Re: what's wrong with this...DBMS_SQL

[Igor Neyman]

Title: RE: what's wrong with this...DBMS_SQL

Did you try it?   I am not sure about v7. But under 8.1.5 it works. And why 'parse' should necessarily use 'dbms_sql.v7' ?   Here is an example, which proves, that for DDL it's enough to call 'parse' without 'execute':   SQLWKS> declare cur1 integer; 2> begin 3> cur1 := dbms_sql.open_cursor; 4> dbms_sql.parse(cur1,'create table ddd(d1 int)', dbms_sql.native); 5> dbms_sql.close_cursor(cur1); 6> end; 7> / Statement processed. SQLWKS> select * from ddd; D1 ---------- 0 rows selected.   Igor Neyman, OCP DBA Perceptron, Inc. (734)414-4627 [EMAIL PROTECTED]   ----- Original Message ----- From: Lord David To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Sent: Tuesday, June 12, 2001 10:52 AM Subject: RE: what's wrong with this...DBMS_SQL Parse doesn't execute DDL in oracle 7.  The parse call uses 'dbms_sql.v7' so I would guess that even if the d/b is 8 it will use the 7 semantics.   Regards David Lord -----Original Message----- From: Igor Neyman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 12 June 2001 14:31 To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Subject: Re: what's wrong with this...DBMS_SQL Lisa,   You don't need DBMS_SQL.EXECUTE, when running other then DML statements.  DBMS_SQL.PARSE is enough.   Igor Neyman, OCP DBA Perceptron, Inc. (734)414-4627 [EMAIL PROTECTED]   ----- Original Message ----- From: Koivu, Lisa To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Sent: Monday, June 11, 2001 5:55 PM Subject: RE: what's wrong with this...DBMS_SQL Surendra, you need to execute it.  Look at the spec of dbms_sql (I want to say it's dbms_sql.execute()).  Either that or use EXECUTE IMMEDIATE. Lisa Koivu Oracle Database Administrator 954-935-4117 The information in the electronic mail message is Cendant confidential and may be legally privileged, it is intended solely for the addressee(s) access to this internet electronic mail message by anyone else is unauthorized. If you are not the intended recipient, any disclosure, copying, distribution or any action taken or omitted to be taken in reliance on it is prohibited and may be unlawful. The sender believes that this E-mail and any attachments were free of any virus, worm, Trojan horse, and/or malicious code when sent. This message and its attachments could have been infected during transmission. By reading the message and opening any attachments, the recipient accepts full responsibility for taking protective and remedial action about viruses and other defects. Cendant Corporation or Affiliates are not liable for any loss or damage arising in any way from this message or its attachments. -----Original Message----- From:   Tirumala, Surendra [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent:   Monday, June 11, 2001 4:55 PM To:     Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Subject:        what's wrong with this...DBMS_SQL Hi List, As the part of developing hot backup strategy, I am testing the following piece of code to take care of arch files to be made avaialable along with backup set. ===================== SQL> create or replace procedure log_switch as   2  cursor1 integer;   3  begin   4  cur1 := dbms_sql.open_cursor;   5  dbms_sql.parse(cur1,'ALTER SYSTEM SWITCH LOGFILE', dbms_sql.v7);   6  dbms_sql.close_cursor(cur1);   7  end;   8  / Procedure created. SQL> execute log_switch; PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.  ====================== But, I have observed several times that the above code is not forcing a log switch. FYI, I want to track the sequence# of logfiles before and after the hot backup, so that I can backup the files in that range. Am I properly using the DBMS_SQL? Any help is highly appreciated TIA, Suren Oracle DBA Sony -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: Tirumala, Surendra   INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services    -- (858) 538-5051  FAX: (858) 538-5051 San Diego, California        -- Public Internet access / Mailing Lists -------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from).  You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).