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DECLARE
   v_name friends.fname%TYPE;
   v_grade friends.id%TYPE;
BEGIN
   SELECT fname, grade
      INTO &ssv_name, v_grade
   FROM friends
   WHERE v_name = fname;
   DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE(NVL(v_name,'No Name ')||' has an id of '||NVL(v_grade, 0));
EXCEPTION
   WHEN NO_DATA_FOUND THEN
      DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE ('There is no record with '||'id 123');
END;

SQL> /
Enter VALUE FOR ssv_name: Harry
OLD   6:       INTO &ssv_name, v_grade
NEW   6:       INTO Harry, v_grade
      INTO Harry, v_grade
           *
ERROR at line 6:
ORA-06550: line 6, COLUMN 12:
PLS-00201: identifier 'HARRY' must be declared
ORA-06550: line 7, COLUMN 4:
PL/SQL: ORA-00904: : invalid identifier
ORA-06550: line 5, COLUMN 4:
PL/SQL: SQL Statement ignored

DELIMITER $$
DROP TRIGGER IF EXISTS contact_insert$$
 
CREATE TRIGGER contact_insert
BEFORE INSERT ON contact
FOR EACH ROW
BEGIN
  IF new.last_name REGEXP '^.* .*$' THEN
    SET new.last_name := REPLACE(new.last_name,' ','-');
  END IF;
END;
$$
 
DELIMITER ;

DELIMITER $$
DROP TRIGGER IF EXISTS contact_update$$
 
CREATE TRIGGER contact_update
BEFORE UPDATE ON contact
FOR EACH ROW
BEGIN
  IF new.last_name REGEXP '^.* .*$' THEN
    SIGNAL SQLSTATE '42000';
  END IF;
END;
$$
 
DELIMITER ;

CREATE SEQUENCE sequence_name;

-- Declare an autonomous procedure to drop sequences.
CREATE OR REPLACE PROCEDURE reset_sequence
( pv_table_name     VARCHAR2
, pv_sequence_name  VARCHAR2
, pv_cache_value    NUMBER DEFAULT 0 ) IS
 
  -- Declares stubs to remove forward reference limits.
  PROCEDURE create_sequence ( pv_sequence_name  VARCHAR2, pv_cache_value  NUMBER );
  PROCEDURE drop_sequence ( pv_sequence_name  VARCHAR2 );
  FUNCTION find_sequence ( pv_sequence_name  VARCHAR2 ) RETURN VARCHAR2;
  FUNCTION find_next_sequence ( pv_table_name  VARCHAR2 ) RETURN VARCHAR2;
 
  -- Drops sequence.
  PROCEDURE drop_sequence
  ( pv_sequence_name  VARCHAR2 ) IS
    -- Declare local variable(s).
    lv_statement      VARCHAR2(200);
    lv_sequence_name  VARCHAR2(30);
  BEGIN
 
    /*  Conditionally drop any sequence using a local function to find a valid
        sequence name before attempting to drop it. */  
    IF find_sequence(DBMS_ASSERT.SIMPLE_SQL_NAME(pv_sequence_name)) > 0 THEN  
 
      /* Dynamically drop sequence, which requires concatenating the sanitized 
         sequence name because you can't bind values on a DDL statement. */
      lv_statement := 'DROP sequence '||DBMS_ASSERT.SIMPLE_SQL_NAME(pv_sequence_name);
 
      -- Execute statement immediately.
      EXECUTE IMMEDIATE lv_statement;
 
    END IF;      
  END drop_sequence;
 
    -- Drops sequence.
  PROCEDURE create_sequence
  ( pv_sequence_name  VARCHAR2
  , pv_cache_value    NUMBER ) IS
    -- Declare local variable(s).
    lv_statement      VARCHAR2(200);
    lv_next_sequence  NUMBER;
  BEGIN
 
    -- Assign the next sequence value if one exists.
    lv_next_sequence := find_next_sequence(pv_table_name);
 
    -- Check whether a cache value has been provided.
    IF pv_cache_value > 0 THEN
 
      /* Dynamically create a sequence statement with a new start value that is one
         greater than the highest value in the table that uses the sequence. */
      lv_statement := 'CREATE SEQUENCE '||DBMS_ASSERT.SIMPLE_SQL_NAME(pv_sequence_name)||CHR(10)
                   ||       'MINVALUE 1 NOMAXVALUE INCREMENT BY 1'||CHR(10)
                   ||       'START WITH '||lv_next_sequence||' CACHE '||pv_cache_value||' NOORDER NOCYCLE';
 
    ELSE
 
      /* Dynamically create a sequence statement with a new start value that is one
         greater than the highest value in the table that uses the sequence. */
      lv_statement := 'CREATE SEQUENCE '||DBMS_ASSERT.SIMPLE_SQL_NAME(pv_sequence_name)||CHR(10)
                   ||       ' MINVALUE 1 NOMAXVALUE'||CHR(10)
                   ||       'INCREMENT BY 1 START WITH '||lv_next_sequence||' NOCACHE NOORDER NOCYCLE';
 
    END IF;
 
    -- Execute create sequence statement.
    EXECUTE IMMEDIATE lv_statement;
 
  END create_sequence;
 
  -- Finds whether a sequence exists.
  FUNCTION find_sequence
  ( pv_sequence_name  VARCHAR2 ) RETURN VARCHAR2 IS
    -- Declare local return variable(s).
    lv_statement      VARCHAR2(200);
    lv_sequence_name  VARCHAR2(30);
    lv_return_value   NUMBER := 0;
 
    -- Declare local system reference cursor.
    lv_cursor  SYS_REFCURSOR;
 
  BEGIN
    -- Dynamically find sequence.
    lv_statement := 'SELECT   sequence_name'||CHR(10)
                 || 'FROM     user_sequences'||CHR(10)
                 || 'WHERE    sequence_name = :seq_name';
 
    OPEN lv_cursor FOR lv_statement USING DBMS_ASSERT.SIMPLE_SQL_NAME(pv_sequence_name);
    FETCH lv_cursor INTO lv_sequence_name;
    CLOSE lv_cursor;
 
    -- Convert valid sequence name to positive integer, which represents truth.
    lv_return_value := LENGTH(lv_sequence_name);
 
    -- Return value.
    RETURN lv_return_value;
  EXCEPTION
    -- Reached when DBMS_ASSERT check fails.
    WHEN OTHERS THEN
      RETURN lv_return_value;
  END find_sequence;
 
  -- Finds the next sequence value.
  FUNCTION find_next_sequence
  ( pv_table_name  VARCHAR2 ) RETURN VARCHAR2 IS
    -- Declare local return variable(s).
    lv_statement      VARCHAR2(200);
    lv_sequence_value  NUMBER;
    lv_return_value    NUMBER := 1;
 
    -- Declare local system reference cursor.
    lv_cursor  SYS_REFCURSOR;
 
  BEGIN
    -- Dynamically find sequence.
    lv_statement := 'SELECT   MAX('||DBMS_ASSERT.SIMPLE_SQL_NAME(pv_table_name)||'_ID) + 1'||CHR(10)
                 || 'FROM    '||DBMS_ASSERT.SIMPLE_SQL_NAME(pv_table_name);
 
    OPEN lv_cursor FOR lv_statement;
    FETCH lv_cursor INTO lv_sequence_value;
    CLOSE lv_cursor;
 
    -- Assign the return value from the NDS statement to a local return variable.
    lv_return_value := lv_sequence_value;
 
    -- Return value.
    RETURN lv_return_value;
  EXCEPTION
    -- Reached when DBMS_ASSERT check fails.
    WHEN OTHERS THEN
      RETURN lv_return_value;
  END find_next_sequence;
 
  -- Set precompiler instruction to run in a discrete process.
  PRAGMA AUTONOMOUS_TRANSACTION;
BEGIN
 
  -- Conditionally drop sequence.
  drop_sequence(DBMS_ASSERT.SIMPLE_SQL_NAME(pv_sequence_name));
 
  -- Create sequence.
  create_sequence(DBMS_ASSERT.SIMPLE_SQL_NAME(pv_sequence_name), pv_cache_value);
 
END;
/

-- Conditionally drop existing tables and sequences.
BEGIN
  FOR i IN (SELECT object_name, object_type FROM user_objects WHERE object_name IN ('SAMPLE','SAMPLE_S')) LOOP
    IF i.object_type = 'TABLE' THEN
      EXECUTE IMMEDIATE 'DROP TABLE '||i.object_name||' CASCADE CONSTRAINTS';
      dbms_output.put_line(i.object_name);
    ELSIF i.object_type = 'SEQUENCE' THEN
      EXECUTE IMMEDIATE 'DROP SEQUENCE '||i.object_name;   
      dbms_output.put_line(i.object_name);
    END IF;
  END LOOP;
END;
/
 
-- Create test table.
CREATE TABLE sample
(sample_id  NUMBER);
 
-- Create test table.
CREATE SEQUENCE sample_s;
 
-- Insert a seeding row.
INSERT INTO sample VALUES (10);
 
-- Commit the values because the procedure is autonomous.
COMMIT;
 
-- Reset the sequence value.
EXECUTE reset_sequence('SAMPLE','SAMPLE_S');
 
-- Insert the next sequence value.
INSERT INTO sample VALUES (sample_s.nextval);
 
-- Commit the values because the procedure is autonomous.
COMMIT;
 
-- Query the result to ensure the numbers are sequential.
SELECT * FROM sample;
 
EXECUTE reset_sequence('SAMPLE','SAMPLE_S',500);
 
-- Insert the next sequence value.
INSERT INTO sample VALUES (sample_s.nextval);
 
-- Query the result to ensure the numbers are sequential.
SELECT * FROM sample;