Define a procedure to drop a database object : Execute immediate « PL SQL Statements « Oracle PL/SQL Tutorial






SQL>
SQL>
SQL> CREATE TABLE product (
  2       product_name     VARCHAR2(25) PRIMARY KEY,
  3       product_price    NUMBER(4,2),
  4       quantity_on_hand NUMBER(5,0),
  5       last_stock_date  DATE
  6       );

Table created.

SQL>
SQL>
SQL> CREATE OR REPLACE PROCEDURE dropit (ittype IN VARCHAR2, itname IN VARCHAR2)
  2  IS
  3  BEGIN
  4     EXECUTE IMMEDIATE 'drop ' || ittype || ' ' || itname;
  5  END;
  6  /

Procedure created.

SQL>
SQL> EXEC dropit('table','product');

PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.

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22.16.Execute immediate
22.16.1.Simple EXECUTE IMMEDIATE
22.16.2.Call EXECUTE IMMEDIATE in Pl/SQL block
22.16.3.Execute sql statement in a procedure
22.16.4.'execute immediate in' action
22.16.5.Define a procedure to drop a database object
22.16.6.Create a function to count table row
22.16.7.Use procedure to create an index dynamically
22.16.8.Call function and get result by using 'EXECUTE IMMEDIATE'
22.16.9.EXECUTE IMMEDIATE dynamic sql to alter session
22.16.10.Use 'execute immediate' to run a insert statement
22.16.11.select into rowtype then use it in 'execute immediate'
22.16.12.Quotation string
22.16.13.Use 'EXECUTE IMMEDIATE' to execute an update statement
22.16.14.Wrap 'EXECUTE IMMEDIATE' for current user
22.16.15.Wrap statement with 'BEGIN...END'
22.16.16.Catch exception from 'EXECUTE IMMEDIATE'
22.16.17.EXECUTE IMMEDIATE USING IN
22.16.18.Drop user, create user and grant permission with PL/SQL code
22.16.19.execute immediate into
22.16.20.Update row with 'execute immediate'