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  1. #1
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    Hi
    I have a problem executing a native dinamic sql.
    here is my example:
    execute immediate 'Insert into table_name(col1,col2,col3) Values ( '||sysdate||','||v_col2||','||v_col3||')';
    col1 is a date column.
    when I run this command I get an ORA-917 " Missing Comma".

    Pls Help

  2. #2
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    That's bad way of using NDS, in my opinion.
    You shouldn't build body of SQL dynamically if you don't have to.

    My advice is:
    Code:
    execute immediate 'Insert into table_name(col1,col2,col3) values (:c1,:c2,:c3)' using sysdate, v_col2, v_col3;
    but the same you can achieve even without NDS:
    Code:
    Insert into table_name(col1,col2,col3) values (sysdate, v_col2, v_col3);

  3. #3
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    ALES is correct, but if you still want to do it your problem is the single quotes. If you want a single quote to appear in a string you must put 2 single quotes to tell Oracle that the string hasn't ended yet:

    execute immediate 'Insert into table_name(col1,col2,col3) Values ( ''||sysdate||'',''||v_col2||'',''||v_col3||'')';

    Note. These are two single quotes, not double quotes.

    Cheers


    Tim...
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  4. #4
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    I'm sorry Tim, your example is just partly correct.
    Assuming col1 is of DATE type we should insert a value of proper type so we mustn't enclose the sysdate function between quotes. And we have to enclose the other columns between triple quotes to get the correct result:
    Code:
    execute immediate 'Insert into table_name(col1,col2,col3) Values ( sysdate,'''||v_col2||''','''||v_col3||''')';
    Ales


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