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Hi all,

Just wondering if anyone can help with this, I have two PLSQL statements for altering tables (adding extra fields) and they are as follows:

-- Make GC_NAB field for Next Action By Dropdown

begin
if 'VARCHAR2' = 'NUMBER' and length('VARCHAR2')>0 and length('')>0 then
  execute immediate 'alter table "SERVICEMAIL6"."ETD_GUESTCARE" add(GC_NAB VARCHAR2(10, ))';
elsif ('VARCHAR2' = 'NUMBER' and length('VARCHAR2')>0 and length('')=0) or
  'VARCHAR2' = 'VARCHAR2' then
  execute immediate 'alter table "SERVICEMAIL6"."ETD_GUESTCARE" add(GC_NAB VARCHAR2(10))';
else
  execute immediate 'alter table "SERVICEMAIL6"."ETD_GUESTCARE" add(GC_NAB VARCHAR2)';
end if;
commit;
end;

-- Make GC_NABID field for Next Action By Dropdown

begin
if 'NUMBER' = 'NUMBER' and length('NUMBER')>0 and length('')>0 then
  execute immediate 'alter table "SERVICEMAIL6"."ETD_GUESTCARE" add(GC_NABID NUMBER(, ))';
elsif ('NUMBER' = 'NUMBER' and length('NUMBER')>0 and length('')=0) or
  'NUMBER' = 'VARCHAR2' then
  execute immediate 'alter table "SERVICEMAIL6"."ETD_GUESTCARE" add(GC_NABID NUMBER())';
else
  execute immediate 'alter table "SERVICEMAIL6"."ETD_GUESTCARE" add(GC_NABID NUMBER)';
end if;
commit;
end;

When I run these two queries seperately, no problems. However, when run together as shown above, Oracle gives me an error when it starts the second statement:

Error report:
ORA-06550: line 15, column 1:
PLS-00103: Encountered the symbol "BEGIN" 
06550. 00000 -  "line %s, column %s:\n%s"
*Cause:    Usually a PL/SQL compilation error.
*Action:

I'm assuming that this means the first statement is not terminated properly... is there anything I should put inbetween the statements to make it work properly?

Thanks in advance everyone!

+1  A: 

Yes, you need a slash / on the line after each end;.

Alex Poole
+4  A: 

Oracle can take one SQL statement or PL/SQL anonymous block at a time. (Unlike SQL Server that can except a batch at a time.) So, you have a couple of options.

  1. Wrap the two anonymous blocks within another anonymous block:

    begin
      -- Make GC_NAB field for Next Action By Dropdown 
      begin 
      if 'VARCHAR2' = 'NUMBER' and length('VARCHAR2')>0 and length('')>0 then 
        execute immediate 'alter table "SERVICEMAIL6"."ETD_GUESTCARE" add(GC_NAB VARCHAR2(10, ))'; 
      elsif ('VARCHAR2' = 'NUMBER' and length('VARCHAR2')>0 and length('')=0) or 
        'VARCHAR2' = 'VARCHAR2' then 
        execute immediate 'alter table "SERVICEMAIL6"."ETD_GUESTCARE" add(GC_NAB VARCHAR2(10))'; 
      else 
        execute immediate 'alter table "SERVICEMAIL6"."ETD_GUESTCARE" add(GC_NAB VARCHAR2)'; 
      end if; 
      commit; 
      end; 
      -- Make GC_NABID field for Next Action By Dropdown 
      begin 
      if 'NUMBER' = 'NUMBER' and length('NUMBER')>0 and length('')>0 then 
        execute immediate 'alter table "SERVICEMAIL6"."ETD_GUESTCARE" add(GC_NABID NUMBER(, ))'; 
      elsif ('NUMBER' = 'NUMBER' and length('NUMBER')>0 and length('')=0) or 
        'NUMBER' = 'VARCHAR2' then 
        execute immediate 'alter table "SERVICEMAIL6"."ETD_GUESTCARE" add(GC_NABID NUMBER())'; 
      else 
        execute immediate 'alter table "SERVICEMAIL6"."ETD_GUESTCARE" add(GC_NABID NUMBER)'; 
      end if; 
      commit; 
      end;
    end;
    
  2. Tell the tool you are using to submit the PL/SQL to Oracle to send the two block seperately. How to do this will be tool specific. In SQL*PLUS, a / on a line by itself will accomplish this:

      -- Make GC_NAB field for Next Action By Dropdown 
      begin 
      if 'VARCHAR2' = 'NUMBER' and length('VARCHAR2')>0 and length('')>0 then 
        execute immediate 'alter table "SERVICEMAIL6"."ETD_GUESTCARE" add(GC_NAB VARCHAR2(10, ))'; 
      elsif ('VARCHAR2' = 'NUMBER' and length('VARCHAR2')>0 and length('')=0) or 
        'VARCHAR2' = 'VARCHAR2' then 
        execute immediate 'alter table "SERVICEMAIL6"."ETD_GUESTCARE" add(GC_NAB VARCHAR2(10))'; 
      else 
        execute immediate 'alter table "SERVICEMAIL6"."ETD_GUESTCARE" add(GC_NAB VARCHAR2)'; 
      end if; 
      commit; 
      end; 
      /
      -- Make GC_NABID field for Next Action By Dropdown 
      begin 
      if 'NUMBER' = 'NUMBER' and length('NUMBER')>0 and length('')>0 then 
        execute immediate 'alter table "SERVICEMAIL6"."ETD_GUESTCARE" add(GC_NABID NUMBER(, ))'; 
      elsif ('NUMBER' = 'NUMBER' and length('NUMBER')>0 and length('')=0) or 
        'NUMBER' = 'VARCHAR2' then 
        execute immediate 'alter table "SERVICEMAIL6"."ETD_GUESTCARE" add(GC_NABID NUMBER())'; 
      else 
        execute immediate 'alter table "SERVICEMAIL6"."ETD_GUESTCARE" add(GC_NABID NUMBER)'; 
      end if; 
      commit; 
      end;
      /
    
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