
IS TABLE
of testemp.emp_id%type;
v_id_table id_table;
o
o
begin
UPDATE
returning emp_id bulk collect
testemp
SET
subject
d1
WHERE
INTO
emp_id
= 1
v_id_table;
o
o
commit;
dbms_output.put_line(count
end;
IS:==||v_id_table.count);
GeekQA123
Aug 15th, 2012
Use Bulk Update stmt.

SEP
092004
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What is Raise_application_error ?
o
o
Raise_application_error is a procedure of package DBMS_STANDARD which allows to issue an

user_defined error messages from stored sub-program or database trigger.
Ashutosh
o
Oct 8th, 2012
Their classes of errors and diff. errors are divided among these classes simply because of
ease in classification, For defining errors and error message with raise_application_error
procedure by users...
SARANYA
o
Jul 25th, 2011
I know that the error no in raise_application_error are non standard but tell me on what
basis we are giving those numbers? is that simply a number or it some implicit meaning ?
MAR
122012
03:26 AM
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Using distinct keyword with the analytical functions

o
gaurvitul
hi
I have to write a query to fetch 5 columns from the data. columns are title,description,msgs_count,alerts
and severity.
msgs_count is count(title) over (partition by ) and alerts is sum(title partition by) over.
in case the duplicates of title are present in data. I want the title to come only once in the output but the
msgs_count and alerts must not be affected. is it...
raghavender
o
Oct 7th, 2012
Analytic functions are used to fetch all rows with the required aggregate data, if duplicates
are needed, then you can use distinct or you can use group by clause instead of analytic
functions which will have better performance.
MAR
202007
06:24 AM
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How do you set table for read only access ?

o
nitin_kumat
if i am updating one record in a table at that time no other user can't able insert ,update the record in
same table How is it possible
Smruti R Das
o
Sep 26th, 2012
GRANT SELECT ON table_name TO user_name

velan
o
Sep 11th, 2012
There are couple of ways 1) If there are user other than owner accessing this table then you
can "grant select on TABLE_NAME" 2) Otherwise you DBA can create a role which will
have only the privillege...
NOV
242011
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How can I get recent 10 records out of 100 records

o
vinay.juri
HI all
table contain some 1000 records, today I inserted 100 records into table, so I want first 10 records data
from 100 records
how can I retrieve
kapil joshi
o
Sep 15th, 2012
Select * from employees where rownum

Manoj Kumar
o
Aug 28th, 2012
Code
o SELECT * FROM (SELECT * FROM emp
ORDER BY <created_date> DESC) WHERE
252010
MAY
2.
05:23 PM
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rownum
<11
1
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Query Nested Table Data

o
sandip01
How to query nested table column of a table without using table function?
Pooja
o
Sep 3rd, 2012
There are two general ways to query a table that contains a collection type as a column or
attribute. Nest the collections in the result rows that contain them. Distribute or unnest
collections so t...
FEB
092006
07:22 AM
5120
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6
Ans
Can e truncate some of the rows from the table instead of

truncating the full table.
o
Soma Bose
Vishal R Bhadange
o
Aug 12th, 2012
Yes.
Yes we can truncate some of the rows from the table, But table should be partitioned & all
the rows to be deleted should be present in one single partition...
leelakrishna302
Jun 15th, 2012
We cannot
OCT
232011
01:06 AM
1894
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1
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SQL Statements Syntax

o
SAUMYA SRIVASTAVA
How to display all rows and all the columns of employee table?
ram
o
Aug 8th, 2012
Select *from emp;

here * retriving all records from the db
OCT
132006
11:21 AM
4147
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22
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> Select Count(*) from T1 where a=10 3> Select count(*) from T1
where b=20 11Now, What will b the O/P of the following..select
count(*) from T1 where a=10 or b=20..............................
o
shamim909
ChevyBlazer
Jul 2nd, 2012
The answer will be between 11-14 . You have to consider two extreme cases where 1. 3
rows with a=10 and 11 rows with b=20 are all distinct rows - then the answer will be 14 2.
Where there are 11 rows...
Venkat
o
Jun 30th, 2012
The accurate answer is "The result can contain max of 14 records", but this not guaranteed.
It can be less also. (Minimum is 10 rows and maximum is 14 rows). It is because there can
be some overlpa in the same row between "a" and "b" column.
SEP
092004
06:04 AM
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18
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What will happen after commit statement ?
o
o
Cursor C1 is
Select empno,
ename from emp;
Begin
open C1;
...
Vivek
o
Jun 29th, 2012
After committing first oracle will commit the transaction into redo log file and then Data file.
The data block will remain into the memory until the logical reads are going on. Oracle use
LRU algorit...
Art11
Sep 27th, 2011
The data will be written from redo log buffer into redo log files.
What steps should a programmer should follow for better

tunning of the PL/SQL blocks?Difference between procedure and
function?What is the use of ref cursor return type?
o
aseemnaithani
Profile Answers by aseemnaithani Questions by aseemnaithani
o
Aniruddha Das
o
Jun 11th, 2012
If you want to take care of performance tuning you need to take care of sub-queries as they
takes a lot of time to executing in side the pl-sql blocks.
ptmich
May 28th, 2012
Ref cursor is used to declare a pointer variable. When you return a ref cursor, you are
returning a pointer variable.
AUG
02:45 AM
312006
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How to find the nth hightest record holder from a table

o
sandeep
manisha
o
May 27th, 2012
Use
Code
o
NVL(a.sal,0)<= NVL(b.sal,0)
Neeraj Siddhey
o
Mar 20th, 2012
This will work:-
1.
2.
SELECT DISTINCT
WHERE 9=(SELECT
a.salary FROM emp a, emp b

DISTINCT count(b.salary) FROM emp b
132012
MAY
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WHERE
a.salary<=b.salary);
When would you use Inline view in Sub query?

o
Gunjan David
vizzi
o
May 16th, 2012
When we use a select query in the from clause, it is called as a inline view. It is used to
reduce complexity of using so many join conditions.
272008
JUL
12:55 PM
7507
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2
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Oracle PRAGMA'S
o
Nishant.Patel
Outline the List of PRAGMA'S used in Oracle.

amrapali
o
Apr 21st, 2012
PRAGMA The instruction is a statement that provides some instructions to the compiler.
Pragmas are defined in the declarative section in PL/SQL. The following pragmas are
available: AUTONOMOUS_TRA...
bobbyiiit
Apr 8th, 2010
PRAGMAPragma is a keyword in Oracle PL/SQL that is used to provide an instruction to the

compile.Types Of Pragmas :-1 - AUTONOMOUS_TRANSACTION2 - EXCEPTION_INIT3 RESTRICT_REFERENCES4 - SERIALLY_REUSABLE
OCT
232007
06:59 AM
12860
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7
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What is nested table in Oracle and difference between table and

nested table?
o
Vikramsingh
pankti
o
Apr 6th, 2012
Nested table Unbounded ...

krishnaindia2007
May 6th, 2008
A Table is a basic unit of storage in oracle .A nested table is a collection type. The main
advantage of collections is instead of processing data sequentially, we may process all
the date&nb...
FEB
06:37 AM
132012
4881
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3
Ans
Oracle exception block

o
nabiel_pathan
In the exception part,what will happen if u dont give (when others) where will it show error compile time or
run time
NAND
o
Feb 27th, 2012
It will give the error at run time if it is not able to find the type of exception thrown in the
current PL/SQL block or the outer block.
It will not throw the compile time error.
Mark Haynes
Feb 27th, 2012
Now, to clarify, I am taking the following statement; "in the exception part, what will happen
if you don't give the (when others) statement" to mean an exception block with no other
when statements a...
NOV
232011
12:58 AM
6971
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2
Ans
How to get minimum time stamp from a table ?

o
ram
Susil Kumar Nagarajan

o
Jan 20th, 2012
Use the combination of To_char and MIN functions.. to_char(min(created),dd-Mon-yyyy

hh:mm:ss) Example:
Code
o
SELECT
to_char(min(created),dd-Mon-yyyy hh:mm:ss) Min_time
FROM
all_objects
Hitendra Yadav
o
Dec 15th, 2011
Just use min() function and find minimum timestamp from a table.
SEP
212010
08:21 AM
3354
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1
Ans
Index Work
o
sarikagopan
How does index work? How to check whether Index is pickup?

z_ashwini
Jan 13th, 2012
Indexes are created for better performance of the DB ; for faster retrival of data from DB.
There are diffierent types of indexes... (1) B tree index (2) Bitmap map index (3) Function
based index (4) ...
AUG
202006
10:20 AM
3757
Views
3
Ans
How can i import .dmp file in lower version of oracle from higher
version ?
o
santanu koner
ABHISHEK TYAGI
o
Jan 6th, 2012
D:oracleproduct10.2.0db_2BIN>expdp scott/tiger@ace directory=test_dir dumpf

ile=testver.dmp tables=testversion remap_tablespace=users_tbs:users Import: Release
10.2.0.1.0 - 64bit Production on Sunday...
osden
o
Oct 6th, 2007
No. You cannot export a higher version to the lower version.

MAR
282007
01:22 AM
2554
Views
4
Ans
How to display 4th maximum sal in enp without using

subqueries?
o
suresh
Shiyamala Devi
o
Jan 5th, 2012
Code
o
SELECT *
FROM (SELECT
player_nm, gross_sal,
RANK ()
FROM
OVER
(ORDER BY
gross_sal
DESC)
playerRank
player)
o
WHERE playerRank = 4;
This query will display 4th highest salary from the player table
sunshine60india
Jun 18th, 2011
SELECT TOP 1 * FROM (

desc)AORDER BY CTC
SELECT TOP 4 * FROM EMPLOYEE ORDER BY CTC
AUG
252006
10:42 PM
3760
Views
7
Ans
How can i get set identity for last coloumn of the table.
o
t.madhu sudah reddy
priya dharan raj
Nov 14th, 2011
Code
o
SELECT * FROM
(SELECT
AND
user_tab_columns
max(column_id)
FROM
WHERE
column_id
user_tab_columns
IN
WHERE
table_name=v_table_name)
table_name=v_table_name
Nitesh Srivastava TechM

o
Nov 10th, 2011
See the code below

Code
o
SELECT * FROM
AND
USER_TAB_COLUMNS
column_id = (SELECT
TABLE_NAME='EMP')
WHERE
TABLE_NAME='EMP'
MAX(column_id) FROM
o ORDER BY COLUMN_ID
OCT
2.
202010
07:52 AM
5381
Views
2
Ans
Schedule email in oracle
USER_TAB_COLUMNS
WHERE
gt.sanwaliyaji
How to schedule an email in oracle reports?

KARI
o
Oct 29th, 2011
UTL_MAIL: type procedure in UTL_MAIL 1)SEND (send the message without attachment)
"plsql Begin UTL_MAIL.SEND(sender
=>'karimuth@amazon.com',recipients=>'karimuthu.bala@gmail.com'...
zahar
Jun 7th, 2011
Using utl_mail
112010
JUL
09:48 AM
5182
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2
Ans
Rectify Deadlock
o
srividhya_85
If a deadlock has occured and if you have given with the dump, how will you identify that where the
deadlock has occured, how the deadlock occured and how to rectify the same.
kari
o
Oct 16th, 2011
the steps necessary to identify and rectify code causing deadlocks are: * Locate the error
messages in the alert log. * Locate the relevant trace file(s). * Identify the SQL statements
i...
skumar.t15
Aug 5th, 2010
Each user session might have one or more tasks running on its behalf where each task
might acquire or wait to acquire a variety of resources. The following types of resources can
cause blocking that c...
MAR
202007
06:19 AM
24701
Views
9
Ans
Force View
o
nitin_kumat
What is Force View. Why Oracle Give Facility to create force view? What is the use of force View
sonam kanungo
o
Oct 14th, 2011
As per my knowledge when view is created without base table.then the view is called as
forced view.
in this type of view is created with compilation error.
mohan
o
Oct 14th, 2011
If we create a view without having base table, that view called as forced view. it will create
with compile error. it will be in invalid till base table create.
DEC
202006
06:11 AM
6727
Views
11
Ans
How to get the 25th row of a table.

o
Mrigen
Dharma
o
Oct 14th, 2011
Code
o
SELECT
* FROM <Table_name> WHERE ROWID=25
mohan
o
Oct 14th, 2011
SELECT * FROM TABLE_NAMEWHERE (ROWID, 0) IN (SELECT ROWID, MOD(ROWID,

N) FROM TABLE_NAME);
JAN
072008
10:50 AM
3343
Views
4
Ans
Debug Procedure
o
av_t66
How to debug a procedure in SQL Prompt

srimanta sahoo
o
Oct 4th, 2011
You can debug the procedure by writting following command :

alter procedure procedure name
debug ;
puneet.kush
Apr 17th, 2008
You can debug the procedure. Oracle gives a util programme DBMS_DEBUG by which you
can debug a procedure.the full detail you can see at
http://www.oracleutilities.com/wiki/index.php?title=Dbms_debugan...
FEB
232007
05:22 AM
15285
Views
10
Ans
How to insert data from one table to another table without insert
command and cursors
o
mandlakarna
Neeraj yadav
o
Oct 3rd, 2011
Code
SELECT
INTO
o tablename_2 FROM tablename_1

OR can pass clause also........................
Code
o
SELECT
tablename_2
WHERE
INTO
FROM
tablename_1
VNO='CV/2011/12'
gsmanvi
Jun 27th, 2008
declarecursor cursor_name isselect col1,col2,col3from tab_name;ab_record cursor_name

%rowtype;beginopen cursor_name;loopfetch ab_record into cursor_name;exit when
cursor_name%notfound;insert into tab_n...
JUN
092008
06:09 AM
4497
Views
3
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What are optimizer hints?

o
rudhra97
Art11
Sep 27th, 2011
A hint is an instruction to the optimizer. You can use optimizer hints with SQL statements to
alter execution plans.
muraligrandhi
Jun 23rd, 2011
The optimizer hints determines the most efficient way to execute a SQL statement after
considering many factors related to the objects referenced and the conditions specified ...
APR
192007
06:00 AM
9144
Views
4
Ans
Explain about CURSOR and REF CURSUR with real time scenario
where this can be used.
o
gouri sankar rath
Art11
Sep 27th, 2011
A REF Cursor is a datatype that holds a cursor value in the same way that a VARCHAR2
variable will hold a string value. It is not a cursor, but a variable that points to a cursor. It is
not limited t...
sunil
o
Jul 26th, 2011
CURSOR A cursor is a variable that runs through the tuples of some relation. This relation
can be a stored table, or it can be the answer to some query. A cursor can be used in
realtime when u nee...
SEP
012011
10:24 AM
5988
Views
7
Ans
Deleting Duplicate Keys

o
Gopal Sanodiya
How to delete duplicate Keys through PL-SQL in single query.

anonymous
o
Sep 27th, 2011
Code
o
SQL> DELETE FROM table_name WHERE rowid

duplicate_values_field_name);
NOT IN (SELECT
max(rowid)
FROM TABLE GROUP
BY
OR
SQL>
duplicate_values_field_name dv FROM table_name ta

min(rowid) FROM table_name tb WHERE ta.dv=tb.dv);
DELETE
<(SELECT
WHERE
rowid
Art11
Sep 21st, 2011
Assuming that ename and job is the same or First and Last name...
SELECT * FROM (SELECT empno, ename, job ,RANK() OVER (PARTITION BY ename,
job ORDER BY empno) AS SeqNo FROM emp1) WHERE SeqNo > 1
Which type of binding does PL/SQL use?

o
narayani
Read Best Answer
g_sidhu
Jan 31st, 2008
Before a PL/SQL program can be executed, it must be compiled. The PL/SQL compiler
resolves references to Oracle objects by looking up their definitions in the data dictionary.
Then, the compiler assigns storage addresses to program variables that will hold Oracle
data so that Oracle can look up the addresses at run time. This process is called binding.
How a database language implements binding affects runtime efficiency and flexibility.
Binding at compile time, called static or earlybinding, increases efficiency because the
definitions of database objects are looked up then, not at run time. On the other hand,
binding at run time, called dynamic or late binding, increases flexibility because the
definitions of database objects can remain unknown until then.
Art11
Sep 24th, 2011
This is the best answer I found:

Early binding is checking for existence of objects referred in the program unit during the
compilation phase. Late binding will not check the existence of objects till the runtime
pramodh holla
Sep 21st, 2010
It uses deferred binding...in the sense it uses both static and dynamic binding.
Improve Answer
JUN
062011
12:14 AM
5616
Views
6
Ans
How to identify missing records in a single-column table?
sandip.dhopat
How to identify missing records in a single-column table ?Column consists of numbers in a ordered
manner but the some numbers are deleted from the table in random manner and need to identify those
rows.p.s. This table consist of only 1 row.
Satya
o
Sep 20th, 2011
"sql SELECT CASE WHEN ConNum - prev_id = 2 THEN TO_CHAR( prev_id +1) ELSE '[' ||
NVL( prev_id +1 ,1 ) || ' , ' || (ConNum-1) || ']' END AS missing_range , ConNum - NVL...
geetha
o
Aug 25th, 2011
Code
o
SELECT LEVEL FROM
CONNECT BY LEVEL <=10
MINUS
SELECT
FROM
dual
test
o
where the test table is like colA 2 4 6 7 the result will be the missing numbers..
042011
2. MAY
01:11 PM
5235
Views
4
Ans
What command would you use to encrypt a PL/SQL application?
kperumal75
satya
o
Sep 20th, 2011
You can use "Decode" also inspite of Translate:

Ex: select decode( 'abcdefghijk','abcdefghijk','zyxwvutsrqp') enript from dual;
tolik
Aug 3rd, 2011
Wrap command
OCT
122007
02:27 AM
4467
Views
4
Ans
How do you call procedure have a DDL or commit/rollback

statement from a trigger?
o
piyush sachan
VITHAL
o
Sep 16th, 2011
To handle this type of procedures we should use pragma autonomous trigger

Dilip Lakshetty
Mar 27th, 2011
Better You make your trigger body as autonomous transaction

APR
112011
07:35 AM
5878
Views
11
Ans
How to get max value from different columns of a table ?

o
bab.mishra
Suppose Input table is COL1 COL2 COL 3A 1 -3B -2 6c 3 -4D 9 10In sql query I want the desired output
as follows COL1 COL nA 1B 6C 3D 10Please write the query to get this output
fire_starter
Sep 15th, 2011
Hello, For my query example I have used the table test_tbl, and the columns col, col1, col2.
It also does consider NULL value in comparison, so it will show value on comparing with
NULL, and for ev...
BhushanNag
Aug 24th, 2011
SELECT COL1, GREATEST(COL2, COL3) FROM max_value_column

Regards
Bhushan
SEP
112011
02:56 PM
4584
Views
1
Ans
How do you register concurrent program in pl/sql ?

o
sreenuharshitha
pavankumar_greek
Sep 15th, 2011
Using packages we can run concurrently two programs .

place the programs in two files and create a package which is having the code can open
those two files. next we have to register this package to apps.
JAN
302007
01:47 AM
5213
Views
13
Ans
Can we have same trigger with different names for a table?eg:

create trigger trig1after insert on tab1;andeg: create trigger
trig2after insert on tab1;If yes,which trigger executes first.
o
joseph
MURTHY
o
Sep 7th, 2011
the question is very nice. yes we can have 2 triggers with same body but with different
names. ex: create trigger trg1 .................... ............................... end; create tri...
Baji Shaik
Jun 5th, 2011
yes, we cant said upto 10g oracle server executes the triggers randomly,but 11g we are
having a feature follows clause,by using this we have to control the execution of triggers
explicitly by the deve...
MAR
102006
11:57 PM
10171
Views
9
Ans
What is ref cursor in pl/sql?

o
sandip_kate
Sahaja Mallarapu
o
Aug 26th, 2011
A Ref Cursor is a variable that points to cursor.A ref cursor allows you to store the result of a
"bulk collect" from a table (or any PL/SQL cursor return set) into a PL/SQL table and then
reference ...
Sadashiv
o
Aug 8th, 2011
REF Cursor OR Dynamic Cursors: Query associated with cursor is not known at the time of
compilation. The select statement associated with cursor is changing at the time of running
the program Syntax...
OCT
202006
05:33 PM
2251
Views
9
Ans
now i want the result as

(248)9078905,(234)5678909 into another table called phone2.
">
Hi Guys,i have an interview question. can anyone help me reg

this.i have a table called "phone" and filed as "phone number"
and table have values like 2489078905,2345678909now i want the
result as (248)9078905,(234)5678909 into another table called
phone2.
o
dev
SURESHMALLIPEDDI
Aug 9th, 2011
Select '('||substr(phone,1,3)||')'||substr(phone,4) "formated phone number",phone from

phone
paresh Borad
o
Aug 1st, 2011
Use this query

create table newphone as (select '(' || substr(phnumber, 1,3) || ')' || substr(phnumber,4,10)
"phonenumber" from oldphone)
DEC
062008
12:38 AM
5068
Views
3
Ans
Composite Variables
o
kantri
What are Composite Variable?

Rams
o
Aug 6th, 2011
A composite variable has internal components, which you can access individually. You can
pass entire composite variables to subprograms as parameters. PL/SQL has two kinds of
composite variables, coll...
agitatedsoul10
Aug 4th, 2010
A Variable holds a value in a memory location. The Association of a variable to other

variables can be called as composite variables.
JUN
062008
03:35 AM
4102
Views
3
Ans
PL SQL Logs
o
liaohanming
List at least three common ways to write logs in PL SQL?

yogesh
o
Aug 4th, 2011
We can't return more than 1 value in function but by using OUT parameter we can get
multiple values in function
which is not good programming, by using ref cursor we just save memory location of
function doesn't return more than 1 value.
sububhaai
May 14th, 2009
1. Create a log table and insert your logging messages into this table.2. Write to a log file,
using the DBMS_FILE package, but this is not recomended because there is lot of I/O.
JUN
022007
04:03 AM
7063
Views
10
Ans
Compare EXISTS and IN Usage with advantages and

disadvantages.
o
Sachin Gadakri
saeed
o
Jul 25th, 2011
Compare EXISTS and IN Usage with advantages and disadvantages.

be_viral
Jul 14th, 2008
We should use Exists or In based on the no of records inner and outer query is expected to
return.Using Exists : Here the outer query is executed first and then inner query is
excecuted for each value...
OCT
112006
11:57 AM
3069
Views
6
Ans
What is the diff between %Rowtype and %type?

o
Srinivas
manoj_lanser
Jul 20th, 2011
%type is used when we have to define the datatype of a variable similar to another existing
column data-type. eg- v_id employess.employee_id%type. In this example we have make a
variable v_id similar...
Radha
o
Jul 14th, 2011
We use %type and %rowtype in PL/SQL programming part. %Type: The variable will assign
the datatype which contains in the column of that particular table we mentioned. Ex: v_eno
employee.eno%type; ...
FEB
072011
04:56 AM
2167
Views
3
Ans
Current Database Name

o
Subashpanda
How to know the current database name in PL/SQL?

Saravanan Govindan
o
Jul 20th, 2011
Select name from v$database;

Code
o
SELECT
name
FROM
v$database;
Saravanan Govindan
o
Jul 20th, 2011
Select name from v$database;

OCT
082006
08:28 AM
3697
Views
4
Ans
What is difference between Cursor and Ref Cursor. Please give

example.
o
ravi kant chaturvedi
harinath
o
Jul 15th, 2011
Cursor is a static,
ref cursor is dynamic,
we can't use ref cursor directly, so we declare cursor variable
cursor variables can't be stored in the database
Rajeshwaran
o
Oct 12th, 2006
Cursor is a structure which points to a memory locationswhile Ref-cursor is a datastructure

which point to a object which inturn points to Memory locations..the advantage of having
Ref-cursor is that we can pass dynamically the Ref-cursor as a parameter to a procedures..
FEB
102006
11:37 AM
4314
Views
5
Ans
Based on what conditions can we decide whether to use a table

or a view or a materialized view ?
Shweta_faqs
Radha
o
Jul 14th, 2011
We use view to be confidential about the data and to avoid the complexity of a query. But
Mviews are used for performance problem, we use mviews for faster execution of a query.
But we need to do regular refresh for mviews.
pawan_kr2007
Oct 11th, 2009
View: If a query is being used again and again then its better to create a view with that
query. The query gets stored in database as an object.Materialized view: When you want
you replicate the main ...
MAR
052006
06:38 AM
2849
Views
8
Ans
We have a trigger on data base.in the trigger body we have

created a body using dbms_output.put_line(********) ;this should
be firedwhen ever trigger executed;
o
ravi chand
Radha
o
Jul 14th, 2011
Triggers fire when any condition on such trigger is satisfied...but we don't know when that
trigger is going to be fired and if it is fired where can we see output of
DBMS_output.put_line.
If we want to see output of trigger when it is fired we should mention

Raise_application_error in trigger.
pawan_kr2007
Oct 11th, 2009
If you 'set serveroutput on' and execute the statement which fires the trigger the message
will display on prompt otherwise it will not.
OCT
182006
08:15 AM
2697
Views
3
Ans
Sir,pls send me some more oftanily asked oracle interview

questions iam an one year exprience person...i need one year
oracle interview questions.....
o
basavarajkolur
Radha
o
Jul 14th, 2011
Questions Like: Difference between Delete and Truncate Difference between Sub query and
Correlated sub query Difference between Decode and Case Different Types of constraints
Difference between...
Reks
o
Jan 10th, 2007
Questions like:what is the advantage and disadvantage of packageswhat is the use of

cursorsWhat are the exceptiions found in select queryhow to select duplicate rows,odd
number of rowshow do we use de...
142008
JUL
09:15 AM
3938
Views
6
Ans
What is flash back query and trip stop

o
jagadeesh9
Radha
o
Jul 13th, 2011
Flash Back query is used to get back the deleted rows & dropped tables from the database
even they are committed. To get back the dropped table: Flashback table to before drop; To
get back...
murthy 1053
Jul 2nd, 2010
Flash back query is used to retrive the data.For ex if a table is dropped and we want the
table again so at that time.syn:=FLASHBACK TABLE table_name TO BEFORE DROP.This
will work only if recycled bin is not purged.
142008
JUL
12:19 PM
9833
Views
15
Ans
Can you add not null column to a table already containing data ?
o
be_viral
Radha
o
Jul 13th, 2011
Yes we can add NOT NULL constraint for the column already containing data as: If the data
doesn't have null values then - Alter table modify constraint ; If the data contains null
values...
monoranjang
Jan 24th, 2011
Yes possible, try the below query:ALTER TABLE test add c1 VARCHAR2(10) DEFAULT ('a')
not nullThanksMonoranjan
SEP
202005
10:52 AM
21048
Views
7
Ans
How can we schedule the procedure to run automatically ?

o
kishorebabu
raghu iyer
Jul 11th, 2011
You can use like this....BEGIN
Dbms_Scheduler.create_job(
...
praveen.pinisetti
Apr 6th, 2006
1)Using DBMS_JOB package,we can schedule the job.There are number of built-in
functions in that package to schedule a job.Ex:DBMS_JOB .SUBMITDBMS_JOB .RUN.2)
Using DBMS_SCHEDULERTHIS I SYNTAX FOR CREA...
OCT
312007
12:47 AM
2637
Views
5
Ans
Can we have a Procedure in Specification but not in Package

body. If yes then whats the use of it?
o
Sant_parkash
raghu iyer
Jul 11th, 2011
Hi, Its Not possible..... all the sub programs declared in spec must be implemented in the
body. In this case these sub programs will be private for this package only.Raghu Iyer
Sant_parkash
Dec 3rd, 2007
Yes thats true...It will be private.

APR
032007
05:28 AM
17278
Views
4
Ans
What is difference between ROWNUM and ROWID.

o
globalanil18
kool.bird9
Jul 9th, 2011
ROWID uniquely identifies where a row resides on disk. The information in a

ROWID gives Oracle everything it needs to find your row, the disk number, the cylinder,
block and offset ...
Oracle
RajivPrasad
May 8th, 2007
Also as mentioned by our friend rowid is a unique hexadecimal format integer which takes
up the representation as below
File: Block: Row One can retrieve rowid by using t...
JAN
052007
01:59 AM
4865
Views
9
Ans
What is mutatinig trigger? How do you avoid mutating trigger?

o
koteshwar t
nade_rs
Jun 25th, 2011
We can also make use of compound trigger (new feature in 11 g to avoid mutating error)
Baji Shaik
Jun 5th, 2011
The row level trigger based on a table,the trigger body can't read thedata from same
table, if you are trying to this it gives mutating errorto avoid that you must use statement
level trigger
282006
JUL
10:23 AM
6107
Views
8
Ans
2)what is meant by forward declaration in functions?">
1)what is the starting "oracle error number"?2)what is meant by

forward declaration in functions?
o
suribabu
muraligrandhi
Jun 23rd, 2011
A forward declaration means that modules (procedures and functions) are declared in
advance of their actual body definition. For example, if program A calls program B and
program B calls program A,&nb...
KD09714
Jun 26th, 2008
Example of forward declaration in package : CREATE OR REPLACE PACKAGE

pkg_CBRef_Seq AS PROCEDURE sp_CBRCreateDropSeq_scd ( p_cod_CountryCode IN
country.country_code%TYPE, ...
MAR
182006
03:08 PM
47222
Views
29
Ans
What is difference between "Primary key" and "Unique key"?

o
Babar Shabbir
sunshine60india
Jun 18th, 2011
Primary KEY is the combination of UNIQUE and NOT NULL constraint

neha.awasthi1
May 19th, 2011
Both primary key and unique contain unique value.1: primary key cant be nullUnique key
can be null.2: Multiple column of table van be defined as unique key.Only one column can
defined as primary key
JAN
302007
01:49 AM
3443
Views
7
Ans
What is the order of execution if there is a statement level and

row level trigger on a same table?
o
joseph
Baji Shaik
Jun 5th, 2011
The orders of triggers execution is like this 1.before statement level 2.before
row level 3. after row level 4 after statement level
samareshp
Apr 22nd, 2009
Order of triggre firing :::::::Before Statement levelBefore Row levelAfter Row levelAfter
Statement level
FEB
072007
10:33 AM
4201
Views
3
Ans
HiWhile creating a table, what is the difference between

VARCHAR2(80) and VARCHAR2(80 BYTE)?
o
kkanmani
Baji Shaik
Jun 5th, 2011
Varchar2(80) accept upto 80 characters,varchar2(80 byte) accept upto 80*8=640

characters
psingla
Apr 28th, 2010
If system parameter NLS_LENGTH_SEMANTICS is set to defaultthen no differenceIf

system parameter NLS_LENGTH_SEMANTICS is changed from default behavior BYTE to
CHAR.then VARCHAR2(80) means VARCHAR...
FEB
162007
10:29 PM
9595
Views
4
Ans
What is diff between strong and weak ref cursors

o
ddkdhar
Baji Shaik
Jun 5th, 2011
Strong ref cursor return value, but seek ref cursor it can't return any value
askvenki
Jul 20th, 2007
A strong REF CURSOR type definition specifies a return type, but a weak definition
does not.DECLARE TYPE EmpCurTyp IS REF ...
SEP
242006
02:07 AM
3279
Views
9
Ans
Suppose thr are 10 DMLs(insert,update,delete ) in the main

section of the PL/SQL block .The exception in them is handled as
a whole in the exception handling section .....The error may occur
in any of this DMLs ,so how can we understand that which DML
has failed ??
o
Oracle_learner
sandeshshinde000
Jun 4th, 2011
begin DML 1 ' ' ' ' ' DML 10exceptionwhen others thandbms_output('error at location '||
dbms_utility.format_error_backtrace);e...
BakulPatel
May 7th, 2011
To simplify Remove exception block. Oracle will show line number with error thrownOther
method:beginlocation :=1; dml1 location :=2; dml2exception when others than&nb...
FEB
082006
02:47 AM
2943
Views
9
Ans
What is PL/SQL table? SNO MARK ------- ------------------1 592 403

A4 60 Write a single query to I) Sorted Marks II)First mark III)
replace the mark A with 0(zero)?
o
chiranjeevi reddy
NehaChanda
May 22nd, 2009
We can not use MAX on PLSQL table. Check if it works.Create a PLSQL Table
Sorted_Mark.SNO_MARK(3) := 0; - Replace ASorted in another Collection Typeselect
culumn_valuebulk collect into Sorted_MARKfrom table (cast(SNO_MARK as
PLSQL_DATATYPE))order by column_valueSorted_MARK(1) - First Value
samareshp
Apr 15th, 2009
I guess the the question should be replace a with zero then sort the mark and
then show first mark, Let me know if i am wrong.
select max(mark)
from (
SELECT sno, mark
FROM (select sno, decode(mark, 'A', 0, mark) x from t) xt
ORDER BY x
)
FEB
072011
04:41 AM
2431
Views
1
Ans
PL/SQL UTL_FILE Package

o
Subashpanda
Which exception is used in UTL_FILE package in PL/SQL?

dinesh.smhdr
May 19th, 2011
The package specification of UTL_FILE defines seven

exceptions.INVALID_PATHINVALID_MODEINVALID_FILEHANDLEINVALID_OPERATION
READ_ERRORWRITE_ERRORINTERNAL_ERRORNO_DATA_FOUNDVALUE_ERRORIN
VALID_MAXLINESIZE
SEP
192005
11:40 AM
4585
Views
7
Ans
">
Talk about "Exception Handling" in PL/SQL?
Beena
krishnaindia2007
May 6th, 2008
A warning or error condition is called an exception. An exception may raise in a pl/sql block
due to designing faults, coding mistakes or hardware failure. If an exception raises in a
block ...
g_sidhu
Jan 31st, 2008
You can handle exception in two ways: Trap it with a handler : If the exception is raised in
the executable section of the block, processing branches to the corresponding exception
handler...
SEP
272005
06:53 AM
1983
Views
11
Ans
Can procedures have parameters

o
sreelatha
krishnaindia2007
May 6th, 2008
Procedures Can have Parameters. But parameters is optional .i.e. we may defined
procedures without parameters also.It can take three types of parametersIN , OUT and
INOUT.
kanchan Patra
o
Aug 7th, 2007
Yes, Procedures can have parameters.

SEP
092004
06:04 AM
23936
Views
3
Ans
What is Pragma EXECPTION_INIT ? Explain the usage ?

o
o
The PRAGMA EXECPTION_INIT tells the complier to associate an exception with an oracle error. To get
an error message of a specific oracle error.
e.g. PRAGMA EXCEPTION_INIT (exception name, oracle
error number)
Devendra Tawar
Apr 27th, 2011
Use for handle user defined exception.

g_sidhu
Jan 31st, 2008
PRAGMA EXCEPTION_INIT statement associate the declared exception with the standard
Oracle server error number. PRAGMA EXCEPTION_INIT tells the compiler to associate an
exception name with an Oracle er...
JAN
07:03 AM
182011
3038
Views
1
Ans
Oracle Locks Concept

o
vrushali
Please explain How to set locktime out in Oracle.

NareshAB
Apr 24th, 2011
Set Lock_Timeout Time (in ms)Thanks

FEB
162007
10:33 PM
4243
Views
3
Ans
What is dense_rank function and it's usage ?

o
ddkdhar
Teju_hassan
Apr 20th, 2011
See the below example to understand better.select dense_rank,rank,salfrom empsorder by

sal descdense_rank|rank|sal1
&...
g_sidhu
Feb 5th, 2008
Rank Function can cause non-consecutive rankings if the tested values are the same.
Whereas, the dense_rank function will always result in consecutive rankings.
MAR
052006
10:55 AM
2149
Views
3
Ans
Can we call a procedure into another procedure?If yes means

how you can pass the perameters for the two procedures?
o
kumar71979
debasisdas
Apr 11th, 2011
I believe an example would be best way to explain this.The scenario is whan user passes
an employee_no to be inserted into EMP table i wan that value to be check against the
existing record. If the em...
Arun
o
Oct 27th, 2006
Hi friendit is easyExamplecreate or replace procedure first_proc (v_name1 in varchar,

v_age in number) isbegindbms_output.put_line(v_name||' is '||v_age||' years
old!');end;create or replace procedure...
MAR
082011
05:03 AM
2646
Views
1
Ans
Why and When would you use a package instead of standalone

procedures? Which one increases performence - package or
standalone procedure?
o
gangadhar6708
mailtonagaraja
Mar 24th, 2011
Hi , 1) In Package we can combile all related objects into one component, whenever you
refer or call any object in the package , full package will be copied to the memory , so that
next ti...
FEB
172011
03:07 AM
1986
Views
0
Ans
Call FieldControls
jalaramaiah_k
How can we call fieldcontrols in PL/SQL programming?
User Defined Exception Handler

o
Subashpanda
Suppose a programmer creates a user defined exception handler Invalid_Number in declare block with
type EXCEPTION and raise this exception in begin block. Then how will you access the user defined
exception and same system defined exception (i.e Inavlid_Number)
promisinganuj
Feb 10th, 2011
The system defined exceptions in Oracle are tied to Oracle error codes. For this case,
system defined error INVALID_NUMBER is tied with error code -01722.Now, when a user
defines the sa...
JUN
272008
01:59 AM
3444
Views
5
Ans
PL SQL Procedure in Package

o
kondla
Procedure in package perfomes fastly over normal procedure, Explain.

monoranjang
Jan 24th, 2011
A Storeprocedure is a Set of transactional SQL statements which will do some operation.

Storedprocedure is precomplied . When we use sp's in our application it will reduce network
traffic because ...
muraligrandhi
Jun 8th, 2010
It's true. Procedures in the packages are faster than the stand alone procedures, because
all the procedures in the package are compiled once and stored in the SGA at shared pool
area. If we call the ...
JAN
182011
07:07 AM
3112
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2
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Unconstrained Loop
o
vrushali
What is unconstrained loop?suggest some example.

Art11
Sep 27th, 2011
Did you mean infinite loop?

vikz.pal
Jan 23rd, 2011
Unconstrained loop means loop that can't be handled as per our will.Basic loop is a simple
example of unconstrained loop - if we ignore proper exit statement in basic loop then it
becomes an infin...
OCT
062010
08:43 AM
3109
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3
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DATATYPES
o
sdas84jobs
1-WHAT IS THE MAX LENGHT OF VARCHAR2 DATATYPE IN PL/SQL?2-WHAT IS THE USE OF

UROWID?3-WHAT ARE THE SUBTYPES?GIVE ANY 2 EXAMPLE?4- WHAT IS THE GENERAL
STANDARD FOR DECLARATION?
pravesh28
Dec 27th, 2010
1... max length is 327672 rowid means row plus id actuall its psedocolmn that store the
value of each rowwith the help of rowid>>> we can remove duplicate value>>> we can
dispa...
muraligrandhi
Nov 9th, 2010
1. Maximum length of a varible in PL/SQL is 32767 bytes2. The UROWID or Universal

Rowid is useful for storing logical addresses of all the rows of Index-organized tables. It can
store both the logical...
SEP
092004
06:04 AM
2453
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4
Ans
How packaged procedures and functions are called from the

following?
o
o
a. Stored procedure or anonymous block b. an application program such a PRC *C, PRO*
COBOL c. SQL *PLUS
a. PACKAGE NAME.PROCEDURE NAME (parameters);
variable :=
PACKAGE NAME.FUNCTION NAME (arguments);
EXEC SQL EXECUTE ...
shi_fu
Nov 30th, 2010
a. procedure is called by its name:pack_name.proc_name;function is called from a

expression:a=b*(function(param));b.(same as above)procedure is called by its
name:pack_name.proc_name;function is calle...
g_sidhu
Feb 16th, 2008
a. PACKAGE NAME.PROCEDURE NAME (parameters);

NAME.FUNCTION NAME (arguments);
b. ...
MAR
282010
07:34 PM
4355
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variable := PACKAGE
4
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Bulk Data Operations

o
sue86
You are developing a PL/SQL block designed for bulk data operations. When attemping to store table
data for multiple rows in a PL/SQL variable, which one of the following choices identifies the mechanism
best suited for this task (choose one)? A. cursorB. varchar2C. recordD. table of records
rahulg5211
Oct 25th, 2010
Table of record type is best option to perform this operation.becouse first thing pl/table has
unlimited size.second thing for fetching bunch of record into pl/table,besides of INTO
clause we ne...
shukla.prashant76
Apr 28th, 2010
Answer is D. We need multiple rows on a variable so we use here Table of records .it uses
just like as collection of records.Cursor is used for selecting multiple rows from stored
table.Var...
NOV
232006
09:37 AM
7048
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2
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Difference between pre-query & post-query
Ramachandra
kalpana2u95
Oct 12th, 2010
Pre SQL query means that the integration service runs SQL commands against the source
database before it reads the data from source. Post SQL query means IS runs
SQL commands against target database after it writes to the target.
Pawan Ahuja
o
Dec 4th, 2006
Pre-query trigger fires only ones while post-query trigger fires each time.the Post-Query
trigger fires each time Form Builder fetches a record into a block.RegardsPawan Ahuja
SEP
122006
12:44 AM
4362
Views
4
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How can u create session variable in pakages?

o
suri
asraf_pa
Oct 10th, 2010
You can use DBMS_SESSION to set & get session variable. Below is the example for the
sameSQL> EXEC DBMS_SESSION.SET_CONTEXT('CLIENTCONTEXT', 'myvar',
'myvalue');PL/SQL procedure successfully co...
rampratap409
Dec 11th, 2006
session variable can not be declared in package, variable declared in package are called
global variables. create package mypack isnum number := 7;num2 number;end ;here num,
num2 are global vari...
AUG
022009
07:31 PM
4985
Views
8
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Debugging Dynamic SQL

o
sanjeevlabh
What is the best technique of debugging large and fragmented dynamic SQL.
kumardba
Oct 7th, 2010
You can try to debug Dynamic SQL using SQL Advisor Tool or TKPROF tool
shivaranjani.p
Oct 6th, 2010
Hi,You need to store each and every line of the dynamic sql in a file using UTL_FILE
Package before you could execute it, so that you can refer the same file after executing the
code, this here serves...
AUG
09:15 AM
092007
2734
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3
Ans
Write sample code that can create a hierachical set of data

without using a start with and connect by clause in PL/SQL
o
soorajsk_84
Art11
Sep 27th, 2011
My example is not perfect but close."sql SELECT deptno, job, ename, sal
,CURSOR( SELECT ename, deptno, job, sal , DENSE_RANK () OVER (ORDER BY sal
desc) rnk ...
dipanjan80
Oct 6th, 2010
Using LEAD analytical function its possible to get hierarchical set of data. Here is an
example: SELECT deptno, empno, sal, LEAD(sal, 1, 0) OVER (PARTITION BY dept
ORDER BY sal DESC NULLS LAST) N...
OCT
132005
09:27 AM
1992
Views
9
Ans
How would you hide a table in sql. ie the table can be only visible
to its maker.
o
abhishek
Not known yet

ankurlibra
Sep 26th, 2010
We are misunderstanding the question and I assume that Abhishek want to say that "How
we can hide a table info from user?".To hide table info or as per question make it invisible to
other user. A tabl...
pravelu
Apr 23rd, 2010
It can be done using role grants. Grant view or debug privileges to only the set of users who
can see these tables. The other users who are not granted the privilege cannot view this
table. Every single user is a Schema in Oracle.It is by default, that the table cannot be seen
by others.
APR
232006
04:19 AM
7421
Views
3
Ans
What is a purity level? How it is should be taken into

consideration when your writing any database objects i.e.,
trigger,function, procedure etc.,
o
kameshakundy
asrafpa
Sep 26th, 2010
The function purity level defines what structures the function reads or modifies. Following
are the purity levels 1) WNDS - Writes No Database State i.e. Function does not modify any
database tables ...
pari
o
Mar 14th, 2007
pragma_restrict_references is a compiler directive to check the purity level of functions used

in packages.The restriction on a function that it cannot do update, insert or delete when
used in select ...
MAR
062009
04:56 PM
3336
Views
8
Ans
Package Function
o
harit79
You have a package called A and one function in that packgae called XYZ.If you need to call that function
in second packaged B, How will you call?
Raj_P
Sep 1st, 2010
1) VarName := PackageName.FunctionName(<Parameter List>).2) Select

PackageName.FunctionName(<Parameter List>) From <TableName? You cannot run this
statement if y...
shekhar2010
Aug 30th, 2010
Yes we can call a function which is there in a Package 'A' from Package 'B'. And it is very
simple as stated belowPackage_Name.Function_Name(Parameter_List);
252010
MAY
11:17 PM
3015
Views
6
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Status of Procedure
o
anulc
If a procedure is referring a table and if the structure of the table is changed, lets say data type of the any
column is changed, then is it possible that the status of the procedure remains valid? Explain
Read Best Answer

tar.goyal
Member Since Aug-2010 | Aug 4th, 2010
It is possible that a procedure remain valid even when the data type of columns of a table
on which it is operating change.
This can be achieved by using Anchor declaration i.e. %TYPE and %ROWTYPE while defining reference to
such table columns and rows respectively in the procedure.
tar.goyal
Aug 4th, 2010
It is possible that a procedure remain valid even when the data type of columns of a table
on which it is operating change.This can be achieved by using Anchor declaration i.e.
%TYPE and %ROWTYPE while defining reference to such table columns and rows
respectively in the procedure.
anironic
Jul 21st, 2010
If PL/SQL stored SP %type and does not explicity declare a datatype, then it is quite
possible that Stored procedure remains valid, even after changing the datatype in the table.
Ex, you have a declar...
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062006
MAY
08:43 AM
1420
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3
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How can i get the procedure's, function's name from a package if

it is wrapped(both spec & body).
o
biswajit
Gaurav_Vashishtha
Jul 27th, 2010
You can get the source code of the wrapped pakage from dba_source table.
ravikumarzee@gmail.com
Mar 9th, 2007
Desc e.g., If u want to know the procedures and functions in a package called xyz thendesc
xyz;
062010
JUL
12:30 PM
2775
Views
1
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Package Without Body

o
Raj_P
What is the use of a package without body?

Gaurav_Vashishtha
Jul 27th, 2010
Package without body is used to declare global cursors and constants which can be used
by other function, procedures or packages
072010
JUL
03:10 AM
3048
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1
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PL/SQL Synonym
o
kanchanG
What are the advantage of Synonym in PL/SQL

mukesh1009
Jul 9th, 2010
Dear Kanchan Maheshwari There are two categories of synonyms, public and private. A
public synonym can be accessed by any system user. The individual creating a public
synonym does not own the sy...
AUG
262009
03:27 AM
2294
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2
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Recreating and Rebuilding Indexes

o
sowjanya.valaparla
What is recreating and rebuiding of indexes?

sktest
Jul 11th, 2010
ALTER INDEX REBUILD

raghunadhn
Mar 3rd, 2010
Rebuilding IndexSyntax: Alter index index_name rebuild.If you rebuild the index, the existing
index will be dropped and created immediately, and any overheads existing on the index wil
be removed. The...
MAR
02:44 PM
012007
6090
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5
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What are the advantages and disadvantages of DBMS-SQL

o
ddkdhar
neerajalatha
Jul 7th, 2010
Disadvantages:It is slow when compared to native dynamic SQL and coding is also difficult
when compared to native dynamic SQL.
stshekhar
Jun 22nd, 2008
Disadvantage : 1) Executing DDL statements through dbms_sql sometime can result in

deadlock. example : we are trying to drop one object at the time it is being accessed by
other user.
DEC
202006
06:15 AM
2204
Views
6
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How can i see the time of execution of a sql statement?
Mrigen
machomanic
Jul 8th, 2010
You can use the command SQL> SET TIMING ON;This will show how much time your
query took for the execution.
neerajalatha
Jul 7th, 2010
We can find the time of execution of a sql statement using dbms_utility.get_time

packageeg:declarev1 integer;v2
number;beginv1:=dbms_utility.get_time;dbms_output.put_line(v1);select count(*) into v2
from employee;v1:=dbms_utility.get_time;dbms_output.put_line(v1);end;/
JUN
192010
09:46 AM
1409
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1
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SQL Statments in Packages

o
my_colorado
If you have to call same piece of code at many places in a package, How do you achieve this without
calling the function many times?
kanchanG
Jul 7th, 2010
We can use 'Go To' statement in this case.
SEP
202005
10:50 AM
2589
Views
7
Ans
What is the output of the following pl/sql block ?declare

v_empno emp.empno%type;begin select empno into v_empno
from emp where empno = 10;exception when others then
dbms_output.put_line ( 'no data found'); when no_data_found
then dbms_output.put_line ( 'ther is no data found ');end;
o
Kishorebabu
when others then *ERROR at line 6:ORA-06550: line 6, column 2:PLS-00370: OTHERS handler must be
last among the exception handlers of a blockORA-06550: line 0, column 0:PL/SQL: Compilation unit
analysis terminated
kiran_marla
Jul 6th, 2010
Error occurs, why because "when others" must and should be placed at last in exception
block
neerajalatha
Jul 5th, 2010
when others then*ERROR at line 6:ORA-06550: line 6, column 2:PLS-00370: OTHERS

handler must be last among the exception handlers of a blockORA-06550: line 0, column
0:PL/SQL: Compilation unit analysis terminatedThis is right answer
FEB
072006
02:14 AM
3426
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6
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Can any one explain Perforance Tuning in PL/SQL

o
Srinu
neerajalatha
Jul 5th, 2010
Performance tuning can be improved by using FOR ALL and BULK COLLECT clauses in
place of FOR LOOP and CURSORS which makes the application faster and better.
ORA_CRAZY
Nov 19th, 2009
Using Bulk binding concepts, we can tune the PL/SQL job that takes long time due to
millions of records.
SEP
092004
06:04 AM
5154
Views
6
Ans
What is PL/SQL table ?

o
o
Objects of type TABLE are called "PL/SQL tables", which are modeled as (but not the same as)
database tables, PL/SQL tables use a primary PL/SQL tables can have one column and a primary
key. Cursors
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rkanth18
Member Since Sep-2005 | Nov 26th, 2005
A PL/SQL table is a one-dimensional, unbounded, sparse collection of homogenous

elements, indexed by integers
One-dimensional
A PL/SQL table can have only one column. It is, in this way, similar to a onedimensional array.
Unbounded or Unconstrained
There is no predefined limit to the number of rows in a PL/SQL table. The PL/SQL
table grows dynamically as you add more rows to the table. The PL/SQL table is,
in this way, very different from an array.
Related to this definition, no rows for PL/SQL tables are allocated for this structure
when it is defined.
Sparse
In a PL/SQL table, a row exists in the table only when a value is assigned to that
row. Rows do not have to be defined sequentially. Instead you can assign a value
to any row in the table. So row 15 could have a value of `Fox' and row 15446 a
value of `Red', with no other rows defined in between.
Homogeneous elements
Because a PL/SQL table can have only a single column, all rows in a PL/SQL
table contain values of the same datatype. It is, therefore, homogeneous.
With PL/SQL Release 2.3, you can have PL/SQL tables of records. The resulting
table is still, however, homogeneous. Each row simply contains the same set of
columns.
Indexed by integers
PL/SQL tables currently support a single indexing mode: by BINARY_INTEGER.

This number acts as the "primary key" of the PL/SQL table. The range of a
BINARY_INTEGER is from -231-1 to 231-1, so you have an awful lot of rows with
which to work
neerajalatha
Jul 5th, 2010
A PL/SQL table is a database table having one column and rows are stored not in
predefined order. Associative arrays and nested tables comes under category of
PL/SQL.
babu.sridharan
Jul 14th, 2008
Example for PL/SQL table:==================In the below block "typlsql" and

"ty_plsql2" are PL/SQL tablesdeclaretype ty_plsql is record ( empno number,
ename varchar2(50));TYPE ty_...
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SEP
292008
10:10 AM
5938
Views
6
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Explicit cursor and Select into statement

o
varma.ukk
What is the difference between an explicit cursor and select into statement?
neerajalatha
Jul 5th, 2010
Select statement can return multiples rows at a time and there exists only one network
round trip.Explicit cursors are memory areas which acts as a handle or pointer to context
area and allows to fetc...
rashlikesu
May 12th, 2010
When select into query returns just one row, Oracle uses implicit cursor to execute and fetch
the results for the query.But if the select statement returns more than one row, an Explicit
cursor is created to fetch the data.
NOV
252008
05:59 PM
3819
Views
5
Ans
Pipe Function and Mutating Trigger

o
harit79
1) Why we use pl/sql array rather than cursor?2) In which condition we use function overloading? 3) What
is pipe function?4) What is the mutating trigger? What should be the condition?
renu_db_dev
Jul 2nd, 2010
1) Why we use PL/SQL array rather than cursor?PL/SQL array is a collection through which
we can iterate just the way we can through cursor. But in case of Cursor the context
switching is for every row...
avis_sarkar
Oct 14th, 2009
Triggers are PLSQL block or Procedures which get executed whenever:1) an INSERT,
DELETE or UPDATE happens on a table. 2) DDL like ALTER or CREATE happens on a
table. 3) an INSTEAD OF trigger on a view...
FEB
242006
05:20 AM
1644
Views
2
Ans
How to display loop counter at the screen using PL/SQL loop ?

o
skmishra_it
Showstopper
Jun 21st, 2010
Begin for loopcounter in 1..10 loop dbms_output.put_line(loopcounter); end loop; end; / This
piece of code will display the loopcounter in a PL/SQL loop on the screen
mekshi_2kk
Mar 6th, 2006
Using dbms_output.put_line(loop counter variable);

JUN
112008
01:03 PM
4894
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2
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Paging In Oracle
vijay.patil2005
Hi All,I have requirement of sending the records based on the input received from web.I have a ref_cursor
returning 30 rows..Here I am supposed to do paging on the set of records present in the above ref
cursor.If web gives 1 , then I should send first 10 records in the ref cursor..If gives 2 , then I should send
next 10 records in the ref cursor..similarly..I will get some sort of indicator from...
muraligrandhi
Jun 9th, 2010
With the help of Ref cursor you can get particular no of records(means 1=10 records,2=20
records like that), for that you can use rownum in the filter condition.If you add below query
in Ref cursor yo...
pvidhya
Sep 3rd, 2008
First you have to filter the no of records you need totally (i.e., if you receive input as 2 and if
the no of records you need to return are 20, then you need to filter 20 rows) using where
rownum
JUN
262008
06:56 AM
4462
Views
4
Ans
Purpose of Ref cursor and OUT parametr in PLSQL Function?

o
ramyaselvi16
What is the purpose of Ref Cursor and OUT Parameter in PLSQL Function? Give Examples for each?
muraligrandhi
Jun 9th, 2010
Main advantage of Ref cursor is you can get the output as record set. For example if you
are using Java or .Net or cristal reports for reporting purpose then you can use Ref cursors
and write a subpro...
pratap557
Oct 13th, 2009
By Ref cursor we can send record set to the calling programLike .NET VB page can get
recordset as datatable from ref cursor returned by a procedure.OUT parameter sends only
one value from procedure
JUN
122008
03:57 AM
2871
Views
3
Ans
How to find error line of a package at run time

o
sanjoy.dubey
How can the error line can be identified for a package at run time ?
muraligrandhi
Jun 9th, 2010
There are two ways for finding error line in a package

1. SHOW ERROR
2. DBMS_UTILITY.FORMAT_ERROR_BACKTRACE
First method is useful for all the versions but second one is 10G or above versions only.
tripathi.atul
Sep 9th, 2008
Starting from Oracle 10G we can use DBMS_UTILITY.FORMAT_ERROR_BACKTRACE

function to get the line from where the error originated.
MAR
222009
01:28 AM
4110
Views
4
Ans
DeCode Performance
o
test2008
Performance wise which is a better option if-else construct or a decode? Why

muraligrandhi
Jun 7th, 2010
DECODE is faster than IF-THEN-ELSEREASON:Decode is an Oracle built-in function, so

no need to pass parameters to this function. Because all the parameters are internally
defined but If-then-else statements we should define explicitly, so takes time for execution
and converting into P-code.
sanjeevlabh
Jan 22nd, 2010
The answer to this question would actually depend on the type of applicability of the usage
that is being done. i.e. is it required in a query or in a PLSQL block. If it is in a query we
cannot use if...
FEB
12:02 AM
182009
3902
Views
2
Ans
Infinite Loop
o
sandeep_sb4
How will you stop an infinite loop without closing the program?
muraligrandhi
Jun 7th, 2010
For terminating the INFINITE LOOP we can use EXIT statement.Example: LOOP
monthly_sales:=daily_sales*31; EXIT when monthly_sales > 3000; END LOOP;
joe0082
Apr 13th, 2009
Use the EXIT statementThis will stop the looping and proceed to the next executable
statement.or EXIT WHEN condition
DEC
202006
06:14 AM
2828
Views
2
Ans
How to change owner of a table?
Mrigen
chaitunitk
Jun 3rd, 2010
Owner of a table is the schema name which holds the table. To change the owner just
recreate the table in the new schema Using create table XXX AS select * from
oldschemaname.XXXand drop the previous table in oldschema
Das
o
Dec 20th, 2006
Owner of a table is the schema name which holds the table. To change the owner just
recreate the table in the new schema and drop the previous table
APR
152009
05:58 AM
3224
Views
4
Ans
Find null value in a table

o
kthy86
What are all the different ways available to find the null value in a table
NSingh
May 22nd, 2010
select * from tab_namewhere col_name is null

psingla
May 6th, 2010
In pl/sql:"is null" and "is not null" are the best way to find null and not null values resp.In tsqlif ansi_nulls is off then(set ansi_nulls off)"=" will work to search the null values
OCT
022004
12:00 AM
1911
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2
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What are the characteristics of autonomous transactions?

o
o
ajeeteng
May 5th, 2010
Autonomous transactions refer to the ability of PL/SQL temporarily suspend the current
transaction and begin another transaction. The second transaction is known as an
autonomous transaction, an...
uday
o
Jun 29th, 2007
Autonomous transaction defined and executed independent of calling program. u need to

define PRAGMA AUTONOMOUS_TRANSACTION at declare section. stored procedure,
function can be defined as autonomous transaction.
NOV
222005
05:35 AM
16256
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10
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Can we create trigger on SELECT statement? If we can create,

how?
o
SumanNaidu.S
psingla
May 6th, 2010
In 10g we can
Andrew
o
Sep 7th, 2007
May be it is better to trace a select statment with on logon trigger.like:CREATE OR

REPLACE TRIGGER SYS.ON_LOGON_ALL AFTER LOGON ON DATABASE WHEN
(USER = 'MAX') BEGIN EXECUTE IMMEDIATE 'AL...
OCT
022004
12:00 AM
1387
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1
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What is the use of PL/SQL procedure

DBMS_TTS.TRANSPORT_SET_CHECK?
o
ajeeteng
May 5th, 2010
The DBMS_TTS package checks if the transportable set is self-contained.

TRANSPORT_SET_CHECK Procedure This procedure checks if a set of tablespaces (to be
transported) is self-contained. After calling this procedure, the user may select from a view
to see a list of violations, if there are any.
APR
112007
02:41 AM
2040
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2
Ans
What are Hash, Nested loop and merge-sorted Join.

o
Ram Kumar
psingla
Apr 27th, 2010
There are three types of alogrithm used by SQL compiler for joining purpose:1) Nested join
algo2) Hash join algo3) Merge join algoComplier choose any one of these algo based on
the best suited for per...
norman
May 8th, 2007
In hash join hash table gets build using the inputs. Nested loops as the name implies uses
looping construct strategy for storing and retrieving. In terms of performance comparison
while retrieving da...
NOV
122006
11:28 PM
1456
Views
5
Ans
Help me to write a procedure for:verify a table for record if it is

exists need to update or else insert that record( using cursor
write a procedure )
o
Srinivas
psingla
Apr 27th, 2010
In Oracle 9i and above this can be achived in single query (merge query)
ss
o
Sep 25th, 2007
Insert the row you want you as if it doesn't exist, in the exception write the update
statementBegin//Inser the rowExceptionwhen< row already exists>//update the rowEnd
012007
MAY
02:13 AM
2292
Views
2
Ans
When using a count(distinct) is it better to use a self-join or temp

table to find redundant data, and provide an example?
o
hindol_saha
psingla
Apr 28th, 2010
to find the reduntdant data try "group by"

manish.baehal
Apr 5th, 2009
COUNT(Distinct) is better than using Self Join to find redundant data as it is faster and
shorter. Beside this COUNT(Distinct) provide more flexibility.
How PL SQL is different from T-SQL

o
raafay
psingla
Apr 28th, 2010
PL/SQL is procedural language.It is built upon sql with extra added functionalities.It is used
by ORACLE .robust and consistentexception handling is great the concept of package is
greatdisallow bad co...
Yaseen
o
May 12th, 2007
SQL (Structures Query Language)PL/SQL (Procedure Language / SQL) is the Oracle's

version with lots of additional proprietary functions.T-SQL : Transact-SQL is Microsoft's
proprietary version of SQL.
APR
282010
01:22 AM
2917
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0
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Call SOAP Web Service from PL/SQL

o
psingla
How a SOAP web service can be called from PL/SQL block?How can we handle the result set returned
by the SOAP service?
Answer Question
JAN
232007
05:26 PM
1205
Views
3
Ans
What is the maximum number of data string can be returned from

DBMS_OUTPUT? andHow do you call a trigger from a table?
o
Lisa
psingla
Apr 27th, 2010
2) Triggers cannot be called rather they are fired automatically based upon their
specification.
MuralidharanR
Mar 16th, 2007
The maximum buffer size of DBMS_OUTPUT IS 1,000,000. A database trigger is

procedural code that is automatically executed in response to certain events on a particular
table in a database. Trigger can not be executed manually
FEB
122008
06:55 AM
1108
Views
3
Ans
Querying Customer Details from a Table

o
Pavithara
How to query the customer details from a Table who have purchased No. of items greater than 5?
psingla
Apr 27th, 2010
I guess the table structure would be liketable_name (custname,item_purchased)so query

will be:select custname from table_name group by custname having count(*)>5
rajivgupta780184
Aug 11th, 2008
Select column 1,...column n from table namewhere purchaseno 5 order by purchaseno;try

this one .....ThanksRAJIV GUPTA YOGIK TECHNOLOGIES PVT LTD.JAMSHEDPUR
SEP
052008
05:47 AM
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Load White Space Delimited Data

o
ramesh.akula9
How to load whitespace delimited data using SQL*Loader?

psingla
Apr 21st, 2010
1. Create a ontrol file with extn (.ctrl). This file will map the flat file data with the Oracle table
columns.2. Pass control file as one of the parameter of SQL Loader.
MAR
162009
06:38 AM
2055
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3
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Call SQL Script
tnagarjun
How to call SQL script file from PL/SQL?

dj_dj_dj
Mar 18th, 2010
You can Call SQL Script by using @ and then giving path of the source fileFor ex:
@c:/sqlscript.txt;RegardsDharmendra Jaiswal
prasadreddi
Mar 17th, 2010
@<path>filename.sqlgive the path where the file is located extactly.Ex :- Let us say our file
is located at c:tempabc.sqlSQL> @"c:tempabc.sql" It is better practice to use double qu...
SEP
262005
08:09 AM
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Plz clarryfy this.Scinario is whether we can use out mode in

functions?.I thought it's not possible. But in interview they are
asking this.if i am telling no,they are not accepting me.Plz clarify
this anyone.
o
George Suresh
kiran_marla
Mar 9th, 2010
There is no difference between function and package, except function must and should
return a value while procedure do not. But it is not a good practice to use out mode in
functions.However a default...
vishadk
Mar 7th, 2010
I believe you are asking about the use of 'out' in the function declaration.One can use 'Out'
mode in the functions in the manner simlar to procedure i.e.Create or Replace function
fun_out_example(par...
SEP
052008
07:10 AM
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Autonomous Transcation
o
ramesh.akula9
What are advantages of Autonomous Transcation?

raghunadhn
Mar 3rd, 2010
Autonomous transactions are independent of the main transactions.You can commit the
changes in the other tables using these transactions, even though the main transaction is
not a success. Depending on one transaction, you can commit/rollback the other
transactions.
namita04
Dec 23rd, 2009
A autonomous transaction starts with the first SQL statement of the PL/SQL block and ends
with a commit.
OCT
252005
10:54 PM
2450
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11
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You have compiled some PL/SQL packages in your schema, and

found aome errors in one procedure.how do you find which
procedure produced the error?how do you find which section of
the code produced the error and look at?
o
Mohammad
No answer
samareshp
Feb 13th, 2010
While creating a package, we can use Show error Command to get the line number thats
has error. And can be corrected. Even we can check in the data-dictonary view i.e.
user_errors to figure out the er...
gem023
Feb 11th, 2010
On SQL Plus you can give the command - show errors. This would show the line number
and reason for the compilation error.
AUG
062007
02:32 AM
5554
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4
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What is the difference between right join and right outer join..
o
MuthuKrishnan
samareshp
Feb 13th, 2010
Both are same.outer join : We have 3 types of outer joins. Left Oute, Right Outer and Full
Outer join.Left outer join:Select * from lefttable, righttable where
lefttable.col1=righttable.col1(+)This wi...
krishnaindia2007
May 13th, 2008
Both are same. Right outer join returns all the reocrds that satisfy the join condtion + rest of
the records from right (or second) table.
SEP
272006
07:03 AM
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7
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I want to tune the below query for performance issue can u

please help me the query is SELECT
DISTINCTA.BUSINESS_UNIT,A.CUST_ID,A.ASOF_DTFROM
PS_ITEM_ACTIVITY A WHERE A.BUSINESS_UNIT = '1100G'AND
A.ITEM LIKE 'OA%' AND A.PO_LINE = 0AND A.ENTRY_REASON

'CLEAR'AND A.ASOF_DT > '01-JAN-1900'AND A.USER1 = '
'UNIONSELECT
DISTINCTA.BUSINESS_UNIT,A.CUST_ID,A.ASOF_DTFROM
PS_PENDING_ITEM A WHERE A.BUSINESS_UNIT = '1100G'AND
A.ITEM LIKE 'OA%' AND A.PO_LINE = 0AND A.ENTRY_REASON
'CLEAR'AND A.ASOF_DT > '01-JAN-1900'AND A.USER1 = ' 'AND
A.POSTED_FLAG = 'N'AND ERROR_FLAG = ' '
o
snehal
kvsubramanian
Feb 2nd, 2010
Try to Replace "AND A.ITEM like 'OA%'" with " AND substr(A.ITEM,1,2) = 'OA' ".
nagarajbng
Oct 3rd, 2009
If you are using the UNION keyword then there is no need of using the distinct keyword in
your query or else you can use UNION ALL keywordorBelow I am sending the modified
queryIn your query which col...
DEC
242009
10:06 AM
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Execute Immediately
abhi_only12000
What is the meaning of execute immediately?

hmounir
Jan 25th, 2010
EXECUTE IMMEDIATE is the replacement for DBMS_SQL package from Oracle 8i onwards.
It parses and immediately executes a dynamic SQL statement or a PL/SQL block created
on the fly. Dynamically created a...
Brajesh Singh Bhadoriya
Jan 25th, 2010
Execute immediate is used to prepare dynamic SQL. There might be scenario where one
has to prepare the SQL statement at run time in a PL/SQL object. Execute immediate
requires one SQL statement which ...
OCT
232009
07:29 AM
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Types of Lock
o
beethakker
Explain share and exclusive type of lock.

hmounir
Jan 25th, 2010
Oracle uses two modes of locking in a multi-user database:Exclusive lock mode (X)
prevents the associates resource from being shared. This lock mode is obtained to modify
data. The first transaction t...
rahulmca
Jan 24th, 2010
The two basic types of locks are DML (table) locks, and DDL (dictionary) locks. DML locks
are designed to guarantee data integrity in a multi-user environment. DML locks prevent
conflicting DML and DD...
AUG
172008
06:53 AM
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TCL Statements in Trigger

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bmsrao
Why are we not supposed to include TCL statements in a trigger?

manveshv
Dec 30th, 2009
The trigger is fired when an event occurs while manipulating the data in table.So the trigger
applies a lock on it restricting others to modify it.Locks are released when a TCL command
is executed. Th...
Vansat
Jun 16th, 2009
We cannot use TCL statements in triggers, because using them violates the integrity of the
transaction. But if we want TCL statements to be used in triggers then that can be
implemented by using Auton...
252006
MAY
05:20 AM
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I want to insert the following information in userAction

table:Which user execute which query on which date?the
userAction table contains the foolowing attributes:USER DATE
QUERYplease write to me how to resolve this problem?
o
alex
harinicm
Dec 11th, 2009
Use AUDIT is used to track the occurrence of the sql statements in the subsequent user
sessions (not the current session). The audited record contains:Name of the userType of
the operationObject...
nareshg_009
Dec 20th, 2007
Can you pls explain it a bit clearlyThanks in advance

AUG
072008
10:50 AM
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Debug PL/SQL Code

o
chinnuchaitu
How will you debug PL/SQL Code?

geek.hari
Dec 14th, 2009
One conventional and popular method of debugging a pl/sql code is through printing the
program execution path using a printable statement. For this you have to enable the output
mode using the command...
OraclePassport
Apr 17th, 2009
The Best way to debug is by using an AUTONOMOUS TRANSACTION. Create a dummy

table and insert into the table using the AT. This wont affect the main code, but one could
know which part of the code the execution has reached while the program is running itself.
OCT
152009
04:25 AM
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1
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Select Multiple Information

o
knows
How to select multiple data from different tables which do not have related constraints?
bhagavatula
Dec 10th, 2009
It is not necessary to have 'related constraints' between tables to retrieve data from multiple
tables. However, there should be a logic to associate data between the tables (related
data) based on which you can select information from multiple tables
152007
MAY
01:41 AM
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1
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What will be the impact of replacing an API call with a stored

PL/SQL call?
o
rishamjeet
godsrikanth
Dec 3rd, 2009
Difference is in performance. API is a package call which will process faster since its
already compiled. It can be called globally. Stored PL/SQL call is not compiled into
memory and may take more time.
MAR
07:03 AM
292007
4602
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2
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Why we use instead of trigger. what is the basic structure of the

instead of trigger. Explain specific business reason of it's use
o
globalanil18
berly.george
Dec 1st, 2009
Instead of triggers are used:1) To control the DML operations on

Views(Insert/Update/Delete)2) Makes the non updatable views updatable
hindol_saha
Apr 9th, 2007
Conceptually, INSTEAD OF triggers are very simple. You write code that the Oracle server
will execute when a program performs a DML operation on the view. Unlike a conventional
BEFORE or AFTER trigger...
MAR
212006
04:15 AM
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When we need to use USING clause in the sql?For example in

this below:SELECT emp_name, department_name, city FROM
employees e JOIN departments d USING (department_id) JOIN
locations l USING (location_id) WHERE salary > 10000; Can
anyone explain what is mean of USING in this sql statement? or
USING concept in brief? Thank you.
o
michelle
hmounir
Nov 17th, 2009
In natural joins USING clause can be used to specify only those culomns that should be
used for an equijion
Mar 9th, 2007
USING is also used while executing Dynamic SQL.e.g.,EXECUTE IMMEDIATE 'DELETE

FROM dept WHERE deptno = :num'
USING dept_id;
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Global Temporary Table

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ravishing_sid
What is Global temporary table? and what are the benefits of it?
vanishavadlya
o
Oct 24th, 2009
The data in a global temporary table is private, such that data inserted by a session can only be
accessed by that session. The session-specific rows in a global temporary table can be preserved for
t...
taya_ronak
o
Nov 3rd, 2008
Global temporary table is kind of temporary table managed by system. it'll keep in temporary
tablespace till the session remain. there are two methods available i.e.1) create global temporary table
t1...
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What can be the Maximum size of a plsql block?

o
Natesh
jabir.mkk
Oct 16th, 2009
The maximum parsed/compiled size of a PL/SQL block is 64K and the maximum code size is 100K.
You can run the following select statement to query the size of an existing package or procedure.
SQL> select * from dba_object_size where name = 'procedure_name'
malik.aman
o
Dec 1st, 2007
Select * from dba_object_size where name = 'procedure_name';
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What is the difference between all_ and user_ tables ?

o
Shweta_faqs
pawan_kr2007
o
Oct 11th, 2009
ALL_OBJECTS: Objects accessible to the user.USER_OBJECTS: Describes all objects owned by
the current user.DBA_OBJECTS: Describes all objects in the database.
krishnaindia2007
o
May 7th, 2008
The information available in data dictionary tables is very difficult to understand. So it provides
views in a form that is easily understood by users. All these views are owned by sys. Oracle
provid...
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Oracle extract records from temporary table

o
Ramesh Venkatesan
Assume that I am using a temporary table in a procedure and I am inserting records and updating
another set of records through Merge statement. If I use cursor in that temporary table, How can I
extract all of the records from temporary table at the end of the stored procedure. Can you please
give coding for this.
johnjerry
o
Oct 7th, 2009
Make sure you do not COMMIT* in the middle of the procedure. You can do any number of
insertion into and deletion from temporary table and use "Select * from temp_table" to fetch a...
priyanka jolly
o
Nov 24th, 2007
Create Global temporary tables and say on commit preserve rows. The global temporary tables have
data available till the session is active. So you if you insert it at one procedure and want to access it
somewhere else you can do that very easily till the session is activeThanks Priyanka
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Referenced and Dependent objects

o
KD09714
How oracle manages dependency between referenced and dependent objects ?

johnjerry
o
Oct 7th, 2009
We can set REMOTE_DEPENDENCIES_MODE inside init.ora parameter file to TIMESTAMP or
SIGNATURE.ALTER SYSTEM SET REMOTE_DEPENDENCIES_MODE = [TIMESTAMP|
SIGNATURE]
YugundharK
o
Oct 13th, 2008
Oracle manages dependency between referenced and dependent objects by using 2 modes1.
Timestamp mode2. Signature mode
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SEP
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What is a cursor ? Why Cursor is required ?

o
o
Cursor is a named private SQL area from where information can be accessed. Cursors are
required to process rows individually for queries returning multiple rows.
rahulg5211
o
Oct 4th, 2009
Cursor is an small memory allocation or workstation where operation or processing is done on the
data.Types of attribute of cursor are-:1)ROWCOUNT2)ISOPEN3)FOUND4)NOTFOUND
krishnaindia2007
o
May 6th, 2008
Oracle uses work areas called private SQL area to Execute Sql statements and store information. A
cursor is a mechanism by which we can assign name to that private sql area , th...
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092004
SEP
06:04 AM
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What is PL/SQL ?
o
o
PL/SQL is a procedural language that has both interactive SQL and procedural
programming language constructs such as iteration, conditional branching.
surya72446
o
Sep 30th, 2009
PL/SQL stands for procedural languages extensions to SQL and it's theme is to hold a bunch of SQL
statements as a single function and return a single output.PL/SQL is advantageous compared to other
pr...
g_sidhu
o
Feb 16th, 2008
PL/SQL is the procedural extension to SQL with design features of programming languages. Data
manipulation and query statements of SQL are included within procedural units of code. PL/SQL
offers moder...
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Indexed Select Statement

o
bmsrao
How can we find the select statement is indexed or not?

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promisinganuj
Member Since Sep-2009 | Sep 13th, 2009
1. using AUTOTRACE
SQL> SET AUTOTRACE ON TRACEONLY
SELECT *
FROM emp
WHERE emp_name = 'ABC';
2. Using EXPLAIN PLAN
SQL> EXPLAIN PLAN for
SELECT *
FROM emp
WHERE emp_name = 'ABC';

The advantage of using EXPLAIN PLAN over the AUTOTRACE is that former does not require the
query to be actually run. The TRACEONLY option in AUTOTRACE just supress the query ouput
but the query still runs before the explain plan is displayed.
promisinganuj
o
Sep 13th, 2009
1. using AUTOTRACESQL> SET AUTOTRACE ON TRACEONLYSELECT * FROM
emp WHERE emp_name = 'ABC';2. Using EXPLAIN PLANSQL> EXPLAIN PLAN forSELECT
* FROM...
praveen_geek123
o
Sep 4th, 2008
Use "Explain Plan" command
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AUG
172008
06:52 AM
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Retriving Multiple Records

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bmsrao
Why PL/SQL does not support retriving multiple records?

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promisinganuj
Member Since Sep-2009 | Sep 13th, 2009
Retriving multiple records is a basic feature of SQL where we fetch the data using SELECT
statement.
SELECT *
FROM emp;
This itself gives us multiple records. There is no additional feature required to do the same in
PL/SQL.
At the same time, PL/SQL goes one step further and enable us to process these fetched rows one by
one (unlike the update statements which updates all the rows selected).
There are several options for fethcing data in different PL/SQL constructs:
1. Using Ordinary Cursor
2. Using Ref Cursor
3. Using PL/SQL bulk collect
4. Using PL/SQL arrays
But the important thing here is that irrespective of the way we fetch the data, we act upon them rowby-row.
promisinganuj
o
Sep 13th, 2009
Retriving multiple records is a basic feature of SQL where we fetch the data using SELECT
statement.SELECT * FROM emp;This itself gives us multiple records. There is no additional feature
requir...
Mad Hatter
o
Nov 4th, 2008
Multiple records at a time could be retreved in PL/SQL using BULK COLLECT.To do that you
define PL/SQL table, and load it using SELECT ... BULK COLLECT INTO <pl/sql table>FROM
..Optionaly could ...
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052008
12:01 AM
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Handle Multiple Rows Without Loops
jaalioracle
How can we handle multiple rows without using loops in PL SQL?

sen_sam86
o
Aug 18th, 2009
This can be done by a function called TABLE FUNCTION by means of this you can return more
number of rows and columns this is more effective than using ref cursorregards sen-prakash
rajivgupta780184
o
Oct 31st, 2008
If we want to return multiple row from a function then we can use ref cursor function .Example is
given below: create or replace function f1 return sys_refcursor as r1 sys_refcursor;begin open r1 fo...
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06:06 AM
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What are the file utilit comands used in PL/SQL procedures?

o
kartheek
samareshp
o
Aug 3rd, 2009
UTL_FILEThe Oracle supplied package UTL_FILE can be used to read and write files that are
located on the server. It cannot be used to access files locally, that is on the computer where the client
is ...
g_sidhu
Feb 5th, 2008
With the Oracle-supplied UTL_FILE package, you can read from and write to operating system files.
It Provides security for directories on the server through the init.ora file. UTL_FILE Procedures
and ...
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05:46 AM
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What is the difference between using IS and AS while creating a

procedure, function package and package body?
o
Rohith
Lakshmi84
o
Aug 4th, 2009
There is no difference btwn IS and AS while creating procedure,function,package
samareshp
o
Aug 3rd, 2009
Don't think there is any difference
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SEP
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What are the cursor attributes used in PL/SQL ?

o
%ISOPEN - to check whether cursor is open or not % ROWCOUNT - number of rows

fetched/updated/deleted. % FOUND - to check whether cursor has fetched any row. True if
rows are fetched. % NOT FOUND - to check whether cursor has fetched any row. True if no
rows are featched.These attributes are proceeded with SQL for Implicit Cursors...
Lakshmi84
o
Jul 31st, 2009
%ISOPEN - To check whether cursor is open or not.Returns true if cursor or cursor variable is open
or not otherwise false.%FOUND - To check wheteher cursor is found or not. Returns true if fetch
re...
samareshp
o
Jul 30th, 2009
There are five cursor attributes: %isopen, %found, %notfound, %rowcount and %bulk_rowcount.
%isopenWith %isopen it is possible to test whether a cursor was opened: %found%found returns true
when the la...
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MAY
04:03 PM
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Function return more than one value

o
satyam_Ora
Hi,My questions is " Can function return more than one value".I have gone through the all
answers relevant to my question was been posted earlier. But all answers are confusing me.Few
people said directly that function can't return more than one value and few are telling that
function can return more that one value using OUT parameter or ref cursor.My understanding is
if out can't use as a parameter...
sen_sam86
o
Jul 23rd, 2009
Yes this can be possible by TABLE FUNCTION STEP - 1 CREATE TYPE ex_tabl_fun_obj AS
OBJECT (emp_name varchar2(20), emp_id NUMBER(2));STEP - 2 CREATE TYPE ex_tabl_fu...
javedans
o
Jul 8th, 2009
Its a universal truth that function can return only one value, but there are some tricks by using that
you can get more than one value , while function returning only one value.When you define functio...
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SEP
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SQL Query Tuning Considerations

o
ramesh.akula9
While tuning SQL query what should be taken into consideration?

edarasatish
o
Jun 23rd, 2009
During the SQL tuning, there couple of things need to be considered1. If it is below Oracle 9i we
need make sure about the driving table concept (Since it uses RBO - Rule Based Optimization),
which im...
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What is the purpose of NVL2?

o
Bvreddy
r.kothandaraman
o
Jun 13th, 2009
We can set all the null value columns to some other values after that we can get all the corresponding
rows and columns of the table.
mala321
o
Dec 24th, 2007
Hello,NVL2 function is used to substitute a value for an expressionNVL2(string, value_if
_not_null_value, value_null_value) if the string contains a null vlaue ...
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What is p-code and sourcecode ?

o
Naresh
grajeshkumar82
o
Jun 9th, 2009
PCode is the parsed Code of the Procedure which is ready forexecution... This is the code that is
loaded into the shared pool andexecuted for you.
g_sidhu
o
Jan 31st, 2008
Source code is the Text of the procedure.It is accessed from USER_SOURCE data dictionary view.Pcode is Compiled object code which is not accessible.
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RollForward
kondla
What is the rollforward in pl/sql

Madhu_Das
o
May 21st, 2009
Rollforward is to Redo, as Rollback is to undo.
goelumesh
o
Jul 1st, 2008
Roll forward refers to the process Oracle goes through to apply changes contained in the redo log
files (both online and archive). The database clock (as measured by the system change number) is
moved...
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Return statement and OUT Parameters

o
ramyaselvi16
What are Return Statement and OUT Parameter in PLSQL Function?

Database Steve
o
May 20th, 2009
Functions always return a value.Procedures do not.The use of IN, OUT, and IN_OUT parameters as
scalar values or ref cursors is dependent on your need and overall performance not on a pseudostandard as answered above.
KD09714
o
Jun 28th, 2008
Function must have return statement by which it returns one value.Though we can use out parameter
in function(function not getting called from select statement or DML), it is not good programming
prac...
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Why Functions are used in oracle ?Can Functions Return more

than 1 values?Why Procedures are used in oracle ?What are the
Disadvantages of packages?What are the Global Variables in
Packages?
o
sandeep kelkar
ravivenkat1234
o
Apr 28th, 2009
Functions can have multiple out Parameters one with Return Parameter and others can be IN OUT
Parameter to the function. this way a function can return multiple out parameters.Eg : Function ( a in
num...
krishnaindia2007
o
May 7th, 2008
1.Functions are used to computer a value.2.Function can return more than one value using out
parameter. But it is not a good practice to return more than one value in functions.3.Proced...
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Explain, Is it possible to have same name for package and the

procedure in that package.
o
sri
samareshp
o
Apr 22nd, 2009
Yes its possible.
bhushan_nemade
o
Feb 26th, 2007
Yes, its possible to have same name for package and the procedure in that package.
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What is an Exception ? What are types of Exception ?

o
o
Exception is the error handling part of PL/SQL block. The types are Predefined and user
defined. Some of Predefined exceptions are.
CURSOR_ALREADY_OPEN
DUP_VAL_ON_INDEX NO_DATA_FOUND TOO_MANY_ROWS
INVALID_CURSOR ...
samareshp
o
Apr 17th, 2009
Hi all, Exception is nothing but Error. Exception can serve as an ALERT message also. (using
RAISE_APPLICATION_ERROR)There are two types of exceptions: 1> Pre-defineddefine exception
(2&g...
Lavanya Chowdary
o
May 6th, 2007
Exception is nothing but error in the PL/SQL program. If any error occured in the PL/SQL program
that terminates from the program. To handle that exceptions we are using exception handling part in
the...
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Procedure Parameters
o
arunnaa
What is call by value and call by reference in parameters (IN, OUT, INOUT)?
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lisha.varghese
Member Since Nov-2008 | Nov 16th, 2008
Three types of parameter modes

1) IN parameter mode- This mode is used to pass values to the calling module when invoked.The
value of IN parameter can't be changed in the module.
2) OUT parameter mode -This mode is used to return a value to the main block.The value of OUT
parameter can change anywhere in the program.
3)IN OUT parameter mode-This mode is used to pass values to the calling module and return a value
to the main block.The value of IN OUT parameter can change anywhere in the program.
In Call By value ,the copy of actual parameter is passed to the formal parameter,So any changes to
the formal parameter doesn't affect the actual parameter.
In Call By reference,the address of actual parameter is passed to the formal parameter,so any changes
to the formal parameter will change the actual parameter also,because both of them are pointing to
the same memory location.
Here no copying is required.
The IN parameter is passe by reference,so we can't change the value of IN parameter inside the
module,It acts as a constant,But the OUT and IN OUT parameters are passed by value,we can change
the values of OUT & IN OUT paremeters
samareshp
o
Apr 17th, 2009
In Parameter:: call by reference OUT Parameter: call by valueIN OUT Parameter: call by valueif you
use the hint NOCOPY with OUT Parameter and IN OUT Parameter then ::: call by reference
lisha.varghese
o
Nov 16th, 2008
Three types of parameter modes1) IN parameter mode- This mode is used to pass values to the
calling module when invoked.The value of IN parameter can't be changed in the module.2) OUT
parameter mo...
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Can i write plsql block inside expection

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rajat
samareshp
o
Apr 15th, 2009
Sure, you can write plsql block inside exception.
Rupjit Roy
o
Feb 23rd, 2006
Yes you can write PL/SQL block inside exception section. Suppose you want to insert the exception
detail into your error log table, that time you can write insert into statement in exception part. To ...
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What are the restrictions on Functions ?

o
Shweta_faqs
samareshp
o
Apr 15th, 2009
Function having a return type as Boolean ,can't be used in select statement.
krishnaindia2007
o
May 7th, 2008
In functions we can use all three types of parametershere is a simple exampleCREATE OR
REPLACE FUNCTION TEST_FUNC(A IN NUMBER, B IN OUT NUMBER,C OUT NUMBER)
RETURN NUMBER IS &n...
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Auto Commit
o
sandeep_sb4
When we insert new values into the table using loops. Is it going to be auto commit or do we
need to commit manually?
chaitra murthy
o
Mar 19th, 2009
All the DML statement requires manual commit where as DDL statements are autocommitted.
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Without closing the cursor, If you want to open it what will

happen. If error, get what is the error?
o
ddkdhar
msenthil19
o
Mar 18th, 2009
Error will be like "Cursor already open"
ratna82
o
Oct 10th, 2008
CURSOR_ALREADY_OPEN ORA-06511 An attempt was made to open a cursor that was already
open.
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Debug PL SQL
o
ramyaselvi16
How can we generate debugging output from PL/SQL?

kperumal75
o
Feb 24th, 2009
Use "SHOW ERRORS" command.Regards,Karthik
KD09714
o
Jun 28th, 2008
Stshekhar is right, oracle supplied package DBMS_OUTPUT with procedures PUT, PUT_LINE,
NEW_LINE etc in case of debugging pl/sql
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About dbms_output.put_line( ) package

o
usrkraju
What is the maximum size of the message that we can give in dbms_output.putline();
kantri
o
Dec 15th, 2008
The maximum size of package is 32kWe can't give more than that
jp_valapad
o
Aug 5th, 2008
255 bytes was the size limits of earlier version of oracle..ie prior to 10 g ..in 10g 32767 byte is the
limit..
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Passing the parameter to TOP keyword

o
sumanreddymca
Hi All,I want create a stored procedure by passing the parameter to top nth recordfor Excreate
proc test1(@x integer)asbeginselect top @x empid from emp order by empid descendwhen iam
executing iam getting error .Please let me know any other alternative way
shruti.potdar
o
Dec 10th, 2008
Solution to your problem:Create Procedure TEST1( p_num number)isv_eid number;begin select
empid into v_eid from EMPwhere empid=(select A.empid from (SELECT empid, rank() over (order
by empid desc) RNK FROM emp) A where A.RNK=p_num);dbms_output.put_line('Top'|| p_num ||

'emp is ::'|| v_eid);End;/
xambrose
o
Jul 19th, 2008
create proc test1(@x integer)asbeginSELECT empid FROM (SELECT empid FROM emp
ORDER BY empid ) WHERE ROWNUM = @x;end
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What is PRAGMA RESTRICT_REFERENCES:

o
ddkdhar
saishradha
o
Dec 3rd, 2008
Pragma RESTRICT_REFERENCES is a compiler directive.It makes sure that the function maintains
the purity rules and code in fuction creation satisfy the purity rules.There are 4 values for
it.WNDS,RNDS,WNPS,RNPS.ThanksJai Sainath
Kullai Naidu
o
Mar 5th, 2007
By using pragma_restrict_references we can give the different status to functions,Like
WNDB(WRITE NO DATA BASE),RNDB(read no data base),Write no package state,read no packge
state.W
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What is the difference between In, Out, InOut Parameters. Can we

pass value or reference or both to the In Out Parameter.
o
sbagai2001
saishradha
o
Nov 26th, 2008
Here is the answer in 1 lineIN-- value is used in a program.
It cannot be a variable .COuld be
literal,expression,value .OUT-- value is returned back from the progr...
raghav_sy
o
Jan 15th, 2007
hi friends,To make it simple, keep in mind,IN : It is a CONSTANT in the sub-program and u can not
modify its value in subprogram. if its value is modified in the s...
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BulkBind
o
bhaskar_1977
What Is BulkBind? When it is used?

saishradha
o
Nov 26th, 2008
Bulk Bind is the facilty through which we can INSERT, UPDATE, DELETE or SELECT from
records from a table in bulk rather than multiple individual statments..Suppose you have 10 inserts to
be made so yo...
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How do i write a function that returnsmore than 1 records from a

tablefor example in sql server there is a solution as create
function f1() return table asselect * from emphow do i do the
same in oracle. plz help
o
vssandilya
rajivgupta780184
Nov 24th, 2008
If we want to return multiple row from a function then we can use ref cursor function .Example is
given below: create or replace function f1 return sys_refcursor as r1 sys_refcursor;begin open r1
for ...
pardhu323
o
Jul 20th, 2008
create or replace function f1 return sys_refcursor as r1 sys_refcursor;begin open r1 for select * from
emp; return(r1); end;call the funtion as :select f1 from dual;then it returns :CURSOR
STATEMENT :...
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Send Email from Oracle Procedure

o
p_pramanik123
How to send Email via PL/SQL Procedure?

rajivgupta780184
o
Nov 24th, 2008
rem -----------------------------------------------------------------------rem Filename: smtp.sqlrem
Purpose: Send e-mail messages from PL/SQLrem Notes: ...
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Which two statements are true?A. A function must return a

value.B. A procedure must return a value.C. A function executes
a PL/SQL statement.D. A function is invoked as part of an
expression.E. A procedure must have a return Data
o
Ramanjaneyulu
ammupriyaa
o
Ans : A & D
Nov 20th, 2008
AshfaqueS
o
A and D
Nov 20th, 2008
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Suppose, I've created a new database DB1 n i've created a table

DB1.T1.Now, DESC T1 --> desplaying the table structure
butselect * from DB1.T1 ---->giving--> table or view does not
exist.. Can any one explain possible reason behind this.
o
shamim909
todeepakmalhotra
o
Nov 10th, 2008
You cannot use the database name before the table name like db1.t1.we can only use a user
name and then table name. eg. let we have a user "deepak" then we can write select * from
deepak.t1 . We ca...
oozaifa
o
Nov 6th, 2008
Type schema name before table name or your id dont have the access to view the data from that table
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Call PL/SQL function

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ramesh.akula9
How to call a PL/SQL function in another PL/SQL function? Is it possible? Give example?
Jirange
Nov 7th, 2008
Eg,create or replace fun_1 return varchar2asddmmyy varchar2;beginselect sysdate into ddmmyy

from dual;end fun1;in above example function fun_1 calling another function (i.e. sysdate) thro'
select statement. this way you can call any function in pl/sql function
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Is the order in which the conditions are given in the 'WHERE'

clause are important?
o
babhatti
Mean I heard from Oracle 8i onwards the order of where clause condition does not matter
which oracle creates the explain plan...and execute..Is it true?
manoj_behera82
o
Aug 7th, 2008
Yes the order is important. But it is important for the performance of the query and not for the final
result. The output of the query will be the same irrespective of the order in which the join con...
gtomar
o
Aug 7th, 2008
Hi, Where Clause conditions execution are independent of order in explain plan but it reads top to
bottom.Thanks,Gunjan
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Return Multiple Rows

o
ramesh.akula9
How to return more than one row through functions? Explain with example.
rajivgupta780184
o
Oct 31st, 2008
create or replace function f1 return sys_refcursor as
r1 sys_refcursor;
begin open r1 for select * from emp;
return(r1);
end;
call the function as: select f1 from dual;
Thanks & Regards
RAJIV GUPTA (ORACLE CONSULTANT)
YOGIK TECHNOLOGIES PVT LTD.
raghuprasad
o
Sep 1st, 2008
Eg: SELECT empname,sal
FROM employee_table
sal>MIN(sal);Hope the above statement executes.
092008
MAY
01:59 PM
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WHERE sal<MAX(sal) AND
5
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Find Sequence MAX Value

o
pc_mts
How to find the max value in a Sequence?

mstreete
Sep 29th, 2008
If you don't own the sequence, you may look at all_sequences, which shows sequences in
other schemas that you have access to:select max_valuefrom sys.all_sequenceswhere
sequence_owner = '&sequence_owner' and sequence_name = '&sequence_name'
nandk.sharma
Jun 30th, 2008
We can get the MAX value of a sequence by using the data dictionary view
'USER_SEQUENCES' .i.e. SELECT MAX_VALUE FROM USER_SEQUENCES
WHERE SEQUENCE_NAME='NAME_OF_SEQUENCE'
SEP
052008
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External Table
o
ramesh.akula9
Define External Table

lanka_satya
Sep 12th, 2008
it is same as oracle table but act as view to the data available in an external file of a
physical drive,so here we can query the data and retrieve and can do anything but cannot
do manupulations on the data
MAR
012007
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In PL/SQL if we write select statement with INTO clause it may

return two exceptions NO_DATA_FOUND or TOO_MANY_ROW .
To do you avoid these execeptions. How do you write SQL
statement in alternative way?
o
ddkdhar
vnraos
Sep 5th, 2008
First, let us understand why these errors cropup.1) NO_DATA_FOUND - is raised only for
"select into" statements when the where clause of the query does not match any
rows.2)TOO_MANY_rows - is raised...
binurajnair
Jul 30th, 2008
If you don't want an excpetion to be raised on a SELECT statement, you can avoid
executing the statement by having a count just before the SELECT as shown
belowSELECT count(rowid)into v_count from...
192008
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How to take DATE as user input in PL/SQL block?

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NIKKI_PRIYAL
raghuprasad
Aug 25th, 2008
Inputting the date in PL/SQL is same as in SQL. Simply pass the date as a string in the
format DD-MON-YYYY.Eg: SELECT * FROM TABLE WHERE HIRE_DATE='dd-monyyyy'.OrYou can also use Date functions TO_DATE('25-aug-2008','......date
formate......');Hope this is the answer, you are looking for.Raghu.
rajivgupta780184
Aug 22nd, 2008
Create or replace function get_period (pDate varchar2) return varchar2is pday

varchar(20);begin SELECT TO_CHAR(to_date('&DATE','MM/DD/YYYY'),'DAY') into pday
FROM DUAL;return pday;end get_period;to call the function select get_period(08/03/2008)
from dual;
AUG
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Better Tunning PL/SQL Blocks

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jkverma29
What steps should a programmer should follow for better tunning of the PL/SQL blocks?
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How to reduce the the burden/main memory on database if i am

using refcursor to hold large data to increase performance.
o
monu
durgadas.menon
Aug 13th, 2008
Unlike tables ref cursors do not store data. They act like mold to hold data during the
execution of the piece of code so proper coding and use of bind variables can help
decrease the burden of proces...
152008
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Job scheduling
o
ramesh.akula9
How can i schedule a procedure every day at 10 pm

rajivgupta780184
Aug 13th, 2008
This is the sample code you have to adjust time according to your requirementSET
AUTOPRINT ONVAR jobno NUMBER;BEGIN DBMS_JOB.SUBMIT(:jobno, 'JOBNAME;',
TRUNC(SYSDATE) + 6/24, 'TRUNC(SYSDATE + 1) + 6.183/24'); COMMIT;END;
ThanksRajiv
GuptaYogik Technologies Pvt. Ltd.
OCT
062007
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How to add XL Sheet in PL/SQL?

o
shasi
rajivgupta780184
Aug 12th, 2008
By using SQL LOAER, TOAD we can insert EXCEL file data into respective Table & we
can also create or upload ORACLE table data to .xls file from that.ThanksRajiv
GuptaYogik Technologies Pvt. Ltd.
rudhra97
Jul 24th, 2008
By using sql*loader tool,we can convert flat files into oracle tables
FEB
162006
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In PL/SQL I need to get like this scenario. if I am doing

manipulation on a table, I need to display a record as NonUpdateable. It need to show a message to the user. How it is
possible.Thanks in Advance.
o
murthy
rajivgupta780184
Aug 12th, 2008
CREATE OR REPLACE TRIGGER SHOW_BEFORE_DMLBEFORE INSERT OR DELETE

OR UPDATE ON SERVICE_ORDER_STATUS --(TABLE NAME)FOR EACH ROW
BEGIN DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE('NON-UPDATABLE
TABLE'); ROLLBACK;END;ThanksRajiv GuptaYogik Technologies Pvt. Ltd.
SonuYadav
Aug 11th, 2008
You can user sql%rowcount to check whether the dml does something or notegbegindelete
from tbl_xxxwhere col_yyy = 'ASDF';dbms_output.put_line (sql%rowcount);end;this way it
will return the no of rows deleted
AUG
172006
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Hi,We have to select some rows from a table using many

conditions in the where clause. Then we have to write those
selected rows to one flat file. I know that we can use UTL_FILE
package to do this. Is there any better approach to do this??
o
Ritesh
rajivgupta780184
Aug 12th, 2008
YOU CAN USE TEXT_IO.PUTLINE INBUILTSOR YOU CAN USE THE SPOOL
FUNCTION BOTH ARE APPLICABLE
hindol_saha
Mar 27th, 2007
Spool c:filename.txtselect * from tab where ................;spool off;goto c: and check it.i think it
is the easyest way to store some data from oracle to flat file...u can save it in any extension
like .csv.xls.txt ect............
JUN
092008
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What are the advantages of packages ?

o
chengaiah
laxma823
Aug 7th, 2008
Package have more advantages ModularityEasily Application designBetter

PerformenceInformation Hiding
nirajsingh78
Jun 27th, 2008
Reuse
NOV
272006
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What are the advantages & disadvantages of packages ?

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sanjay desai
binurajnair
Aug 2nd, 2008
We can overload functions/procedures inside packages.

jagadeesh9
Feb 24th, 2008
Package: It is an collection of related variables, cursors,procedures and functions stored at

one location. They supports OOPS features like function over loading,
encapsulation.ADV: ...
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Filling a ref cursor

o
suash143
How to fill a refcursor with dataset in C#.i want to pass a dataset as parameter and fill a refcursor with the
same dataset.
viv_mca
Jul 31st, 2008
you need to use ODP.Net connector.In OracleCommand object add OracleParameter object
with following propertiesOracleDbType = OracleDbType.RefCursor;Direction=
ParameterDirection.Output;give the name of your stored procedures's refcursor parameter
name
APR
302008
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Analytical functions
o
Hsingh85
What are analytical functions and how are they used?

singh.neerajin
Jul 22nd, 2008
Analytic functions compute an aggregate value based on a group of rows. They differ from
aggregate functions in that they return multiple rows for each group. The group of rows is
called a window and ...
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122006
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What is a NOCOPY parameter? Where it is used?

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Richa Kulkarni
PraGop
Jul 21st, 2008
Can u please give more explanation on this NOCOPY parameter

raghav_sy
Jan 15th, 2007
hi one more thing i wan to add abt NOCOPY, it is that its a hint to compiler, so its compiler
wish whether to follow this thing or not, so before using this just go through the conditions
when this th...
152008
JUL
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How do you Optimize query

o
ramesh.akula9
How can i choose which query is best?i.e On which factors i can choose the best query?
madanuprashanth
Jul 18th, 2008
By forcing the SQL engine to use indexes.If query is too much nested then break it into two
or three queries using temp tables and then write one query by joining these temp table to
perform the task.
092008
MAY
02:12 PM
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Long Raw Columns

o
pc_mts
How many columns you can create in table from this type "long raw"?
krishnaveni_g
Jul 17th, 2008
We can use only one long column in a table

madhupriya.nukala
Jun 25th, 2008
Only single column is allowed per a table of data type LONG or LONG RAW
FEB
02:18 PM
262008
2699
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ORA-01756: quoted string not properly terminated

o
nernernini
Hi Can anyone explain what this mean? I have practise PL/SQL about REF obj_type, my codes are:
CREATE or REPLACE TYPE home_type AS OBJECT (street VARCHAR2(50), city VARCHAR2(20), state
VARCHAR2(20), zipcode VARCHAR2(6), owner VARCHAR2(10));/CREATE TABLE homes OF
home_type;INSERT INTO homes VALUES ('300 Regina St', 'WATERLOO', 'ON', '010010',
'HFWANG');INSERT INTO homes VALUES ('301 Regina St', 'WATERLOO',...
krishnaveni_g
Jul 15th, 2008
I checked the code it's working fine.

052008
JUL
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Writing Pl/SQL function

o
csprusty
Write a PL/SQL fuction named say TRUN, which does the same work as the oracle predefined function
"TRUNCATE".
ajaz_11i
Jul 9th, 2008
It will truncate/delete all the rows in the table emp very fast as compared of delete
command, but the table must have no Foriegn keyMr. Ajaz Ahmad Kumar
sgbang
Jul 7th, 2008
Hi,Please check out this function:create or replace function trun(p_table_name varchar2)

return number asbeginexecute immediate ' truncate table '|| p_table_name;return 0
;end; /How to ex...
MAR
182008
01:35 AM
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Temporary Tables
o
senthilkumard
How to create temporary table? Give some example

ravi.8311
Jun 28th, 2008
Create table temp as select*from base table where 1=1;

venkat82.k
Mar 20th, 2008
Hi guys........Temporary tables means which tables are hold data temporarlyi mean these
holds the data certain time mainly only that session.exp:-create global temporary table
employ(emp_id number(10)...
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Set time for job

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prashantjadhav5000
How to set time in pl/sql(Toad) JOB

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Pls send the interview qustions from pl/sql, sql, datawarehousing

questions.
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sudha periasamy
rampratap409
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Oct 20th, 2006
You should put your question here. This forum is not a library. Please take care.
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Skip Columns with SQLLDR

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Hsingh85
How to skip columns while loading data with SQLLDR

lokeshRao
o
Jun 23rd, 2008
Specify Filler Load datatruncate into table empfields treminated by'|'(field1,field2 filler,field 3)
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When to use collection types in PL/SQL?

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Amit Navapara
krishnaindia2007
o
Jun 23rd, 2008
Collection is an ordered group of elements all are of same time. Each element in the collection has
unique subscript to identify its position in the collection.Pl/sql offers three collection type...
ravgopal
o
Oct 10th, 2007
The following bullet points can be referred to when deciding what collection best suits a
particular solution .VarrayUse to preserve ordered list Use when working with a fixed set, with a
known number ...
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What is Pragma ? How do we know that which ERROR code is

associate to what error ?
o
prabhatushar
krishnaindia2007
o
Jun 23rd, 2008
Pragma is a compiler directive. It passes information to compiler. These are processed at compile
time not at runtime.
&nbs...
rajakumar_na
o
Nov 2nd, 2007
Pragma is a compiler directive. Using SQLCODE & SQLERRM we know that which ERROR code
is associate to what error.
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Problem with Utl_file.fopen

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Ananth.p
Hi,There is problem with ult_file.fopen. When I run from the server side, there is no issue with
utl_file and it is working fine.If I run the same procedure from Client machine, I am facing
problem. It throws an exception Invalid_operation.I am usingOracle 8.2 and Unix server.Can
you please let me know what change needs to be done? Is this related to permission issue.Thanks
& Regards,Ananth P
stshekhar
o
Jun 22nd, 2008
the parameter set in configuration file init.oraand UTL_FILE_DIR belongs to the directory structure
in oracle server machine. And the directory structure should be on same machine as oracle server.
Th...
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How to write a query or procedure or function to retrieve all the

tables from database where the table dont have any data (no
rows).
o
Robert
Database has 100 tables and some of the tables dont have any data. I want to pullout those table
names from database in Oracle.
sr_2407
o
Jun 4th, 2008
Select table_name ,num_rows from user_tableswhere num_rows=0
ravgopal
o
Oct 10th, 2007
Analyze and perform statistics on whole schema. This will populate the statistics details about each
table. You can pull NUM_ROWS column from all_tables to check whether it ...
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Oracle Cursor types

o
Raja
What are the types of cursors apart from explicit and implicit cursors ? Explain when and where
they are used ?
krishnaindia2007
o
May 31st, 2008
There are only two types of cursors in oracle Pl/sql.1. Implicit cursors2. Explicit cursors
define an explicit cursor as static or dynamic (REF CURSOR). ...
We can
Manoharan
o
Oct 25th, 2007
1. Implicit Cursor2. Explicit Cursor3. Ref CursorImplicit Cursor like SQL%rowcount,SQL
%rowtype...Explicit cursors are user defined cursorRef Cursor is object name of the cursor type. Its
mainly used for dynamic purpose
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Difference between 'TABLE OF' and 'REF CURSOR'

o
dgandhi
What exactly the difference between 'TABLE OF' and 'REF CURSOR' in PL/SQL?For what
purposes these both might be used?
krishnaindia2007
o
May 31st, 2008
A ref cursor is a dynamic cursor in which the contents of cursor can be changed dynamically at run
time depending upon our requirement.A ref cursor is basically a data type. A variable declared
based ...
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Oracle triggers
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Can we issue rollback, commit in the trigger body. if we issue what is the result
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binurajnair
Member Since Feb-2008 | Feb 28th, 2008
An autonomous transaction is an independent transaction which can be committed independent of

other transactions. An autonomous transaction will be committed with out committing the other nonautonomous transactions are committed.
The following exercise will help you to understand the difference between autonomous and normal
transactions.
Create a table for the exercise.
create table test_table (a varchar2(50));
Create a non-autonomous procedure which will insert one row to this table.
CREATE OR REPLACE PROCEDURE non_autonomous_proc
IS
BEGIN
INSERT INTO test_table
VALUES
('Non Autnomous Insert');
COMMIT;
END;
Now execute the following code
DECLARE
BEGIN
VALUES
('Before Non Autnomous Insert');
non_autonomous_proc;
VALUES
('After Non Autnomous Insert');
ROLLBACK;
END;
Now query the table
select * from test_table;
As expected 2 rows will be retrieved
A
-------------------------------------------------Before Non Autnomous Insert
Non Autnomous Insert
Now we will see the case of autonomous transaction.
Clear the test_table
delete from test_table;

commit;
Create an autonomous procedure which will insert one row to this table.
CREATE OR REPLACE PROCEDURE autonomous_proc
IS
PRAGMA AUTONOMOUS_TRANSACTION;
BEGIN
VALUES
('Autnomous Insert');
COMMIT;
END;
Now Execute the following code
DECLARE
BEGIN
VALUES
('Before Autnomous Insert');
autonomous_proc;
VALUES
('After Autnomous Insert');
ROLLBACK;
END;
And query the table
select * from test_table;
This will show only one row
A
-------------------------------------------------Autnomous Insert
Conclusion
1) The commit statement in the autonomous procedure will commit the DML operations in the
autonomous procedure without commiting the transactions before that.
2) The rollback statement caused both the inserts before and after the autonomous transaction to be
rolled back, but not the autonomous transaction
krishnaindia2007
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We can use commit and rollback in trigers using autonomous transactions.- An atonomous
transaction is an independent transaction initiated by another transaction.- When an atonomous
transaction is cal...
arbind1982
Mar 12th, 2008
we can use commit or rolback in trigger without error by using "PRAGMA

AUTONOMOUS_TRANSACTION;" on declaration sectionCREATE TRIGGER
anniversary_triggerBEFORE INSERT ON employees FOR EACH RO...
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What is difference between DESCRIBE and DESC please define

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ashishdixit
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May 29th, 2008
desc has two meanings and depends on the usage.when used in sql plus as in the below stt.desc
<tablename>;it is taken as a sqlplus keyword and describes the table, dispalying column, constraints...
Sebastian Thomas
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Aug 17th, 2007
DESC will display the values in DESCending order when used in an ORDER BY clause.For
example:SELECT * FROM empORDER BY empno DESC;
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PL/SQL tables
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jagadeesh9
How will implement the PL/SQL tables?

krishnaindia2007
o
May 29th, 2008
- Pl/sql is in memory representation of a table.- It is just a data type. ( Collection type)- It may store
any number of rows from table.Here is a simple exampleCREATE OR REPLACE PROCEDURE
TEST_...
tonyrobert
o
Mar 27th, 2008
INDEX By Tables composed of two components1. Primary key of data type
BINARY_INTEGER2. Column of scalar or record data type.Since this table is unconstrained, it
can increase its size dynamically....
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Example for calling procedure
ravenkumar
Give an example for calling procedure with user and system exception
krishnaindia2007
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May 29th, 2008
Simple example for predefined exception CREATE OR REPLACE PROCEDURE TEST_PROC AS
A NUMBER ; BEGIN A := 'TEST'; DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE('THE VALUE OF A = '||A);
EXCEPTION WHEN VALUE_ERROR ...
ravenkumar
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Mar 17th, 2008
set serveroutput on;create or replace procedure proc1 (emp_id in emp.employee_id%type, emp_na
out emp.last_name%type, emp_sal out emp.salary%type, emp_job out emp.job_id%type) is &...
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PL/SQL Block output

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Kanhucharan
begin For i in 1..5 loop insert into A values(i); savepoint 1; end loop; rollback to savepoint 1;
commitend;--initially there are no data in table A. So my question is after execution of this block
what should be the data present in table A?
krishnaindia2007
o
May 29th, 2008
The first mistake in this code is savepoint 1;You can't give 1 as identifier. Identifier name must begin
with a letter.insert into A values(i);savepoint x;Here you are defining save...
satyam_Ora
o
May 6th, 2008
The flow of execution will be as below:step1: loop will execute 5 times and the variable value(i) will
store in the table a in series of values from 1 to 5.step2: all 5 values in series from 1..5 w...
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How the execution will be done in exceptions?

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ashwin.k
ashishdixit
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May 28th, 2008
Exception is equivalent of an error in the code.This may be due to incorrect data or wrong coding
techniques. What ever the reason may be,when an error occurs in the plsql code, the command
terminates...
praveen.pinisetti
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Apr 6th, 2006
There is a lot to explain the execution of exceptions.Whenever error is occured,the corresponding
exception will be raised and handled in Exception block.But in the case of nested blocks,The
exception...
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Write the order of precedence for validation of a column in a

table ?
o
o
I. done using Database triggers.

ii. Exception :
ii. done using Integarity Constraints. I &
Srinatha Reddy
o
May 21st, 2008
create table a ( b number, c number check (c >100) );create or replace trigger t1 before insert on a
begindbms_output.put_line('this is before insert trigger'); end;create or replace trigge...
prashant
Jul 6th, 2006
ii. done using Integarity Constraints
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What is the difference between private packages and public

package . what is the difference in declaration of these 2
packages.
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Chanukya Kumar
mosam
o
May 20th, 2008
U can not create thr private packages in oracle becoze packages can not be nasted
KiranKW
o
May 2nd, 2007
hi , i dont think there is something called as public package / private package. But yes the methods
defined in a package can either be public or private.Below is a simple expln.Variables and co...
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What are the components of a PL/SQL Block ?

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o
Declarative part, Executable part and Exception part. Datatypes PL/SQL

satyam_Ora
May 14th, 2008
All has given the right answer and I am repeating the same.There are the three component of
PL/SQL program block1) Declarative( Where you can decalre the variable which would be used as a
part of exce...
g_sidhu
o
Feb 16th, 2008
A PL/SQL block consists of up to three sections: declarative (optional), executable (required), and
exception handling (optional).
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What will the Output for this Coding> Declare Cursor c1 is select
* from emp FORUPDATE; Z c1%rowtype;Begin Open C1;Fetch c1
into Z;Commit;Fetch c1 in to Z;end;
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RamaKrishna.Yerra,TCS,Hyd,9989018508
satyam_Ora
o
May 8th, 2008
Please remove the commit from the begin statement and the it will execute properly.Thanks,
satyam_Ora
o
May 8th, 2008
DeclareCursor c1 is select * from emp FORUPDATE;Z c1%rowtype;BeginOpen C1;Fetch c1 into
Z;Commit;Fetch c1 in to Z;end; SQL> start e1 Declare * ERROR at line 1: ORA-01002: fetch out of
sequence...
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How do you encrypt the function to prevent accessing from

users without specific permission. ?
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suhasshah2007
krishnaindia2007
o
May 13th, 2008
Using wrap utility we can encrypt source code of a function to byte code (Not a readable format).
Becareful there is no decrypt utility to convert source co...
nitingalande
o
Jan 13th, 2008
Function can be encrypted using Oracle Wrap utility. this will prevent accessing from users without
permission
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Why DUAL table is not visible?

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krishnaindia2007
Member Since Sep-2007 | May 13th, 2008
DUAL is a part data dictionary and owned by SYS. You should not make modifications to this
table.
It contains only one row and one column of VARCHAR2 datatype.
Used to refer an object which does not have any pysical reference in database table.
Ex:- Select sysdate from dual.
krishnaindia2007
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DUAL is a part data dictionary and owned by SYS. You should not make modifications to this
table. It contains only one row and one column of VARCHAR2 datatype.Used to refer an object
which does not have any pysical reference in database table.Ex:- Select sysdate from dual.
jhoombrabar
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Because its a dummy table.
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1)any one can tell me,suppose we have 1000 of records,ok.then

we want to update only 500 records,how can we solve this
problem?2)how many types of "explicit cursors" we have?
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suri
satyam_Ora
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May 8th, 2008
Sql> update set col_name='value' where rownum<=500;Note: rowid will not work instead of
rownum for updating the 500 records.
askvenki
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hi guys i think rownum work only for at the time of select statement
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Can we declare a column having number data type and its scale
is larger than pricesionex: column_name NUMBER(10,100),
column_name NUMBAER(10,-84)
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ananth
satyam_Ora
o
May 8th, 2008
SQL> create table a2(a number(10,100)); Table created. SQL> create table a3(a number(10,84));Table created.
Oracle_learner
o
Sep 20th, 2006
Yes ,such declaration is possible .Explaining with example .1.number(9,11) means there are 11 digits
after decimal .However as the max precision is 9 so the rest are zero padded .Like
0.009999999992.n...
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What is difference between PL/SQL tables and arrays?

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AT
krishnaindia2007
May 8th, 2008
PL/SQL tables are temporary array like objects used in a PL/SQL Block. The size of pl/sql table is
unconstrained. For varrays we need to specify upperbound.Pl/sql tables can not be stored in
database ...
jaswanthi.p
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array is set of values of same datatype.. where as tables can store values of diff datatypes.. also tables
has no upper limit where as arrays has.
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State the advatage and disadvantage of Cursor's

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Whenever we execute DML statements oracle assigns a work area called private sql area to store
information. Cursors meachanism allows us to name that private sql area there by access information
...
Venkat9999
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Sep 21st, 2006
I think your implict and explict cursor concent needs a correction:EXPLICIT CURSORS are used,
when you are getting more than a single row of data that needs to be processed further. Explicit cur...
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How to trace the errors in pl/sql block code..

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rajanen
krishnaindia2007
o
May 7th, 2008
You can useUSER_ERRORSorSHOW ERRORSYou may also use DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE
pari
o
Mar 14th, 2007
The correct command isSHOW ERRORS orSHOW ERR
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What is difference between varray and nested table.can u explain

in brief and clear my these concepts.also give a small and sweet
example of both these.
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nayan
krishnaindia2007
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May 7th, 2008
The following are the main differences between nested tables and varray1. Nested tables are
unbounded where as varray has maximun limit.2. Nested tables are dense intially but can be sparse
latte...
g_sidhu
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Feb 18th, 2008
Nested tables are unbounded. Initially dense but can become sparse through deletions. Order is not
preservedCan be indexed VARRAYs are always bounded(varying arrays have a limited number of
entr...
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What is bulk binding please explain me in brief ?

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krishnaindia2007
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Generally to process large number of records in pl/sql we use cursors . But cursors process records
sequentially. It increases number of context switches between SQL and PL/SQL there by hampers
perfor...
Ashok kr. Choubey
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Mar 4th, 2006
Hi ,Bulk Binding is used for avoiding the context switching between the sql engine and pl/sql engine.
If we use simple For loop in pl/sql block it will do context switching between sql and pl/sql engi...
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What is Overloading of procedures ?

o
o
TheSame procedure name is repeated with parameters of different datatypes and

parameters in different positions, varying number of parameters is called overloading
of procedures. e.g. DBMS_OUTPUT put_line What is a package ? What are the advantages of
packages ?
krishnaindia2007
o
May 6th, 2008
Definining two or more procedures with same name is called overloading of procedures. But they
must differ in no or order or datatype family of formal arguments.
g_sidhu
Jan 31st, 2008
Overloading: Multiple subprograms of the same name Enables you to use the same name for
different subprograms inside a PL/SQL block, a subprogram, or a package Requires the formal
paramete...
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Give the structure of the procedure ?

o
o
PROCEDURE name (parameter list.....) is local variable declarations

Executable statements. Exception. exception handlers
end;
BEGIN
krishnaindia2007
o
May 6th, 2008
[CREATE [OR REPLACE]] PROCEDURE procedure_name[(Optional Parameters)] {IS | AS}
[PRAGMA AUTONOMOUS_TRANSACTION;] [local declarations] BEGIN executable statements
[EXCEPTION exception handlers] END [name];
KiranKW
o
May 2nd, 2007
Create or replace procedure proc_name (optional parameters)as beginexecutable
statements;exception handlingend;end proc_name;
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What are the two parts of a procedure ?

o
o
Procedure Specification and Procedure Body.

krishnaindia2007
o
May 6th, 2008
This is from Oracle PL/SQL DocumentationA procedure has two parts: the specification (spec for
short) and the body.The procedure spec begins with the keyword PROCEDURE and ends with the
procedurename ...
salmankhan
o
May 26th, 2007
There Nothing like two parts of procedure..It is basically related to packages...Specification of
package and body of package
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Where the Pre_defined_exceptions are stored ?

o
o
In the standard package. Procedures, Functions & Packages ;

krishnaindia2007
o
May 6th, 2008
Predefined exceptions are globally declared in standard package
g_sidhu
o
Jan 31st, 2008
PL/SQL declares predefined exceptions in the STANDARD package.
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What are two virtual tables available during database trigger

execution ?
o
o
The table columns are referred as OLD.column_name and NEW.column_name.For triggers

related to INSERT only NEW.column_name values only available.For triggers related to
UPDATE only OLD.column_name NEW.column_name values only available.For triggers
related to DELETE only OLD.column_name values only available.
krishnaindia2007
May 6th, 2008
OLD and NEW are two virtual tables available during database trigger execution.UPDATE statement
has access to both old and new values.INSERT statement has access only to new...
bambino_chakma
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Jul 15th, 2007
The two virtual table available are old and new.
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Explain the two type of Cursors ?

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o
There are two types of cursors, Implicit Cursor and Explicit Cursor.PL/SQL uses Implicit
Cursors for queries.User defined cursors are called Explicit Cursors. They can be declared and
used.
krishnaindia2007
o
May 6th, 2008
Cursors are of two types1. Implicit Cursors: - Whenever we execute sql statements oracle server
assigns a work area called private sql area to store precessed infomation. The most recently used ...
Lavanya Chowdary
o
May 6th, 2007
There r two types of cursors in the pl/sql1.Implici 2.explicit For the select stmt which is retrieving
single record or all the dml operations in the pl/sql program system automatically allocates...
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In function and procedure the parameter pass is "call by value"

or "call by reference"?
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ddkdhar
krishnaindia2007
o
May 3rd, 2008
IN :- actual parameter is passed by reference (a pointer to the value is passed in) OUT:- actual
parameter is passed by value (a copy of the value is passed out) unless NOCOPY is specified I...
ashwinee2
o
Apr 10th, 2008
Take this:IN parameters are passed by reference, so the value cannot be changed in the procedure and
functions.Out and IN-OUT parameters are passed by value, so the values can be changed inthe
procedures and fucnctions.
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What is diffrence between IS and AS in procedure?

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pankaj_gauba
krishnaindia2007
o
May 3rd, 2008
You can use either of them . Both are same.
amahanit
o
Both are same
Oct 13th, 2007
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Mention the differences between aggregate functions and

analytical functions clearly with examples?
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dev
krishnaindia2007
May 3rd, 2008
Group functions returns one result per each group of the result setWhere as analytical functions
returns multi rows per each group i.e. using analytical functions we may display group results along
with individual rows.
dev
o
Dec 19th, 2006
Thank u Rampratap.Dev
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What are mutating tables?

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Abirami
When a table is in state of transition it is said to be mutating. eg :: If a row has been deleted then
the table is said to be mutating and no operations can be done on the table except select.
krishnaindia2007
o
May 3rd, 2008
Mutate means chage. Mutating table is a table that is being modified by update, delete or insert
statement.
amahanit
o
Oct 13th, 2007
It's a table which is currently being modified by a trigger statement.
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How to create a constraint for a tablecolumn which is already

created
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subbaraovangalli
krishnaindia2007
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May 3rd, 2008
To add primary key or unique key constraint Alter table tablename add constraint constraintname
primary key / unique (column name)To add check constraint Alter table tablename add constrai...
hindol_saha
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ALTER TABLE STUDENT ADD CONSTRAINT PK_STD_ID PRIMARY KEY (STUDENT_ID);
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Nested tables
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jannaat
How do you create nested tables?
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Package and Module

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Pavithara
What is the difference between a package and a module?

tariq_oracle
Apr 13th, 2008
Module is a collection of Package

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What is the difference between granting and creating a view?

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umadevi
Noel Lastra
Mar 13th, 2008
GRANT and REVOKE are DCL commands ...

amahanit
Dec 1st, 2007
grand is to provide privilege on a specific object to a usereg. grand select on emp to

uma;well view is a database object which is made from column of one or more tables.if u
don't have ...
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Nested and Normal Table

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jagadeesh9
What is the difference between Nested Table and Normal Table?

garvi.1983
Mar 5th, 2008
Normal Table : It contain rows and columns.Each Row-Column represente only one value
i.e intersection of Row-Columncreate table t1(col1 number(10), col2 varchar2(9));----->Creates normal tabl...
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082007
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What happens when commit is given in executable section and

an error occurs ?please tell me what happens if exception block
is committed at the last?
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preethi
ae_sathis
Feb 24th, 2008
SQL> create table d ( sl number(4), name varchar2(5)); now do the following

operation:SQL> begin insert into d values ('1223123123','geekinterview'); --making insert to
fail here commit; exception ...
geetha24
Feb 9th, 2007
Whenever the exception is raised ..all the transaction made before will be commited. If the
exception is not raised then all the transaction will be rolled back.
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What is autonomous Transaction? Where are they used?

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sbagai2001
shinehere
Feb 24th, 2008
An autonomous transaction is a transaction that is started within the context of another

transaction, called the parent transaction, but is independent of it.An autonomous
transaction can be committed...
g_sidhu
Feb 18th, 2008
A autonomous transaction starts with the first sql statement of the pl/sql block and ends with
a commit. It starts within the context of an another transaction called parent transaction and
independen...
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Pl/SQL coding help

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kshasikumar
User Interface accepts the Employee information and this data needs to be compared with the existing
data and the differences needs to be populated through a Pl/SQL table.Create a type (EMP_DATA) to
populate the Employee table data.Create a type (ERR_TABLE) with the following attributes:ERR_NO
NUMBER,ERR_COLUMN VARCHAR2(50),ERR_RESULT VARCHAR2(500)Create a package
USER5_PKG1 with two procedures....
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Oracle - Could not find the Program unit

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Mukti
While i compiled my code , it got compiled but while running my application
i got the Oracle error
"Could not find the Program unit ? "Can any one tell exactly why this happens.I had validated all the
objects and even released all the Locked objects . But still this error persisted .
binurajnair
Feb 20th, 2008
This error can occur in the following scenario also. The application has a constant
connection with the database and a package which the application uses gets recompiled.
And the recompiled package co...
raj_imr2000
Jan 15th, 2008
Hi,ORA-06508:PL/SQL: could not find program unit being calledCause:An attempt was
made to call a stored program that could not be found. The program may have been
dropped or incompatibly modified, or ...
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What is the disadvantage of out paramter in functions

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Sushma
g_sidhu
Feb 19th, 2008
We cant use functions with OUT parameter in sql statements because there is no way for
you to declare a variable in a SQL query and in order to call an IN OUT -- you need a local
variable (to supply a value to be read from and to supply a place to put the out value into).
ramaswamy
o
Sep 26th, 2007
Functions with "out" parameters cannot be used in SQL statments however I disagree with
you rajeev because functions without parameters can also be called in select statments as
long as they havea return() (Eg: SYSDATE)
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222007
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Pragma Init Exception

o
ily_saravanan
What is Pragma Init Exception ? what is difference between user defined exception and init pragma
exception. what is the use of it.
g_sidhu
Feb 19th, 2008
You trap a nonpredefined Oracle server error by declaring it first, or by using the OTHERS
handler. The declared exception is raised implicitly. In PL/SQL, the PRAGMA
EXCEPTION_INIT tells the compiler...
Sachin Kale
o
Nov 21st, 2007
Pragma is a compiler Directive that is process at compile time, Not at run time.In pl/sql the
Pragma Exception_init tells the compiler to asociate an exception name with an oracle error
number.That le...
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252006
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What is the difference between database trigger and schema

trigger?
o
ambuji david
g_sidhu
Feb 18th, 2008
Triggers on system events can be defined at the database or schema level. A trigger
defined at the database level fires for all users, and A trigger defined at the schema or table
level fires only when the triggering event involves that schema or table.
rampratap409
Dec 5th, 2006
In database trigger: Trigger for a table /view is a database triggerlike ( before , insert *
update, delete, insert * row level, statement level)2 * 3 * 2 = 12 + instead off tr...
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HI,What is Flashback query in Oracle9i...?

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dev
g_sidhu
Feb 18th, 2008
Oracle9i introduced Flashback Query to provide a simple, powerful and completely nondisruptive mechanism for recovering from human errors. It allows users to view the state of
data at a point in time...
joybanerjee
Dec 26th, 2007
when ever a table is dropped the database does not release the space assotiated
with it the table is kep...
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What is pragma? can any one give me the example of

autonomous Transaction ?can we change the order of procedure
parameter while calling procedure?
o
manali
g_sidhu
Feb 18th, 2008
A pragma is compiler directive. Pragmas are processed at compile time, not at run time.
They pass information to the compiler.
g_sidhu
Feb 1st, 2008
Using Named & Combination Parameter passing Methods you can change the order of
parameter in a procedureNamed: List actual parameters in arbitrary order by associating
each with its corresponding ...
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062006
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What is Mutation of a trigger? why and when does it oocur?

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rajanipriya
g_sidhu
Feb 18th, 2008
A mutating table is a table that is currently being modified by an UPDATE, DELETE, or

INSERT statement. A table is not considered mutating for STATEMENT triggers. The
triggered table itself is a mutat...
Arun Arumugam
o
Jul 1st, 2006
A table is said to be a Mutating table under the following three circumstances1) When u try
to do delete, update, insert into a table through a trigger and at the same time u r trying to
select the sa...
JAN
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252006
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What type of binding is PL/SQL?

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Indira rani
g_sidhu
Feb 16th, 2008
Before a PL/SQL program can be executed, it must be compiled. The PL/SQL compiler
resolves references to Oracle objects by looking up their definitions in the data dictionary.
Then, the compiler assig...
chaitu
o
May 27th, 2006
pl/sql uses early binding.

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092004
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What are the datatypes a available in PL/SQL ?
o
o
Some scalar data types such as NUMBER, VARCHAR2, DATE, CHAR, LONG, BOOLEAN.Some
composite data types such as RECORD & TABLE.
g_sidhu
Feb 16th, 2008
ScalarCHARVARCHAR2 LONGLONG RAWNUMBER [(precision,

scale)]BINARY_INTEGERPLS_INTEGERBOOLEAN Composite
TypesRECORDTABLEVARRAYLOB TypesBFILEBLOBCLOBNCLOBReference TypesREF
CURSORREF object_type
rampratap409
Oct 26th, 2006
Following are the datatype supported in oracle PLSQLScalar

TypesBINARY_INTEGERDECDECIMALDOUBLE
PRECISIONFLOATINTINTEGERNATURALNATURALNNUMBERNUMERICPLS_INTEGER
POSITIVEPOSITIVENREALSIGNTYPESMALLINTCHARC...
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092004
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What is the basic structure of PL/SQL ?

o
o
PL/SQL uses block structure as its basic structure. Anonymous blocks or nested blocks can be used in
PL/SQL.
g_sidhu
Feb 16th, 2008
PL/SQL is a block-structured language, meaning that programs can be divided into logical
blocks. A PL/SQL block consists of up to three sections: declarative (optional), executable
(required), and exception handling (optional).
Me
o
Oct 5th, 2007
DeclarationBeginException HandlingEnd
OCT
242006
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What is the difference between database server and data

dictionary
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padma radhika
psiva_oracle
Feb 12th, 2008
Hi,Database Server :It's contains the collection of

objects (Table,procedure,trigger,sequence,index,etc)it's also contains the Schema and user
detailswe can view the details which are in t...
g_sidhu
Feb 4th, 2008
Database Server: A computer in a LAN dedicated to database storage and retrieval. The
database server is a key component in a client/server environment. It holds the database
management system (DBMS) ...
APR
292007
05:30 AM
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What is the difference between database trigger and application

trigger?
o
RAJASEKARAN
g_sidhu
Feb 5th, 2008
Application trigger: Fires whenever an event occurs with a particular application Database
trigger: Fires whenever a data event (such as DML) or system event (such as logon or
shutdown) occurs on a schema or database
Sumit Tiwary
o
May 2nd, 2007
Database triggers are backend triggeres and perform as any event occurs on databse level
(ex. Inset,update,Delete e.t.c) wheras application triggers are froentend triggers and
perform as any event taken on application level (Ex. Button Pressed, New Form Instance
e.t.c)Rgds,Sumit Tiwary.
JUN
212006
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What is HIGH WATERMARK?I got to know that it is reset when

the TRUNCATE command is executed on a table.
o
risham
Sudhir Sorout
Feb 4th, 2008
Yes when we truncate instead of delete, for deleting records , truncate set the HWM to 'zero'
but if we use only delete then HWM remain same ......Sudhir Sorout
g_sidhu
Feb 1st, 2008
Within a segment, the high water mark indicates the amount of used space, or space that
had been formatted to receive data.You cannot release space below the high water mark
(even if there is no data ...
OCT
182006
09:53 AM
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Hi,Can anyone tell me the difference between instead of trigger,

database trigger, and schema trigger?Thanks.
dev
g_sidhu
Feb 4th, 2008
Triggers on system events can be defined at the database or schema level. A trigger
defined at the database level fires for all users, and a trigger defined at the schema or table
level fires only whe...
Nasim
o
Dec 17th, 2006
Hiif we have created a view that is based on join codition then its not possibe to apply dml
operations like insert, update and delete on that view. So what we can do is we can create
instead off trig...
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What is difference b/w stored procedures and application

procedures,stored function and application function..
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rajanen
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procedures or functions: Named PL/SQL blocks stored in an Oracle Forms Developer

application or shared library; can accept parameters and can be invoked repeatedly by name and are
availabl...
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Nishant Patel
o
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The difference between the two can be categorised via: Stored subprograms ans Application
subprograms1) Stored subprograms: These are coded and compiled from within the Oracle
database via SQL Plus e...
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Difference between Oracle 8i and Oracle 9i as a Developer

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What are the diffrences between Oracle 8i and Oracle 9i as a Developer, not as a DBA??
bismitapadhy
o
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ISQl*plus and J-server is not there in oracle-8i which are there in 9iBismita
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Details about FORCE VIEW why and we can use

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shami
g_sidhu
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Force View: creates the view regardless of whether or not the base tables exist or whether the user
has privileges on them. The user still cant execute the view, but he or she can create it. No...
Lavanya Chowdary
o
May 6th, 2007
Generally we are not supposed to create a view without base table. If you want to create any view
without base table that is called as Force View or invalid view. Syntax: CREATE FORCE VIEW AS
< SELEC...
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How can one view all the procedures,functions,triggers and

packages created by the user
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Ashvini
g_sidhu
o
Feb 1st, 2008
SELECT object_name, object_typeFROM user_objectsWHERE object_type in
('PROCEDURE','FUNCTION')ORDER BY object_name;
Sphurti
o
Aug 14th, 2006
Basically, here USER_OBJECTS will have all the objects which are created/own by a particular user
whereas ALL_OBJECTS will have information of the objects for which a user has access, it may or
may not be created by that user.
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What is the difference between User-level, Statement-level and

System-level Rollback? Can you please give me example of
each?
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kameshakundy
g_sidhu
Feb 1st, 2008
Statement-level: Part of a transaction can be discarded by an implicit rollback if a statement

execution error is detected. If a single DML statement fails during execution of a transaction, it s
effe...
kameshakundy
o
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Dear Kamini,May I know what do you mean by PG
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What happens when DML Statement fails?A.User level

rollbackB.Statement Level RollbackC.Sustem Level Rollback
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g_sidhu
o
Feb 1st, 2008
If a single DML statement fails during execution of a transaction, it s effect is undone by a statementlevel rollback, but the changes made by the previous DML statements in the transaction are not
discarded. They can be committed or rolled back explicitly by the user.
Chiru
o
Jun 21st, 2006
When a DML statement executes (fails/sucess) an automatic Commit is executed. Eg : Create a
table t1. Insert a record in t1. Then again to create the same object t1.
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What are ref cursors ?

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Shweta_faqs
g_sidhu
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Jan 31st, 2008
Cursor variables are like C or Pascal pointers, which hold the memory location (address) of some
item instead of the item itself. Thus, declaring a cursor variable creates a pointer, not an item. In P...
nisha
o
Aug 24th, 2006
ref cursor is a simple cursor but it is a datatype that allow developers to declare cursor variableref
cursor has 2 types:-strong ref cursor where we mention the return type with rowtype.weak cursor w...
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What are the return values of functions SQLCODE and SQLERRM

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o
o
SQLCODE returns the latest code of the error that has occurred.SQLERRM returns the relevant
error message of the SQLCODE.
g_sidhu
o
Jan 31st, 2008
SQLCODE: Returns the numeric value for the error code SQLERRM: Returns the message
associated with the error numberSQLCODE Value
&nbs...
acpsrinivas
o
Feb 25th, 2006
Pl / Sql Provides Error Information via two Built-in functions, SQLCODE & SQLERRM.SQLCODE
Returns the Current Error Code.
&nb...
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What are advantages fo Stored

Procedures / Extensibility,Modularity, Reusability,
Maintainability and one time compilation.
o
o
g_sidhu
o
Jan 31st, 2008
In addition to modularizing application development , stored procedures and functions have
thefollowing benefits:1) Improved performanceAvoid reparsing for multiple users by exploiting the
shared SQL a...
deviji2000
o
Oct 16th, 2007
procedures and function hv many benefits in addition to modularizing application
development.1)
easy maintenance : sub programs are lo...
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What are two parts of package ?

o
o
The two parts of package are PACKAGE SPECIFICATION & PACKAGE BODY. Package
Specification contains declarations that are global to the packages and local to the
schema.Package Body contains actual procedures and local declaration of the procedures
and cursor declarations.
g_sidhu
o
Jan 31st, 2008
A package usually has a specification and a body, stored separately in the database.The specification
is the interface to your applications. It declares the types, variables, constants, exceptions, cu...
Mahesh Argade
Jun 28th, 2006
In addition to this Both Package Spec and Package Body are stored separately in the Data
basePackage specifications act as an interface for the Package
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What is a stored procedure ?

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o
A stored procedure is a sequence of statements that perform specific function.

g_sidhu
o
Jan 31st, 2008
A procedure is a named PL/SQL block that can accept parameters (sometimes referred to
as arguments), and be invoked. Generally speaking, you use a procedure to perform an action. A
procedure has ...
ramesh_resides
o
Jun 23rd, 2007
Stored procedure is a sub program and stored in memory for repated execution
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Is it possible to use Transaction control Statements such a

ROLLBACK or COMMIT in Database Trigger ? Why ?
o
o
It is not possible. As triggers are defined for each table, if you use COMMIT of
ROLLBACK in a trigger, it affects logical transaction processing.
g_sidhu
o
Jan 31st, 2008
COMMIT, ROLLBACK, and SAVEPOINT statements are not allowed within the trigger body. It is
possible to commit or rollback indirectly by calling a procedure, but it is not recommended because
of side effects to transactions.
jockey
o
Aug 2nd, 2007
Using autonomous_transaction it is possible
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Explain the usage of WHERE CURRENT OF clause in cursors ?

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WHERE CURRENT OF clause in an UPDATE,DELETE statement refers to the latest row

fetched from a cursor. Database Triggers
g_sidhu
o
Jan 31st, 2008
When referencing the current row from an explicit cursor, use the WHERE CURRENT OF clause.
This allows you to apply updates and deletes to the row currently being addressed, without the need
to explic...
Shefali
o
Aug 16th, 2006
"WHERE CURRENT OF" clause is used for updating or deleting rows selected by the cursor with
FOR UPDATE cluase.It explicitily locks the row for updating or deleting.
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How do you compile a package?

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physical
mittu
o
Jan 22nd, 2008
Right click on package and choose [execute]elseexecute package_name;
Larry
o
Nov 6th, 2007
Execute package_name;
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For each hour, list the number of called, total transactions'

values, and total duration.
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mnmlove
For each hour, list the number of called, total transactions' values, and total duration?if you have
these tables:1- 'calls'columns: called_number, Customer_ID, call_date, call_time_started,
Call_time_ended,transaction_no.2- 'tariff'columns: Tarriff_per_Sec, country_code, time_started,
time_ended.
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252007
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What does a following command do. DELETE (6,3);

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vijay
gan20k
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Jan 14th, 2008
This will delete Collection (eg index by table ) in the range 6,3
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What do you mean by OCI, Data guard and Advance queue

responsibilities for a Oracle developers?
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Kalyan
nitingalande
o
Jan 13th, 2008
OCI stands for Oracle Call Interface, it is a interface api used to access oracle database from C
programs. Data Guard stands for it is multiple DB servers enviornment configured for Physical as
well ...
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How can you send the output from a Function or Procedure to a

'Flat file'?
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hiavijit
jayanthanr
o
Jan 8th, 2008
To created flat files, or read flat files in a procedure or function, the built-ins in the UTL_FILE
package can be used.
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What is Oracle collections
rk2007
kirangsv
o
Jan 6th, 2008
A collection can be loosely defined as a group of ordered elements, all of the same type that allows
programmatic access to its elements through an index. Commonly used collection types used in the
pr...
dev5000
o
Dec 26th, 2007
It is kind of datatype.Collection is nothing but a convenient way to manipulate many variables at
once.There are 3 types of collection.1. INDEX BY TABLE2. NESTED TABLE3. VARRAYS
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What is the difference between IS/AS while creating a

procedure ?i.e Create or Replace procedure is/as .....
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narendrareddy2414
kirangsv
o
Jan 6th, 2008
Well there is no difference between is/as as they said both r one and the same when i have gone thru
the book u can use either is / as
cutesree
o
Dec 17th, 2007
There is no difference between is/as ... is is used for creating a new procedure with a new name
where as 'as' is used to create a new procedure with existing procedure name... it will not display
"procedure already exists".
Oracle refcursor and procedure

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sivaprasadpm
How to pass result set using refcursor from one package procedure to another package procedure? and
code also
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CREATE TABLE employees (empid NUMBER(5),empname VARCHAR2(30));INSERT

INTO employees (empid, empname) VALUES (1, 'Dan Morgan');INSERT INTO employees
(empid, empname) VALUES (2, '...
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What is the systematic way of tuning a query?
dinu78
Muhammad Fayyaz
Dec 21st, 2007
1) First identify the current excecution plan by using showplan.In most cases, creating and
then forcing usage of the indexes result in drastic improvement .1) Ensure that indexes(single
or composite)&...
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Convert SQL to Oracle Procedure using cursor

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preeti
SELECT APE.DAT_INSERT_DATE as "Payment Entry Date", Case when

APE.TXT_INTERMEDIARY_CD is null or APE.TXT_PAYER_CUSTOMER_ID
APE.TXT_INTERMEDIARY_CD then (Select TXT_CUSTOMER_NAME from GENMST_CUSTOMER
where TXT_CUSTOMER_CD = APE.TXT_PAYER_CUSTOMER_ID) else(Select
TXT_INTERMEDIARY_NAME from GENMST_INTERMEDIARY where TXT_INTERMEDIARY_CD =
APE.TXT_PAYER_CUSTOMER_ID) End as "Payer Name" , APE.TXT_PAYER_CUSTOMER_ID...
joybanerjee
Dec 20th, 2007
create or replace procedure sql_to_procedure as declare cursor c1 is SELECT

APE.DAT_INSERT_DATE as "Payment Entry Date",APE.TXT_INTERMEDIARY_CD AS
"Intermediary ID",APE.TXT_PAYER_C...
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042007
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What is autonomous transaction in Oracle ?

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joybanerjee
soorajsk_84
Dec 18th, 2007
autonomous transaction are independent transaction exCREATE OR REPLACE

PROCEDURE a1ASPRAGMA AUTONOMOUS_TRANSACTION; BEGININSERT INTO
table1 VALUES('autonomous transaction');COMMIT; END;D...
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272007
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What are purity rules for functions? why they use ? what effects
if not follow these rules?
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suhasshah2007
joybanerjee
Dec 10th, 2007
The purity level defines what structure the function reads or modifies.the types of purity
level:1)wnds--write no database stage I.e&n...
malik.aman
Dec 4th, 2007
To be callable from SQL statements, a stored function (and any subprograms called by that
function) must obey certain "purity" rules, which are meant to control side effects:When
called from a SELECT ...
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Hi Friends!! How to retrive the no.of fields in a table..Can

anybody Assist me?Thanks&RegdsRamki
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Rama Krishna.Y
deepakonroll
Dec 7th, 2007
DECLARECURSOR CUR_TABLES ISSELECT table_name from user_tables;V_TABLE

NUMBER(5);v_table_name varchar2(100);BEGINFOR I IN CUR_TABLESLOOPSELECT
COUNT(1)INTO V_TABLEFROM (SELECT table_name from user_tabl...
rajakumar_na
Nov 21st, 2007
Hi all plz understand the question.........Hi Ramki try this!SELECT COUNT

(COLUMN_NAME) FROM USER_TAB_COLUMNS WHERE TABLE_NAME =
'TABLENAME';FOR example;SQL> SELECT COUNT(COLUMN_NAME) FROM ...
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112007
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How do you update the table implicitly using Trigger

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Pranab Jyoti Deka
we have a PRIMARYKEY field with auto generation in sequence of a table of records. If we delete any
one of records from the table, how can we update the table implicitly using Trigger?
amahanit
Dec 1st, 2007
Which table u want to update ,in case if it is the same table then write after delete trigger on
the table and select values from destination table.
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062007
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What are the built-ins used in PL/SQL?

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kowmudiswarna
amahanit
Dec 1st, 2007
There are hundreds of build-ins avialable few ones areDBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE,

DBMS_SQL, DBMS_DDL, DBMS_PIPE, DBMS_JOB
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082007
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If you write a function and procedure with performs same task

and return a value, which will execute fast and why.
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amahanit
santosh_pokiri
Nov 29th, 2007
Function: Whenever a function executes it returns value .ex:create or replace function sum(x
number)asy number;begin y:=x+2; return y; -- this ...
amahanit
Oct 16th, 2007
hi ravgopal i got u'r reply,thanks. but there is still one query ,in procedures OUT and INOUT
parameters are copied from actual parameters to formal parameters(it takes extra time),so
to...
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212007
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What are the disadvantages of Packages and triggers??

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Pavan
Kavitha
o
Nov 18th, 2007
Disadvantages of Triggers It is easy to view table relationships , constraints, indexes,

stored procedure in database but triggers are difficult to view. Triggers execu...
hari_mech
Aug 20th, 2007
Disadvantages of Packages:1. You cannot reference remote packaged variables directly or

indirectly..2. Inside package you cannot reference host variable..3. We are not able to grant
a procedure in package..Disadvantages of Trigger:1. Writing more number of codes..
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Hi, How do we display the column values of a table using cursors

without knowing the column names inside the loop?
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Surendran
sankar
o
Nov 14th, 2007
We have prdefined table 'col'. from this table we can find the column names dynamically.
For ex. select cname from col where col=1 and tname='emp' then you will get first clomun
name of emp table...
Naresh Dantu
o
Nov 13th, 2006
You Can. Below is the example.DECLARECURSOR cr_dataISSELECT ROWID, a.*FROM

fnd_user a where rownum < 10;l_table_name VARCHAR2(2000) := 'FND_USER';-- IMP-This table name should be same as your from...
OCT
302007
08:15 AM
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Which error is associated with this ORA-01426?

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prabhatushar
prabhatushar
Oct 31st, 2007
ORA - 01426 is associated with Numeric overflow Cause : Evalution of an value expression
causes an overflow or underflow.Action : Reduce the operand
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042006
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1.How to display current Date & Time in Pl/Sql2.How to use DML

in Procedure?
o
sairlen
Sumeet Lalvani
o
Oct 30th, 2007
Simple statement....beginselect sysdate from into A dual;dbms_ouput.put_line(A);end;

vasu
o
Jun 28th, 2006
Declare x timestamp;begins select localtimestamp into x from

dual;dbms_output.put_line(x);end;
OCT
132006
11:16 AM
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Suppose I have 2 triggers on table T, tr1- a before insert trigger &

tr2- a before update trigger.tr1 has update (T) statement inside
body of tr1andtr2 has insert (T) statement inside body of tr2Now,
I'm tring to insert a row into T.What will hppn??
o
shamim909
gkbiswal
Oct 21st, 2007
It(autonomous transaction) will work but it'll not satisfy your business requirement. Mutating
error is not actually an error but Oracle has provided this feauture to do away with any si...
trupti
o
Feb 13th, 2007
Hi, you can use pragma autonomous_transaction for mutating trigger ie after declare, the
first statement is pragma autonomous_transaction.
try it,
it really works!!
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How to return multiple records from procedure?e. g. I fired a

select query and I want to retun a result to ?
o
mkatpatal
manish dudhe
o
Oct 15th, 2007
Hi,User Ref cursor as out parameter in procand execute as belowsql>var s

refcursorsql>exec demo_proc('manish',:s);sql>print s
Rama Krishna,TCS
o
Aug 9th, 2006
Hi Mukund!!
You have to return the selected cursor as OUT parameter and again you
have to fetch the data from that OUT cursor..Thanks&RegdsRamki
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What is difference between a Cursor declared in a procedure and

Cursor declared in a package specification ?
o
o
A cursor declared in a package specification is global and can be accessed by other procedures or
procedures in a package.A cursor declared in a procedure is local to the procedure that can not be
accessed by other procedures.
divyesh
o
Oct 13th, 2007
Ref cursors are used when you want cursor to hold any no. of columns in the row.If you are
not sure about row type at complile time you use ref cursors.Sys_ref_cursors used when
you want cursors to be passed from one procedures to another procedures or functions.
ddkdhar
Feb 13th, 2007
If we declare in package body then what is difference b/w cusrsor..........?how many types of
refcursors..............?whata re the advantages of ref cursors....................?
AUG
302006
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Hi Friends!! Can anybody answer what are the constraints on

Mutating tables? How to remove the mutating errors in triggers?
Urgent plzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzThanks in
Advance..Thanks&RegdsRamki,TCS
amahanit
RamaKrishna,TCS,Hyd 9989018508
Oct 13th, 2007
1) make the trigger as a statement level trigger.2) if u want to use :old and :new qualifer
then create 2 trigger ,1st before insert trigger and use PL/SQL table to select the values,2nd
after insert trigger and insert the values from PL/SQL tables.
be17be
Dec 1st, 2006
Ashish, can you please give an example?

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Hi 1.What is difference between procedure and function?1.

procedure may or may not return values whereas function must
return value2. we can call the function in the sql statements
whereas we can't call the procedureExcept these two, is there
any difference between these two.2. What is pl/sql table and what
is use of it. In which case, we can use it3. What is ref cursor, what
is the use of it.4.how the function will return multiple values. Pls
give me with examples
o
ily_saravanan
ravgopal
Oct 10th, 2007
We can do either DDL or DML inside a function.1) Let us try keeping a DML inside a
function 1 create or replace function test (a number) return number as 2 begin 3 ...
vaibhav Tyagi
o
Sep 26th, 2007
The main difference is in Function you can perform only DDLbut in Stored
procedure you can perform DDL, DML both
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Function which returns previous business date of given input

date
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Rajesh
How can I write a function which returns previous business date of given input date1. skip holidays when
you find previous day2. skip Sunday and saturday's when you find previous dayUS holidays are defined
in HOLIDAYS tabledate, holiday_desc1-Jan-2007 New Year
ravgopal
Oct 10th, 2007
If you need to get the previous business date, just change the in_dt variable in declaration
to input_dt date := '&Dt';in_dt date := input_dt - 1;
ravgopal
Oct 10th, 2007
Did you find the solution? if not then, here it is..try thisa) Create the sample table
holiday : create table holiday (h_dt date, h_desc varchar2(100));b) let us feed some
records;Inse...
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What is the syntax for using triggers?

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Ramya
vaibhav Tyagi
o
Sep 26th, 2007
FOR- Sql ServerCreate trigger TestTriggeron tableaNameinstead of insertasbegin

transactiondeclare @aid intset @aid=0select @aid = max([columnName]) from tableNameif
@aid 0--do operationcommit transaction
madhuk17
Feb 18th, 2007
Create or replace trigger {Before/After} {Insert/Update/Delete} on [Referencing [ New as ]

[ Old as ][For each row [When ]]
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Declare the collection variable (varrys or PL/SQL tables) as out parameter for the procedure and
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Cursor is a private SQL area.. its a temporary buffer used to hold the
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The PL/SQL Blocks are 2 types1. Ananymous Block2. Named Block1. Ananymous Block means
with out any name.Ex:- Declare<variables>Begin<Exec Statmts>ExceptionEnd.2. Names Block
are ...
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Hi All,I am new to this community. It seems the question is related to Begin End block of PL/SQL.
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Hiii have a table which consists of 2 lakh records and numbering

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utham
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Identity is a SQL Server concept The better way to do is use the alter command
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SQL> ALTER TABLE EMP ADD SR_NO INT IDENTITY(1,1) 2 ;ALTER TABLE EMP ADD
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Yes you can use commit or rollback in exception block;select * from test123;A----------51 Declare s
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How can I use the bind variable in a report to create an output

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to get the report output in a file which has the start date and end
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Differentiate between %type and %rowtype attribute in Oracle

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jiten
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%type will use for to define at column level.%rowtype is used to define for one or more than one
columns ( like row or record or tuple ) means its user define type which hold one or more than one
columns along with it. and generally it used with Cursor.
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If you use a cursor, you can return cursor values only by rowtype only.
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o
DECLARE CURSOR cursor name, OPEN cursor name, FETCH cursor name INTO or
Record types, CLOSE cursor name.
fancyoracle
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There are two ways of processing a cursor output. These mainly depend on the type of cursor used.
Cursors can be1) Static
: Declared in declarations section with a defina...
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FOR record_index IN [cursor_name | (SELECT statement)]LOOP executable_statement(s)END
LOOP;
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Kishorebabukm
askvenki
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By using cursor parameters we can pass the value dynamically. So that cursor can fetch data as per
parameter
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Dear sir,
deptno...
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How to export SQL XML using SQL or PLSQL or dynamic SQL for
Oracle data from Oracle database.
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jakilati
For example: I have 100's of tables and I need to take the data from database and export as a xml
file.
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What is the alternative of using a 'WHERE CURRENT OF 'Clause

in a plsql statement ?
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Tejaswini
lieni
o
Jul 30th, 2007
You add the psedocolumn rowid to the selected fields of the cursors body.This rowid identifies the
selected record uniquely so that you can update with it, like with the primary key (just faster).Update
tab where rowid=cur_rec.rowid;
nagurtilak
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Mar 15th, 2007
It can be used in cursorsIf we want to update the current record (i.e cursor holding the current
record) we can use WHERE CURRENT clauseEg. UPDATE empSET sal=sal*10FROM emp
WHERE CURRENT of "cursor name"
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sweety
lieni
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Yes you can pass the whole select statement of the cursor dynamicaly, see ref_cursors.There is also a
system package sys.dbms_sql which allows everything to make dynamically.
CHINMAY
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Yes,You are right we can only pass the value for where clause in paramterised cursor
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Is there any way to protect PL/SQL code?

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Ashish Kumar Mohanty
rsundararajan_in
Jul 30th, 2007
By using wrapper class pl sql code can be protected.
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Srinivasa Bhargava
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You have to index the columns properly and make sure that driving columns of the composite
indexes are used in the query .You may as well wish to rebuild indexes as the number of records is
increased.
Syed Jawahar
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May 31st, 2006
HIYOU CAN SPEED UP THE QUERY BY USING THE ROWID IN THE SELECT STATEMENT.
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You must be speaking about PLS_INTEGER. PLS_INTEGER, uses machine-arithmetic unlike
BINARY_INTEGER which uses library arithmetic. As such PLS_INTEGER is somewhat faster than
BINARY_INTEGER. Also BINARY_INTEGER has subtypes. I don't think PLS_INTEGER has
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1.What is bulk collect?2.What is instead trigger3.What is the

difference between Oracle table & PL/SQL table?4.What R built in
Packages in Oracle?5.what is the difference between row
migration & row changing?
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mathewsumoth
askvenki
Jul 20th, 2007
rowchaining works for varchar2 datatype which will allocate memory dynamicallysuppose
thier is column name varchar2(20);first value-- venki which is 5changed to venki12 which is
7then oracle will cr...
rampratap409
Oct 13th, 2006
Hi Shashank,Can you explain instead off trigger, DML Trigger and views..
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Why do we need to create a force view?what is its purpose?give

some examples?
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rajanipriya
askvenki
Jul 19th, 2007
The force view can be created before base table is created .when the table is createdit is
automatically activated.we can create base table with any structure
Mohamed Irfan
o
Dec 26th, 2006
Hi, Force views are created in real time environment as per the business needs because
of two specific reasons1. If the structure of the base table is not completely known (ie) ...
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What is meant by tuning and tk proof?

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suneel
vinit
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Jul 12th, 2007
tkproof is a oracle utility. it gives information about following

parameters.********************************************************************************count
number of t...
madhug56
Jun 12th, 2007
Can you tell me something more about tk proof?? I mean how do we give input and what is
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TEMP
column1
1
2
4
7
5
so in this table i want search missing number from 1 to 10.
so output should be
3
6
8
9.
how to get this o/p?">
In my table "temp" one column contain 1 to 10 range of values in

between some numbers are missing. like
belowTEMPcolumn112475so in this table i want search missing
number from 1 to 10.so output should be 3689.how to get this
o/p?
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santo
chakraborty_sarkar
Jul 10th, 2007
SELECT LEV FROM (SELECT LEVEL LEV FROM dual CONNECT BY LEVEL < 10)
WHERE LEV NOT IN (SELECT COLUMN1 FROM TEMP);
Amit
o
Jun 14th, 2007
If I have Emp Table and id column

1
2
4
5
7
SELECT 10-id FROM Emp WHERE id in (SELECT id FROM Emp WHERE id 5)
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ravindra
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What happens if a procedure that updates a column of table X is

called in a database trigger of the same table ?
o
o
Mutation of table occurs.
rudra pratap
o
Jul 5th, 2007
In order to avoid mutation table error we need to have a row level as well as a statment
level trigger.
Sunil Yadav
o
Oct 26th, 2005
To avoid the mutation table error ,the procedure should be declared as an AUTONOMOUS
TRANSACTION.By this the procedure will be treated as an separate identity.
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What is the PL/SQL statement for retrieving the date?

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ramya_adina
jamesravid
Jul 5th, 2007
You can use SYSDATE oracle.lv_today := sysdate;or select sysdate into lv_today from
dual;both the statements assign sysdate to lv_today
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What is the difference between the internal table and table? What
is the difference between the cluster, pooled,& transparent?What
is the difference between the native & open sql?
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rajendra
Meera
o
Jul 4th, 2007
The internal table is a table which is getting filled during the run time of the program...and
after that there wont exist any value in that internal table whereas table is the one which
contains data permanently
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What will happen to an anonymus block,if there is no statement

inside the block?eg:-declarebeginend;
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joe
visitor
o
Jul 3rd, 2007
If you do not want any executable statement within the begin-end block, you can include a
null statment.eg:begin null;end;
Chiranjit Dutta
o
Feb 27th, 2007
We cant havedeclarebeginendwe must have something between the begin and the end
keywordsotherwise a compilation error will be raised.
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Is it possible that we can make a query to search the data

Umair Tariq">
Hello,I need some info, that is it possible to find or make query

,that if we know the data stored in a table but don't know the field
name in which the required data is stored.ExampleTable having
fields like columnA, columnB, columnC, columnD,..........columnN
and all have the same dataType. and you dont know in which
field your data exists.suppose some data like e.g. "BackMan"
exists in any Field of the table but we don't know in which Field
this information is store.Is it possible that we can make a query
to search the dataUmair Tariq
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umair_mughal
Chinmay
o
Jun 27th, 2007
Yes,you can do by using like with orlike select * from tab1where col1 like '%back%' or col2
like '%back%'or col3 like '%back%'or col4 like '%back%'
RoulRaj
o
May 11th, 2007
Hello Guna Sagar,

Please give one example i.e without knowing the column name one can write a query.
Regards
Roul
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What is the difference between sql/pl-sql/embeded sql?

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arunima
madhug56
Jun 12th, 2007
SQL is a structured query language.Used to perform operations such as

retrieval,updations,insertions etc. on database.PL/SQL is a Programming language which is
an extension for SQL with control struct...
psom
o
Jun 8th, 2006
Embedded SQL - SQL statements are invoked from a host environment like C/C++, Java
or any other programming languages.
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Name the tables where characteristics of Package, procedure

and functions are stored ?
o
o
User_objects, User_Source and User_error.

idonknowyou
May 22nd, 2007
The Data dictionary tables/ Views where the characteristics of subprograms and Packages
are stored are mentioned belowa) USER_OBJECTS, ALL_OBJECTS, DBA_OBJECTSb)
USER_SOURCE, ALL_SOURCE, DBA_SOURCEc) USER_DEPENCENCIESd)
USER_ERRORS, ALL_ERRORS, DBA_ERRORS
vinod kumar
o
Nov 16th, 2005
User_source , user_object , user_errors

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Explain how procedures and functions are called in a PL/SQL

block ?
o
Function is called as part of an expression. sal := calculate_sal ('a822'); procedure is called as a

PL/SQL statement calculate_bonus ('A822');
idonknowyou
May 22nd, 2007
Procedure can be called in the following waysa) CALL <procedure name> direcb)
EXCECUTE <procedure name> from calling environmentc) <Procedure name> from other
procedures or functions...
M.KUMARAN
o
Nov 12th, 2005
Function is called as part of an expression. sal := calculate_sal ('a822'); procedure is

called as a PL/SQL statement calculate_bonus ('A822');KKK
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272007
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DECLARE A EMP.ENAME%TYPE; B EMP.SAL%TYPE;BEGIN

UPDATE EMP SET SAL=SAL*1.1 WHERE EMPNO=&EMPNO;
__________ ENAME, SAL INTO A, B FROM EMP;END;What
should I write in that blank to get the details of just updated
record???
o
Samatha
gopichandv2002
o
May 22nd, 2007
You should write returning in the blank place

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What happens if we don't write any thing between BEGIN and

END in a procedure? If it show error than how can we execute
this code error free?
o
vardan
RoulRaj
o
May 11th, 2007
There should be atleast one statement in between Begin and End.The Statement may be
Null statement also.Syntax:declarebeginnull;end;RegardsR.K.Roul
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What is the purpose of FORCE while creating a VIEW

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Rampeasad K
RoulRaj
o
May 9th, 2007
Dear Rajeswaran,Please give one example(application ) where one can use force
view.Thanks & regards
Rajeshwaran
o
Jun 3rd, 2006
usually the views are created from the basetable if only the basetable exists.The purpose of
FORCE keyword is to create a view if the underlying base table doesnot exists.ex : create or
replace FORCE ...
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What is Cost based Optimization and Rule Based Optimization

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Ramkumar Singh
What is the differences between it.

norman
May 8th, 2007
Rule Based Optimization is an older technique which is used for optimization of queries but
follows a fixed rule or strategy for achieving the same. But in contrast cost Based
Optimization is a later ...
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How to avoid the mutating error with sample program

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ily_saravanan
Hi, can any body give me the sample program for avoiding the mutating error. we can avoid the mutating
through the statement level trigger instead of using the statement leve trigger, i need one sample program
to avoid the mutating error by using pl/sql table.Thanks Saravanan.P
KiranKW
May 2nd, 2007
A mutating error comes when u r trying to do some DML operation on a table that owns the
trigger.... there are a lot of options to avoid mutation .. eg, Making it autonomous
transaction...
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PL/SQL Procedure Send mail problem

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lalit4untl
Hi all I wrote a procedure to send email via plsql procedure, It was compiled successfully but not
working ....
here is the code (actuly i added the dbms output like step1 ,step 2 to see in which step the control is
going on )
PL/SQLcreate or replace PROCEDURE send_test_message
IS
mailhost VARCHAR2(64) := 'mail.cmcltd.com';
sender VARCHAR2(64) := 'akash.sharma@cmcltd.com';<br...< p=""></br...<>
KiranKW
May 2nd, 2007
Hi, I dont see any problem with your code ... try to capture the return code for each of the
calls ... that will help to identify the exact problem
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102007
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What is CODEX function?

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A.Jyothsna
ramnath123
Oct 21st, 2011
Code + decode
Code
o
code
decode
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Can we use commit in trigger and cursors?

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manali
Apr 9th, 2007
mohan
CREATE OR REPLACE TRIGGER t_trigger AFTER INSERT ON t1 FOR EACH ROW

DECLARE PRAGMA AUTONOMOUS_TRANSACTION; i PLS_INTEGER; BEGIN
SELECT COU...
mohan kumar
o
Apr 9th, 2007
Yes We can use commit statement in triggers with 10G.Here is example :CREATE OR
REPLACE TRIGGER t_trigger AFTER INSERT ON t1 FOR EACH ROW DECLARE
PRAGMA AUTONOMOUS_TRANSA...
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222007
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How to disable a trigger for a particular table ?

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Pavan
Suppose if i have 8 triggers declared for a table..how to disable a single trigger from a table...i don't want
to disable all triggers for a table. I know we can disable all triggers by using "alter table disable all
triggers;". just i want to know how to disable single trigger from a table.
Pavan
o
Apr 3rd, 2007
Thanks parweej, alter trigger <trigger-name> disable worked for me..

subbaraovangalli
Mar 26th, 2007
To disable a perticular trigger on a table
alter table disable trigger
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012007
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How do you debug the PL/SQL ?

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ddkdhar
subbaraovangalli
Mar 26th, 2007
by using
show_errors we can see the errors in the prev created procedure.
dbms_output.put_li...
deep_paudel
Mar 12th, 2007
DBMS_OUTPUT.put_line
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192007
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Oracle referance cursor code

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ily_saravanan
Hi,1. Iam looking for sample program for ref cursor. ref cursor can be associated with many select
statements and we can use the ref cursor to return the multiplevalue from the procedure or function.
how to use the ref cursor in a program to associate with many select statements.2. we can't use the
%rowtype attribut to return the multiple from the procedure or function instead of ref cursor. if we...
krishnamohan_geek
Mar 25th, 2007
Hi,Let me answer your second questin first. Why ref cursor instead of %ROWTYPE.
%ROWTYPE is used for fetches record/row of a single table.OR in case of columns of
different tables then you have to crea...
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Explain how DDL commands used in a procedure or function?

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madhug56
Nikhil_4_Oracle
o Mar 23rd, 2007
HI ALL,try this..,create or replace procedure ddl_proc(tabname in varchar2)asv_cursor

INTEGER;ddl_exe
INTEGER;beginv_cursor:=Dbms_sql.open_cursor;Dbms_sql.Parse(v_cursor,' Create Table
'||tabn...
Anurag Puranik
o Mar 23rd, 2007
We can use DDL commands in Procedure & Functions through "EXECUTE IMMEDIATE "
Command
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I wanted to know how to move backwards while scanning recods

in a cursor when meeting with a perticular condition.For
example, if after scanning 50th record of a recorset, I have to
make some updates in 25th record. How to go about it?
o
Vikas Somwani
Shiril Kumar Dubey

o Mar 21st, 2007
IT can only be possible through the collections.... go through the chapater NO 12 PL/SQL
O'reiilly Publications.
ram
o
Feb 18th, 2007
Cursors are forward only, as such you can't go back.

8. DEC
142006
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Explain how Nested loops gets executed?

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SAGAR
Mar 18th, 2007
Instrument
A nested loop is a loop within a lop, an inner loop within the body of an outer one. How this
workds is that the first pass of the outer loop triggers the innter which executes to
completion. Then the...
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Suppose one table contain many identical records. Then how to

delete only identical Records.
o
globalanil18
Nikhil_4_Oracle
o Mar 12th, 2007
Hey,Above Soln is not working with tables where data is like,COL1 ----------1511 *708111
*5511 *78--Here 11 Repeats 3 times fine...--Check d rowidselect rowid,col1 from
nodup;ROWID ...
suni123
Mar 5th, 2007
Hi,To delete duplicate rows from table EMPDELETE FROM EMP WHERE ROWID NOT
IN
(SELECT MAX(ROW...
292006
10. MAY
01:33 AM
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What are the different types of collections supported in Oracle?

PL/SQL datatypes TABLE and VARRAY, allow us to declare the
collections nested tables, associative arrays, and variable-size
arrays.
o
baskaranprasad
BASAVARAJ KOLUR
o Mar 8th, 2007
plsql supports mainly 3 types of collections 1> index by binary_integer

3>varrays index by binary_integer and nested...
Gupta
o
Aug 7th, 2006
Types are Index -by- table, Nested Tables and Varray!

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Hi all,Could anyone let me know the equivalent code in pl/sql for

this java code? I really appreciate that.for (int i = 0; i < 10; i++) {if
(i == 5){continue;}} thanks,kamalnayan.M
o
kamalnayan.M
Mar 8th, 2007
begin for i in 1..10 loopif i 5 then -- do stuff.end if;end loop

madhu
o
Feb 9th, 2007
I hope this will work..

declare
i number(2);
Begin
for i in 1.. 10
loop
if (i ==5) then
else
exit;
end loop;
end;
12. SEP
152006
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If there is an index including three columns A, B and C. And if we

issue a query in which where clause uses only column B....will
the index be useful??and what if the where clause only has
coulmn A..will the index b useful??
o
smita
madhaviguthula
Mar 8th, 2007
Hi Hemant, Please go through the following code for better understanding.First, create and
populate a test table with a concatenated index.CREATE TABLE test_objects ASSELECT *
FROM all_objects;CREATE...
hemant.agarwal03
o Mar 8th, 2007
Hi Madhvi..How we will use that one special feature?Regards,Hemant

13. MAR
072007
09:29 AM
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What is the use of NOCOPY Compiler Hint while writing PL/SQL

procedures/subprograms???
skdash78
Mar 7th, 2007
ahamed79
Pls try this link:http://www.databasejournal.com/features/oracle/article.php/1558021CheersFaizal

14. MAR
012007
02:23 PM
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Select from A table through cursor and update B table. If it

updates successfully then insert into another table. Handled
every type of exception in the code?
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ddkdhar
Mar 6th, 2007
ddkdhar
Question was not clearsorrythis is my questionupdate a table A using cursor if it updated

then insert into another table B.if not insert into same table A and insert into B.handle every
exceptions in the code.nikhil ok
Nikhil_4_Oracle
o Mar 6th, 2007
Hi ddkdhar,Can you please explain bit more what you are requirement
is?In such a case only NO_DATA_FOUND, or INVALID_NUMBER Exceptions are
encountered,well you can always say that,When Others Then Print sqlcode ,
sqlerrm....Thanks,Nikhil
15. MAR
012007
02:24 PM
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Is it possible create table in procedure or function? If Not Why?

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ddkdhar
Mar 6th, 2007
ddkdhar
One thing nikhil handle sqlerrm with variables .that increases perfmance ok.
ddkdhar
Mar 5th, 2007
Thank you very mech nikhil

16. FEB
152007
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How to insert a music file into the database

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rakheeviyyapu
Mar 2nd, 2007
Innila
LOB datatypes can be used to store blocks of unstructured data like graphic images,
audio, etc
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How to trace PL/SQL Package?How to trace PL/SQL procedures?

How to trace SQL statement?what is DBMS_TRACE? How to
use?SET AUTOTRACE ON; ?If anyone tell me how we can use
trace and create log that would be great?
o
rana
Feb 22nd, 2007
sunflower
DBMS_TRACE package can be used to keep track of the calls between the subprograms
and trace of execution by sub-program, procedures, functions or an exception. It gives a
large amount of trace da...
Jian Zhang
Oct 10th, 2006
When you want to see the execute plan of a SQL statement, you need to use TRACE
function of Oracle .
18. FEB
092007
08:58 PM
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How to display the contents of a current record fetched in a

reference cursor?
o
madhuk17
Feb 17th, 2007
Vishakha
declare cursor v_cursor is

10;begin
open v_cursor;
select empno, empnm, empdept from emp where empdept =

...
geetha24
Feb 13th, 2007
To display the cursorOPEN v_cursor FOR SELECT ename, empno, deptno FROM emp
WHERE deptno = p_deptno ORDER BY ename;LOOP FETCH v_cursor INTO v_ename,
v_empno,...
19. JAN
01:50 AM
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What are the Limitations of Packages,views,procedures?What is

the maximum number of subprograms inside a package?
o
joseph
Feb 9th, 2007
geetha24
There is no limitation on the number of Subprograms in the package, but there is a limitation
on the compiled file size in the database.
20. DEC
252006
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How can we call a function from an anonyms block?

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Anuruddha SINGH
Feb 8th, 2007
madhuk17
We can call a function from anonymous block as a part of sql statement written in that
block.eg: create or replace function fn_emp(v_empno in number)return varchar2
isbeginselect ename into v_ename fr...
rajnish123
Dec 30th, 2006
hi,suppose a function add two number and you desire to call it from anonyms block.create
or replace function f_add(a in number,b in number) return number asc number;beginc:=
a+b;return (c);end;t...
21. JAN
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Hi,Can somebody please answer couple of my questions ASAP?

1) How do you call a trigger on a table?2) What is the maximum
number of data strings that can be returned through
DBMS_OUTPUT?Much thanks!!
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Lisa
Feb 7th, 2007
madhuk17
Hi,I think trigger is not called.The code in the trigger defines the action the database needs
to perform whenever some database manipulation (INSERT, UPDATE, DELETE) takes
place.I think maximum number of data strings that can be returned through
DBMS_OUTPUT is 255 bytes.
gchandra_sekar
Feb 7th, 2007
Hi!) Trigger cannot be called as it automatically gets activated once u touch the table.2)
Prior 10g user SQL> set serveroutput on size 1000000 or if it is 10gORA10GR2> set
serveroutput on size unlimited
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1.what is difference between pl/sql table and records?2. what is

the advantages of pl/sql table?3. what is ref cursor? what is the
advantages of ref cursor
o
ily_saravanan
srini
o
Feb 6th, 2007
Actually explicit cursor refers only one work area in memory ,incase of ref cursor refers different
work areas in memory.
ranjeetapegu
Jan 12th, 2007
Difference between Pl/sql tables and record is that in pl/sql tables we can store more than one row
whereas in record we store only one row.TYPE rec_emp is RECORD( ename varchar2(10), empn...
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row level,statement level,before,after,insert,update,delete 3*2*2 total 12 types.
and can i even mention instead of triggers,database trigger and schema triggers">
If anyone asks in interviews, about "what are the types of

triggers" then my ans is likerow level,statement
level,before,after,insert,update,delete 3*2*2 total 12 types.and can
i even mention instead of triggers,database trigger and schema
triggers
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oradev
Sagar Sai
o
Feb 4th, 2007
Hi,There are 3 types of triggers available in the Database. They are 1.DML Triggers :- These are
again 12 types like .. Before INSERT,UPDATE,DELETE and After INSERT...
Pawan Ahuja
o
Dec 3rd, 2006
there are three types of triggers in pl/sql1.)DML triggers2.)instead of triggers3.)system event
triggersRegardsPawan Ahuja
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Wheather a Cursor is a Pointer or Reference?

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Apan Motilal
saurabh kumar verma
o
Jan 19th, 2007
Cursor is basically a pointer as it's like a address of virtual memory which is being used storage
related to sql query & is made free after the values from this memory is being used.
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What is the Scalar Data type in PL/SQL?what is the forward

decleration in packages?what is the usage of IN,OUT,INOUT
parameters in Procedures or functions?
o
chiranjeevi reddy
Guest
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Jan 16th, 2007
A forward declaration looks like the package definition part but is inside the bode.e.g.procedure A
isbegin B;end A;procedure B isbegin null;end B;will not work, because during call to B B...
Donald H. Kirschman
o
Dec 27th, 2006
Scalar data types store one single element of data, as opposed to composite data types. This is not a
concept that is unique to Oracle PL/SQL; rather, it is common to any programming language.&n...
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Hi all if i can assign any value to the out parameter in procedures

.... like i had created this procedure ...CREATE ORE REPLACE
PROCEDURE MODETEST ( PARAMETER OUT
NUMBER)ISJUSTTEST NUMBER :=20;BEGINPARAMETER
:=JUSTTEST ; *HERE I ASSIGN VALUE TO OUT PARAMETER
*JUSTTEST :=
PARAMETER;dBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE(JUSTTEST);END; AND
THE PROCEDURE IS CREATED WITHOUT ANY ERROR BUT I

THAUGHT THE OUT PARAMETERS ARE WRITE ONLY AND WE
CANT ASSIGN ANY VALUE TO IT ....
o
GANESH
Brajesh Singh Bhadoriya
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Jan 15th, 2007
hi...actually the IN parameters are the read only parameters hence we can't assign any value to them
but for out parameters its not true, as we can assign value to OUT parameters. so the procedur...
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Can we create a table using with Procedure or Function?wat is

the Mutating trigger error?
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raju
sankari
o
Jan 9th, 2007
We can do as shown below... in the same way we can drop the table..
DECLARE
BEGIN
EXECUTE IMMEDIATE 'create table employee(empno number(3),ename varchar2(10))';
END;
gangadharam.p
o
Dec 26th, 2006
HI, table can be created by using either dbms_sql or EXECUTE_IMMEDIATE in procedure or
function.
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table is also there "phone" with phoneno as a field but table is empty.now i want the result into
table2.
got it, Right!
Let me know if u have any questions.
thanks.
dev
">
Hi all,thank u for ur answers.and i have an adjustment in this

question.actually data is not present in a table, it's there in some
file.For eg. "Data" is the file, it contains information:
2489078905,2345678909 and so on...table is also there "phone"
with phoneno as a field but table is empty.now i want the result
into table2.got it, Right!Let me know if u have any
questions.thanks.dev
dev
gangadharam.p
o
Jan 6th, 2007
Hi, write a control file to dump the data from file to table using SQL*LOADER or use UTL_FILE
to do the same.
jamesravid
o
Dec 12th, 2006
Use "sql loader" to limport flat file data to database tables.
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Dear friend, my question is assume that we have created on

table,on that table we are creating one view and one synonym
know i have drop the table then status of view is invalid but
status of synonym is not invalid pls give me the answer
o
basukolur014
gangadharam.p
o
Jan 6th, 2007
hi, when u do so the view gets error and synonym becomes invalid. If u create a table again with
same name but with different cols the synonym will work but view wont.bcz view is the stored...
raghgu
o
Nov 16th, 2006
Hi friend, As per RDBMS rule we cannot have invalid synoym, but we can have a invalid view.
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Example:
declare
cursor CSRtest is
select *
from emp
for update of lastname;
begin
for i in CSRtest loop
...do something
...call procfedure with "commit"
update emp set lastname = "..."
where current of CSRtest;
endloop;
Results in "ORA-01002: fetch out of sequence" because curser is closed after "Commit"
How to "save state of curser" ?
Any workaround?">
How to run a curser for update "with hold2 in PL/SQL ?

Example:declarecursor CSRtest is select * from emp for update
of lastname;beginfor i in CSRtest loop...do something...call
procfedure with "commit"update emp set lastname = "..." where
current of CSRtest;endloop;Results in "ORA-01002: fetch out of

sequence" because curser is closed after "Commit"How to "save
state of curser" ?Any workaround?
o
Stefan
gangadharam.p
o
Jan 5th, 2007
Hi, It is very good query u asked.The work around is, it is not advisable to use a COMMIT inside
the loop as it invalidates the cursor which is declared for update.If u want to use commit then d...
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Can you create table,view or sequence in pl/sql code block

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vasudev
Manikandan
o
Dec 24th, 2006
Use execute immediate to write DDL statements.but you should have create system previlege on the
schema.
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What are the Restrictions on Cursor Variables?Thanks Ramki,

Hyd, TCS
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RamaKrishna.Yerra,TCS,Hyd,9989018508
Ashwini
o
Dec 23rd, 2006
Cursor Variable RestrictionsCursor variables are subject to the following restrictions; Oracle may
remove some of these in future releases. Cursor variables cannot be declared in a package since
they ...
rashid
o
Sep 20th, 2006
hi friend cursor variable can't use with dynamic sql.cursor variable can't use with in package because
it is not having persistent state.nulls can't assinged to cursor variable.remote procedure can't accept
cursor variable
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I have to replace a particular value say "_" with a space in

particular column of a table, kindly provide me the query how to
achieve this.
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Pattabiraman
Guest
o
Dec 12th, 2006
Actually your question is not clear. Do u want to change column name or values in the column?to
change a values it is quite simple.select replace('replace_underscores_with_spaces','_',' ') from dual;
Gupteshwar
o
Dec 9th, 2006
You can use REPLACE function in order to replace a digit or character in a
column.SELECT REPLACE(col1, '_', ' ') FROM table_1.This function can also be used to update
column's records.Try this function. Hope it would work.
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We have on delete cascade in Oracle but we don t have on

update cascade. If you compare Oracle with SQL Server in SQL
Server we have the option called on update cascade but In Oracle
we dont have this option why? Please can you just clarify my
doubt?
inam
jamesravid
o
Dec 12th, 2006
There is no "update cascade" functionality in oracle. But you can develop your own code to achieve
this. The source code is also available in this
urlhttp://asktom.oracle.com/tkyte/update_cascade/index.html
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How can I create a new table by using other two table's values.
o
Anish
rampratap409
o
Dec 9th, 2006
create table new_employeesas (select e.employee_id, e.first_name, e.last_name, d.department_name,
d.department_id,c.location_id, c.city from employees e, departments d, locations cwhere
e.department_id = d.department_idand d.location_id = c.location_id);
Shree
o
Oct 11th, 2006
Create table table_name as( select tab1.column1,tab1.column2,tab2.column3 from table_name
tab1,table_name2 tab2 where tab1.colum1=tab2.column4);
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What are the types of triggers in PL/SQL and in forms?in pl/sql,

My guess is:row level, statement
level,before,after,insert,update,deleteare there any triggers i
missed, let me know?Thanks in advance.
o
dev
Pawan Ahuja
Dec 3rd, 2006
In forms eigth types of trigger.1) Block_Processing Triggers, 2) Interface event triggers, 3)

master/Detail Triggers, 4) navigational Triggers, 5) Query_time triggers, 6) Transactional Triggers ...
Anusha
o
Nov 23rd, 2006
1) Block_Processing Triggers, 2) Interface event triggers, 3) master/Detail Triggers, 4) navigational
Triggers, 5) Query_time triggers, 6) Transactional Triggers 7) Validational Triggers 8)
Message_handling Triggers 9)When_New_Instance Triggers
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Hi How do I call procedures which have ref cursors as

parameters and print the elements in the ref cursor in PL/SQL
Developer ?I executed the following code in PL/SQL Developer :
CREATE OR REPLACE PACKAGE EMP_PACK ASTYPE
EMPCURTYP IS REF CURSOR RETURN EMP
%ROWTYPE;PROCEDURE EMP_PROC( EMP_CUR IN OUT
EMPCURTYP);END EMP_PACK;CREATE OR REPLACE
PACKAGE BODY EMP_PACK ASPROCEDURE
EMP_PROC(EMP_CUR IN OUT EMPCURTYP) ISBEGINOPEN
EMP_CUR FOR SELECT * FROM EMP;END EMP_PROC;END
EMP_PACK;/When I executed the following command , I got the
following statementSQL> variable var refcursor;REFCURSOR not
supportedThe same statement is working in SQL*Plus
environmentHow is it to be executed in PL/SQL Developer ?
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Divya
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How to disable multiple triggers of a table at at a time?

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shavali
Raghavendra
o
Nov 19th, 2006
Alter table disable all trigger;
Brijesh Mishra
o
Oct 9th, 2006
SQL> Spool c:tempdisable_all_triggerSQL> Select 'ALTER TRIGGER '|| trigger_name ||' disable;'
from user_triggers;SQL> spool offafter that open file disable_all_trigger.lst and remove header part
and save file.SQL>@c:tempdisable_all_trigger.lst
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I have written a procedure in which the cursor is fetching 2 lakh

records. I would like to pass on these 2 lakh records as an in
paramter to the other procedure. How can we achieve this logic?
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Srinivas
prakash
o
Nov 15th, 2006
Hi,
I would suggest not to pass all the records to you next procedure. You should look to
redesign your next procedure so that it accepts one record and proce...
prasanna
o
hi friend
Nov 14th, 2006
of course no need of sending 2lakh records but some records whatever i required
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What is the syntax for ref cursor working with forms 6i?
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PRIYABRATA ROY
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Can i change the elements of listitems at runtimes?
jagannath kar
youranjani
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Oct 26th, 2006
Hi.. We can change the elements of listitems at runtime with the help of Record Group
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Give the structure of the function ?

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FUNCTION name (argument list .....) Return datatype is local variable declarations
Begin
executable statements Exception
execution handlers End;
bavani
o
Oct 23rd, 2006
create or replace function function_name(formal parameters list with only IN mode) return
datatypeislocal variable declarationsbegin executable statments; return value ;end function_name;
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What is the difference between a reference cursor and normal

cursor ?
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Shweta_faqs
syed_ansar
o
Oct 18th, 2006
We can use Ref cursor as an IN OUT parameter .
Nantha
o
Apr 18th, 2006
Normal cursor is used to process more than one record in plsql.Refcusor is a type which is going to
hold set of records which can be sent out through the procedure or function out variables.
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How to view the contents of tables created by the following

procedure after the Loop?CREATE OR REPLACE PROCEDURE
A0_BULK_COLLECT_TEST IS TYPE EMPLOYEE_MRNO IS
TABLE OF A_REGISTRATION_HEADER.ARH_MR_NUM%TYPE;
TYPE EMPLOYEE_NAME IS TABLE OF VARCHAR2(255);
MRNUMBERS EMPLOYEE_MRNO; NAMES EMPLOYEE_NAME;
CURSOR crBulkCollect IS SELECT ARH_MR_NUM,
ARH_FIRST_NAME||' '||ARH_MIDDLE_NAME||' '||
ARH_LAST_NAME FROM A_REGISTRATION_HEADER WHERE
ARH_CTGRY_CD='EMP';BEGIN OPEN crBulkCollect; FETCH
crBulkCollect BULK COLLECT INTO MRNUMBERS, NAMES;
CLOSE crBulkCollect;END;
o
kameshakundy
kamala kanta Parhi
o
Oct 14th, 2006
select text from user_sourcewhere name='procedure_name';
D. Madhu
o
Jun 29th, 2006
select * from user_objects where type='procedure' and name='function or procedure name'
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What is datatype of x when we say define x in oracle

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akash638
rashid
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Sep 20th, 2006
define is use for predefine variable its depends on user. You can use char or number
Sachin
o
CHAR
Sep 5th, 2006
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How can I combine sequence with select statement which is used

in another insert statement. i.e.Insert into table1select
seq_id.currval,field1,..,fieldnfrom table2;How can I make the
above sentence possible?
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deshaniprashant
developer
o
Sep 14th, 2006
Hi,for example u have a sequence called s1 and table as student theninsert into student
values(s1.nextval,field1,field2, ....);that's all
Divesh
o
Apr 23rd, 2006
U can directly use insert into < table_name> select .currval/nextval from dual.Please free to contact
me if any queries on dibansal@cisco.com
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How we can create a table in PL/SQL block. insert records into

it??? is it possible by some procedure or function?? please give
example...
dineshchaini
Dinesh
o
Sep 9th, 2006
Dear Maria... I traied with the DBA previlage but... again the same prob.. proc created but table is
not thea... ok I tried u r proc and mail back to you...
tdas2004
o
Sep 7th, 2006
You are right Maria Antony, but the question is, why is it not possible to create the table thru the
procedure while you can create the sametable using create table SQL command.The answer is, to
creat...
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What would be the o/p for this ....declarecursor c1 is select * from

employees;emp_rec c1%rowtype;beginopen c1;delete from
employees;loopfetch c1 into emp_rec;exit when
c1%notfound;end loop;close c1;end;tell me what is active set ?
why you need cursors?and what is going to happen when you
use for update clause in cursor declarationwhy use nowait
clause what is its use
o
basukolur014
Sheetal
o
Aug 24th, 2006
Hi,Your program will delete all rows from the table. If you print output after fetch from the cursor it
will show all rows those where selected in the cursors.When the cursor was created u select...
Rama Krishna,Y
o
Aug 21st, 2006
Hi Friend!! If you want to use the entire tale data from table in PL/SQL programing block,you have
to store the entire data in a temp buffer variable .. to syntronize that operation Oracle supports ...
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How to display the contents of a current record fetched in a ref

cursor
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jay
gouthami kodangal
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Aug 13th, 2006
by making use of sql%rowfound.
Shiv Mangal Rahi
o
Jul 25th, 2006
Hi,You could do the same as given under below for emp table.....CREATE OR REPLACE procedure
procasbegindeclarev_empno emp.empno%type;v_ename emp.ename%type;cursor c_emp isselect
empno,ename from emp;b...
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How to handle exception in Bulk collector?

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Samuel
mariashylaja
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Aug 12th, 2006
During bulk collect you can save the exception and then you can process the exception.Look at the
below given example:DECLARE TYPE NumList IS TABLE OF NUMBER; num_tab NumList :=
NumList(10,0,11,1...
mariashylaja
o
Aug 12th, 2006
DECLARE TYPE NumList IS TABLE OF NUMBER; num_tab NumList :=
NumList(10,0,11,12,30,0,20,199,2,0,9,1); errors NUMBER;BEGIN FORALL i IN
num_tab.FIRST..num_tab.LAST SAVE EXCEPTIONS DELETE *...
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What is the DATATYPE of PRIMARY KEY?is it Binary integer..i'm

not sure..1.Varchar22.Char3.Binary integer4.Number
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Nitina
Rama Krishna
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Aug 11th, 2006
Its Binary IntegerRamki,TCS,HYD9989018508
parleg
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Jul 16th, 2006
Is it number or binary integer?
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Plz Give which cursor is better for better performance means

type of cursors.
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Yerra Rama Krishna,TCS
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Aug 9th, 2006
Hi Friend!
If you deal with better performance You have to refer REF CURSOR and its
more advantage and effecient of Exeqution.Thanks&RegdsRamki
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What are pipelined functions . illustrate by example

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navneet
Gupta
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Aug 7th, 2006
A table function is a function that returns an entire set of rows, and can be queried directly from the
within a SQL statement, as if it were true database table. Whereas pipeline function is similar,...
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In a Distributed Database System Can we execute two queries

simultaneously ? Justify ?
sushanta K. Mishra
D. Madhusudhana Rao ( 9885626575)
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Aug 1st, 2006
Its depend upon the query. If the two queries are firing on the table it is not possible. If the queries
are firing on different different tables then it is possible.Thanks & RegardsMadhu D.
Manoj Kumar Verma
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Aug 1st, 2006
As Distributed database system based on 2 phase commit,one query is independent of 2 nd query so
of course we can run.manoj
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#1 What are the advantages and disadvantages of using PL/SQL

or JAVA as the primary programming tool for database
automation.#2 Will JAVA replace PL/SQL?
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ana thomas
Lingaraj RH
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Jul 12th, 2006
Internally the Oracle database supports two procedural languages, namely PL/SQL and Java. This
leads to questions like "Which of the two is the best?" and "Will Oracle ever desupport PL/SQL in
favour ...
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for example
source date is 19980224
it should be in target
1998-02-24.23.59.59.999999">
I want to convert source Date format "CCYYMMD" to "CCYY-MMDD23.59.59.999999" in to the target for example source date is
19980224it should be in target 1998-02-24.23.59.59.999999
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Sachin
praveen
o
Jul 3rd, 2006
Hi all,let first conver it into to_date and thenm to_char and then concate with .23.59.59.999999this
way to_char(to_date('column name','ccyymmd') ,'ccyy-mm-dd')||.28.59.59.9999999try for
thisregardspraveen
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How to come back in normal stage in Mutating Table if mutating

table is locked or update data?
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ranjan
Murali Krishna
o
Jun 4th, 2006
hi ,U can use the PRAGMA Function.I.e Autonomous Function to come back to normal stage in
Mutating table.
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How do you get the return values in pl/sql when u exec them be
sides assigning the values to Bind variables
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srini
MANI
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May 31st, 2006
send an inout parameter to pl/sql procedure
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How can we find the status (enabled/disable) of the trigger and

the user who changed the status in SQL-Server.Many thanks.
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Shahid
krishna631
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May 31st, 2006
Hai,To know weather the Trigger status is Active/Inactive,Refer to "all_objects" TableSelect * from
all_objects where object_type = 'TRIGGER' and Object_name='XXX'Krishna Mohan
mahi
o
Mar 16th, 2006
Hi,U can see the information in 'user_triggers' by giving the statement likeselect * from user_triggers
where trigger_name='xxx';Thanks
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Can we relate two different tables from two different users in

ORACLE,PL/SQL?
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Shankar
manoj bajaj
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Apr 25th, 2006
Yes we can relate two tables from 2 diff usersE.g. if user A has table Ta and User B has Table Tb
and Table Tb is child table and needs foreign key on A.Ta then we need to grant "references" object
privillege to User B on table Ta.1
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If records are inserted into table without committing.How to refer

to these values in a procedure?
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SADANAND
o
Apr 14th, 2006
First create a Trigger and with Procedure you insert records.The :new will take the new values. So
use Triggers in Procedures
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Data Concarency => Means that many users can access data at the same time.Data
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ConcurrencyHow well can multiple sessions access the same data simultaneously ConsistencyHow
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In packages the source code is compiled into p code ? how do

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After compiling procedures,functions and triggers(in new versions only),Those will be stored in the
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In which system table i can found that how many cursors are
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Hi,Use the V$OPEN_CURSOR view to know how many cursors are currently open in the
database.Guna Sagar Challa
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Watis define rights invoke rights

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Definer Rights--------------A routine stored in the database by default, is executed with the definer
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U can unerstand these if u hav an idea of DBA..... DBA is the one who has all the priveleges on the
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create table src_table(col1 varchar2(10),col2 varchar2(10),col3 varchar2(10),col4 varchar2(10),col5
varchar2(10));insert into src_table values ('A', 'B', 'C', null, null);insert into src_table values ...
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o
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To create a result set where the rows need to be columns, or vice versa. You need to "pivot" rows into
columns, or vice versa. this is where you need to look at a pivot (or crosstab) query.
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How to query to know, that dbms_rowid package contains

ROWID_OBJECT, rowid_block_number ,etc procedures or
functions in it.
archana.nukala
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SELECT dbms_rowid.rowid_block_number(rowid)FROM bowie_stuff;SELECT
dbms_rowid.rowid_object(rowid)FROM bowie_stuff;
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Hi, in Cursors this is the Scenario.if i am manipulating the data of

a table which has 10 records,i need to go to the 5th record.how is
it possible?What is the Exact usage of Ref Cursor?
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murthy
Navin
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A ref cursor is a type that you can define in the declare section of your PL/SQL program. You can
then open this cursor for any SQL statement that you construct dynamically in your program.For
your ot...
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Describe in brief some of the featurs of oracle9i.What is

LogMiner?
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tm1966_muthu
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LogMiner is a powerful audit tool for Oracle databases, allowing administrators to easily locate
changes in the database, enabling sophisticated data analyses, and providing undo capabilities to
rollback logical data corruptions or user errors.
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Hi,i want to know that,Will the functionality of these two

statements:EXEC SQL SET TRANSACTION READ ONLY ENDEXECEXEC SQL SET TRANSACTION READ WRITE END-EXECare
same as EXEC SQL SET TRANSACTION REPEATABLE READ

END-EXECGive me the replacement for the above 2 sql
statements.thanks in advance,rashmi
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rashmi
ramkiibm.yerra
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Aug 29th, 2007
Hai Rashmi Its not Similar. The First statement is only for Read-Only Trasactions that to be used in
PL/SQL Block. The Second one is for Isolation Levels like Read Uncommitted, Read Committed,
Repeatable Read, Serializable.RegdsRama Krisha.Yramakrishna . yerra @ in . ibm . com
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What happens when a package is initialized ?

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SANCHITA SARKAR
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When a package is initialised that is called for the first time the entire package is loaded into SGA
and any variable declared in the package is initialises.
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How can you write a cursor without select statement ?

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In reference cursor but we have option of giving the where clause in the body ,We cann't write cursor
without select statement.
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