I am trying to create stored procedure where I want to join two tables and save the result into one of the tables, but I am getting INTO clause is required error.
This is my code:
CREATE PROCEDURE DiorItemMaster
AS
SELECT *FROM pcdo_dior_item_master
INNER JOIN pcdo_itemdata on pcdo_itemdata.vpn = pcdo_dior_item_master.vpn;
GO;
ERROR:
Error(4,1): PLS-00428: an INTO clause is expected in this SELECT statement
You have a query that selects columns from a table in your pl/sql block. What do you want to do with the result of that query ? You cannot just select and not do anything with the results in pl/sql (you can in sql). Oracle expects that you to store the results of that select in variables. That can be done using the SELECT INTO clause.
Example (based on sample schema emp/dept):
DECLARE
l_emp emp%ROWTYPE;
BEGIN
SELECT e.* INTO l_emp FROM emp e WHERE e.ename = 'KING';
END;
/
Note that you can SELECT INTO individual columns and into rows. You cannot use SELECT INTO arrays.
A couple of other remarks about your code:
You perform a SELECT * from a table with a join to another table without using aliases. This will return all columns from both tables. It is a lot more readable to prefix the "*" with a table alias like in the example.
The GO; is not part of the oracle syntax - this will cause a compilation error.
I am using Toad for oracle 12c. I need to copy a table and data (40M) from one shcema to another (prod to test). However there is an unique key(not the PK for this table) called record_Id col which has something data like this 3.000*******19E15. About 2M rows has same numbers(I believe its because very large number) which are unique in prod. When I try to copy it violets the unique key of that col. I am using toad "export data to another schema" function to copy the data.
when I execute query in prod
select count(*) from table_name
OR
select count(distinct(record_id) from table_name
Both query gives the exact same numbers of data.
I don't have DBA permission. How do I copy all data without violating unique key of the table.
Thanks in advance!
You can use UPSERT for decisional INSERT or UPDATE or you may write small procedure for this.
you may consider to use NOT EXISTS, but your data is big and it might not be resource efficient.
insert into prod_tab
select * from other_tab t1 where NOT exists (
select 1 from prod_tab t2 where t1.id = t2.id
);
In Oracle you can use a MERGE query for that.
The following query proceeds as follows for each data row :
if the source record_id does not yet exist in the target table, a new record is inserted
else, the existing record is updated with source values
For the sake of the example, I assumed that there are two other columns in the table : column1 and column2.
MERGE INTO target_table t1
USING (SELECT * from source_table t2)
ON (t1.record_id = t2.record_id)
WHEN MATCHED THEN UPDATE SET
t1.column1 = t2.column1,
t1.column2 = t2.column2
WHEN NOT MATCHED THEN INSERT
(record_id, column1, column2) VALUES (t2.record_id, t2.column1, t2.column2)
I have two table,and they are connected by one field : B_ID of table A & id of table B.
I want to use sql to insert data to this two table.
how to write the insert sql ?
1,id in table B is auto-increment.
2,in a stupid way,I can insert data to table B first,and then select the id from table B,then add the id to table A as message_id.
You cannot insert data to multiple tables in one SQL statement. Just insert data first to B table and then table A. You could use RETURNING statement to get ID value and get rid of additional select statement between inserts.
See: https://oracle-base.com/articles/misc/dml-returning-into-clause
Have you heard about AFTER INSERT trigger? I think it is what you are looking for.
Something like this might do what you want:
CREATE OR REPLACE TRIGGER TableB_after_insert
AFTER INSERT
ON TableB
FOR EACH ROW
DECLARE
v_id int;
BEGIN
/*
* 1. Select your id from TableB
* 2. Insert data to TableA
*/
END;
/
When I updated a view which was created using a base table, the updation affected the base table as well. How is that possible? If view is considered as just a 'window' through which we can see a set of data of the base table then how can the base table change when I try to change the data inside a view.
You can make changes to the state of underlying table using the view as long as the you are targeting the change in single table.
View is a security layer on top of table object and allows most of the DML operation as long as you do not violet the base rule.
Example:
CREATE TABLE T1
(ID INT IDENTITY(1,1), [Value] NVARCHAR(50))
CREATE TABLE T2
(ID INT IDENTITY(1,1), [Value] NVARCHAR(50))
--Dummy Insert
INSERT INTO T1 VALUES ('TestT1')
INSERT INTO T2 VALUES ('TestT2')
--Create View
CREATE VIEW V1
AS
SELECT T1.ID AS T1ID, T2.ID AS T2ID, T1.Value AS T1Value, T2.Value AS T2Value FROM T1 INNER JOIN T2
ON T2.ID = T1.ID
--Check the result
SELECT * FROM V1
--Insert is possible via view as long as it affects only one table
INSERT INTO V1 (T1Value) VALUES
('TestT1_T1')
INSERT INTO V1 (T2Value) VALUES
('TestT2_T2')
--Change is possible only if target is only one table
UPDATE V1
SET T1Value = 'Changed'--**
WHERE T2ID = 1
--This is not allowed
INSERT INTO V1 (T1Value, T2Value) VALUES
('TestT1_T1','TestT2_T2')
--Msg 4405, Level 16, State 1, Line 1
--View or function 'V1' is not updatable because the modification affects multiple base tables.
--Check T1 and T2 with each statement to see how it gets affected
--
In some databases it's possible to update the source table(s) for a view if there is a one-to-one relationship between the rows in the view and the rows in the underlying table, that is, you cant have derived columns, aggregate functions or a distinct clause in your view for example.
In Oracle, even if a view is not inherently updatable, updates may be allowed if an INSTEAD OF DML trigger is defined.
If you use mysql, you can read a detailed description about this feature Updatable and insertable views.
" If view is considered as just a 'window' through which we can see a set of data of the base table "
- Where did you get this definition?
What oracle says about views:
A view is a logical representation of another table or combination of
tables. A view derives its data from the tables on which it is based.
These tables are called base tables. Base tables might in turn be
actual tables or might be views themselves. All operations performed
on a view actually affect the base table of the view. You can use
views in almost the same way as tables. You can query, update, insert
into, and delete from views, just as you can standard tables.
Such a view into which you can update or insert are fondly named as "Updatable and Insertable Views". Oracle documentation about them is here.
Also, this is how the purpose of an "insert" statement is defined by Oracle:
Use the INSERT statement to add rows to a table, the base table of a
view, a partition of a partitioned table or a subpartition of a
composite-partitioned table, or an object table or the base table of
an object view.
Yes we can achieve the DML Operation in Views like belows:
Create or replace view emp_dept_join as Select d.department_id,
d.department_name, e.first_name, e.last_name from employees
e, departments d where e.department_id = d.department_id;
SQL>CREATE OR REPLACE TRIGGER insert_emp_dept
INSTEAD OF INSERT ON emp_dept_join DECLARE v_department_id departments.department_id%TYPE;
BEGIN
BEGIN
SELECT department_id INTO v_department_id
FROM departments
WHERE department_id = :new.department_id;
EXCEPTION
WHEN NO_DATA_FOUND THEN
INSERT INTO departments (department_id, department_name)
VALUES (dept_sequence.nextval, :new.department_name)
RETURNING ID INTO v_department_id;
END;
INSERT INTO employees (employee_id, first_name, last_name, department_id)
VALUES(emp_sequence.nextval, :new.first_name, :new.last_name, v_department_id);
END insert_emp_dept;
/
if the viwe is defined through a simple query involving single base relation and either containing primary key or candidate key, so there will be change in base relation if changing the view. ( however there is restriction)
And updates are not allowed through view if there is multiple base relations or grouping operations.
Let's say I have a user defined table type:
create or replace type SrcCodeTbl is table of varchar(20);
I have a procedure that has a parameter of this type:
create or replace procedure Blah.MyProc( srcCodesIN in SrcCodeTbl )
Can I use srcCodesIn in a select/join statement with another table within the procedure? Been trying to get it to work, and the compiler keeps reporting:
select distinct someVal into outVal
from OtherTable ot, srcCodesIn sc
where ot.ID = sc.column_val;
Error(28,22): PL/SQL: ORA-00942: table or view does not exist
I'm sure its something simple with the syntax, I just haven't been able to figure it out. I did get something to work with a for-loop, but I'm interested if there's another way to do it. Thanks.
How about
SELECT DISTINCT someVal
INTO outVal
FROM OtherTable ot, TABLE(srcCodesIn) sc
WHERE ot.ID = sc.column_value