Oracle PL/SQL Tutorial/SQL PLUS Session Environment/ACCEPT
ACCEPT
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SQL> SQL> -- create demo table SQL> create table Employee(
2 ID VARCHAR2(4 BYTE) NOT NULL, 3 First_Name VARCHAR2(10 BYTE), 4 Last_Name VARCHAR2(10 BYTE), 5 Start_Date DATE, 6 End_Date DATE, 7 Salary Number(8,2), 8 City VARCHAR2(10 BYTE), 9 Description VARCHAR2(15 BYTE) 10 ) 11 /
Table created. SQL> SQL> -- prepare data SQL> insert into Employee(ID, First_Name, Last_Name, Start_Date, End_Date, Salary, City, Description)
2 values ("01","Jason", "Martin", to_date("19960725","YYYYMMDD"), to_date("20060725","YYYYMMDD"), 1234.56, "Toronto", "Programmer") 3 /
1 row created. SQL> insert into Employee(ID, First_Name, Last_Name, Start_Date, End_Date, Salary, City, Description)
2 values("02","Alison", "Mathews", to_date("19760321","YYYYMMDD"), to_date("19860221","YYYYMMDD"), 6661.78, "Vancouver","Tester") 3 /
1 row created. SQL> insert into Employee(ID, First_Name, Last_Name, Start_Date, End_Date, Salary, City, Description)
2 values("03","James", "Smith", to_date("19781212","YYYYMMDD"), to_date("19900315","YYYYMMDD"), 6544.78, "Vancouver","Tester") 3 /
1 row created. SQL> insert into Employee(ID, First_Name, Last_Name, Start_Date, End_Date, Salary, City, Description)
2 values("04","Celia", "Rice", to_date("19821024","YYYYMMDD"), to_date("19990421","YYYYMMDD"), 2344.78, "Vancouver","Manager") 3 /
1 row created. SQL> insert into Employee(ID, First_Name, Last_Name, Start_Date, End_Date, Salary, City, Description)
2 values("05","Robert", "Black", to_date("19840115","YYYYMMDD"), to_date("19980808","YYYYMMDD"), 2334.78, "Vancouver","Tester") 3 /
1 row created. SQL> insert into Employee(ID, First_Name, Last_Name, Start_Date, End_Date, Salary, City, Description)
2 values("06","Linda", "Green", to_date("19870730","YYYYMMDD"), to_date("19960104","YYYYMMDD"), 4322.78,"New York", "Tester") 3 /
1 row created. SQL> insert into Employee(ID, First_Name, Last_Name, Start_Date, End_Date, Salary, City, Description)
2 values("07","David", "Larry", to_date("19901231","YYYYMMDD"), to_date("19980212","YYYYMMDD"), 7897.78,"New York", "Manager") 3 /
1 row created. SQL> insert into Employee(ID, First_Name, Last_Name, Start_Date, End_Date, Salary, City, Description)
2 values("08","James", "Cat", to_date("19960917","YYYYMMDD"), to_date("20020415","YYYYMMDD"), 1232.78,"Vancouver", "Tester") 3 /
1 row created. SQL> SQL> SQL> SQL> -- display data in the table SQL> select * from Employee
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ID FIRST_NAME LAST_NAME START_DAT END_DATE SALARY CITY DESCRIPTION
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01 Jason Martin 25-JUL-96 25-JUL-06 1234.56 Toronto Programmer 02 Alison Mathews 21-MAR-76 21-FEB-86 6661.78 Vancouver Tester 03 James Smith 12-DEC-78 15-MAR-90 6544.78 Vancouver Tester 04 Celia Rice 24-OCT-82 21-APR-99 2344.78 Vancouver Manager 05 Robert Black 15-JAN-84 08-AUG-98 2334.78 Vancouver Tester 06 Linda Green 30-JUL-87 04-JAN-96 4322.78 New York Tester 07 David Larry 31-DEC-90 12-FEB-98 7897.78 New York Manager 08 James Cat 17-SEP-96 15-APR-02 1232.78 Vancouver Tester 8 rows selected. SQL> SQL> SET VERIFY OFF SQL> SET ECHO OFF SQL> SQL> ACCEPT v_earliest_date PROMPT "Earliest date you would like to see? (dd-mmm-yy): " Earliest date you would like to see? (dd-mmm-yy): ACCEPT v_latest_date PROMPT "Thank you. Latest date you would like to see? (dd-mmm-yy): " SQL> SELECT *
2 FROM employee 3 WHERE start_date BETWEEN "&v_earliest_date" AND "&v_latest_date";
Enter value for v_latest_date: WHERE start_date BETWEEN "ACCEPT v_latest_date PROMPT "Thank you. Latest date you would like to see? (dd-mmm-yy): "" AND ""
SQL> SET VERIFY ON SQL> SET ECHO ON SQL> SQL> SQL> -- clean the table SQL> drop table Employee
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Table dropped. SQL> SQL> SQL> SQL></source>
Accept input and pass into a query
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SQL> set termout on SQL> SQL> ACCEPT continue_flag CHAR PROMPT "Do you wish to DROP the tables first (Y/N)?" Do you wish to DROP the tables first (Y/N)? SQL> define flag1 = "n" SQL> SET TERMOUT OFF SQL> COLUMN continue_flag NEW_VALUE continue_flag SQL> SELECT LOWER("&continue_flag") continue_flag FROM dual; old 1: SELECT LOWER("&continue_flag") continue_flag FROM dual new 1: SELECT LOWER("") continue_flag FROM dual
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1 row selected. SQL> SET TERMOUT ON SQL> SQL> SET SERVEROUTPUT ON SQL> PROMPT SQL> BEGIN
2 IF "&flag1" = "n" THEN 3 DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE("You must answer either Y or N."); 4 DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE("Please rerun the command file and answer correctly."); 5 END IF; 6 END; 7 /
old 2: IF "&flag1" = "n" THEN new 2: IF "n" = "n" THEN You must answer either Y or N. Please rerun the command file and answer correctly. PL/SQL procedure successfully completed. SQL> SQL> --Let the calling script know that we were successful. SQL> define flag2 = "Y" SQL> SQL></source>
accept x prompt "Enter date[yyyy-mm-dd]: "
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SQL> SQL> SQL> accept x prompt "Enter date[yyyy-mm-dd]: " Enter date[yyyy-mm-dd]: SQL> select date "&x" as input_date
2 , to_char(date "&x", "ww") as ww 3 , to_char(date "&x", "iw") as iw 4 from dual;
old 1: select date "&x" as input_date new 1: select date "" as input_date old 2: , to_char(date "&x", "ww") as ww new 2: , to_char(date "", "ww") as ww old 3: , to_char(date "&x", "iw") as iw new 3: , to_char(date "", "iw") as iw select date "" as input_date
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ERROR at line 1: ORA-01841: (full) year must be between -4713 and +9999, and not be 0
SQL> SQL> undefine x SQL></source>