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    pl/sql variable question

    a snippet of code from the honorable tom kyte

    wft is x$alert_log$x ?

    It appears it's built as a variable but I am not familiar with how this is done......

    tks

    steve

    create or replace procedure load_alert
    as
    l_background_dump_dest v$parameter.value%type;
    l_filename varchar2(255);
    l_bfile bfile;
    l_last number;
    l_current number;
    l_start number := dbms_utility.get_time;
    begin
    select a.value, 'alert_' || b.instance || '.log'
    into l_background_dump_dest, l_filename
    from v$parameter a, v$thread b
    where a.name = 'background_dump_dest';

    execute immediate
    'create or replace directory x$alert_log$x as
    ''' || l_background_dump_dest || '''';


    dbms_output.put_line( l_background_dump_dest );
    dbms_output.put_line( l_filename );

    delete from alert_log;
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    Re: pl/sql variable question

    Originally posted by stmontgo
    wft is x$alert_log$x ?
    It's simply the name of the database object (directory, in this case) that procedure will create or replace during its execution. It's not a variable, it's nothing that's built in (depite the X$ part in the name), it is simply the name for the database directory that Tom has chosen.

    If the code would read
    Code:
    ....
    execute immediate
    'create table x$alert_log$x (col1 number)';
    ....
    then the procedure would create a table with the name X$ALERT_LOG$X. In the original case it creates a directory with that name. It is simply a hardcoded name of the database object that will be created. Is it "X$" or "$X" part in the name that confuses you?
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    ah ok, so no hocus pocus after all, just a standard name displayed in a manner that threw me for a loop,

    tks for your help

    steve
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