Compare three variables with if statement
SQL> CREATE TABLE book ( 2 isbn CHAR(10) PRIMARY KEY, 3 category VARCHAR2(20), 4 title VARCHAR2(100), 5 num_pages NUMBER, 6 price NUMBER, 7 copyright NUMBER(4), 8 emp1 NUMBER, 9 emp2 NUMBER, 10 emp3 NUMBER 11 ); Table created. SQL> SQL> INSERT INTO book (isbn, category, title, num_pages, price, copyright, emp1, emp2, emp3) 2 VALUES ('1', 'Database', 'Oracle', 563, 39.99, 1999, 1, 2, 3); 1 row created. SQL> INSERT INTO book (isbn, category, title, num_pages, price, copyright, emp1, emp2) 2 VALUES ('2', 'Database', 'MySQL', 765, 44.99, 1999, 4, 5); 1 row created. SQL> INSERT INTO book (isbn, category, title, num_pages, price, copyright, emp1, emp2, emp3) 2 VALUES ('3', 'Database', 'SQL Server', 404, 39.99, 2001, 6, 7, 8); 1 row created. SQL> SQL> DECLARE 2 e_Duplicateemp EXCEPTION; 3 4 v_emp1 book.emp1%TYPE; 5 v_emp2 book.emp2%TYPE; 6 v_emp3 book.emp3%TYPE; 7 BEGIN 8 SELECT emp1, emp2, emp3 9 INTO v_emp1, v_emp2, v_emp3 10 FROM book 11 WHERE title = 'XML'; 12 13 IF (v_emp1 = v_emp2) OR (v_emp1 = v_emp3) OR(v_emp2 = v_emp3) THEN 14 RAISE e_Duplicateemp; 15 END IF; 16 EXCEPTION 17 WHEN e_Duplicateemp THEN 18 INSERT INTO log_table (info) VALUES ('XML has duplicate emp'); 19 END; 20 / SQL> SQL> drop table book; Table dropped.