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1. Write an anonymous block that uses a country name as input and prints the highest and lowest elevations for that
country. Use the wf_countries table. Execute your block three times using United States of America, French Republic, and
Japan.

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2. Evaluate the variables in the following code. Answer the following questions about each variable. Is it named well?
Why or why not? If it is not named well, what would be a better name and why?

DECLARE Japan
country_name VARCHAR2 (50);
median_age NUMBER(6,2);
BEGIN
SELECT country_name, median_age INTO country_name, median_age
FROM wf_countries
WHERE country_name = 'United States of America';
DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE(' The median age in '||country_name||' is '||median_age||'.');
END;

Ambele variabile au acelasi nume ca si coloanele din tabela de baze de date. Exista mai multe posibilitati de a
numi aceste variabile cum ar fi: v_country_name si v_median_age.

3. Examine the declarations in question 2. Change the declarations so that they use the %TYPE
attribute.

DECLARE Japan
country_name wf_countries.country_name%TYPE ;
median_age wf_countries.median_age%Type;
BEGIN
SELECT country_name, median_age INTO country_name, median_age
FROM wf_countries
WHERE country_name = 'United States of America';
DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE(' The median age in '||country_name||' is '||median_age||'.');

END;

4. Create the following anonymous block:

BEGIN
DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE('Hello World');
END;

A. Add a declarative section to this PL/SQL block. In the declarative section, declare the following variables:
• A variable named TODAY of datatype DATE. Initialize TODAY with SYSDATE.
• A variable named TOMORROW with the same datatype as TODAY. Use the
%TYPE attribute to declare this variable.

DECLARE
today DATE:=SYSDATE;
tomorrow today%TYPE;

BEGIN
DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE('Hello World');

END;

B. In the executable section, initialize the TOMORROW variable with an expression that calculates tomorrow’s date (add
1 to the value in TODAY). Print the value of TODAY and TOMORROW after printing ‘Hello World’.
DECLARE
today DATE:=SYSDATE;
tomorrow today%TYPE;

BEGIN
tomorrow:=today+1;
DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE('Hello World');
DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE('Today');
DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE('Tomorrow');

END;

5. Examine the following code and then answer the questions.

DECLARE
x VARCHAR2(20);
BEGIN
x:= '123' + '456' ;
DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE(x);
END;

A. What do you think the output will be when you run the above code?
As crede ca raspunsul ar fi o oroare
B. Now, run the code. What is the output?
 Rezultatul afisat este 579, adica suma celor doua numere.
C. In your own words, describe what happened when you ran the code. Did any implicit conversions take place?
Limbajul procedural PL/SQL converteste sirul de caractere VARCHAR2 in format de numar si il adauga la
rezultat.

6. Write an anonymous PL/SQL block that assigns the programmer’s full name to a variable, and then displays the
number of characters in the name.
DECLARE
v_name VARCHAR2(30) :='Nume programator';
v_length_name PLS_INTEGER;

BEGIN
v_length_name := LENGTH(v_name);
DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE(v_length_name);
END;

7. Write an anonymous PL/SQL block that uses today's date and outputs it in the format of ‘Month dd, yyyy’. Store the
date in a DATE variable called my_date. Create another variable of the DATE type called v_last_day. Assign the last day
of this month to v_last_day. Display the value of v_last_day.
DECLARE
my_date DATE := SYSDATE;
v_last_day DATE;

BEGIN
DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE(TO_CHAR (my_date, 'Month dd, yyyy'));
v_last_day := LAST_DAY(my_date);
DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE(v_last_day);

END;

8. Modify the program created in question 3 to add 45 days to today’s date and then calculate and display the number of
months between the two dates.
DECLARE
my_date DATE := SYSDATE;
new_date DATE;
v_months_between NUMBER;

BEGIN
new_date := my_date + 45;
v_months_between :=MONTHS_BETWEEN(new_date,my_date);
DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE(v_months_between);

END;

9. Evaluate the PL/SQL block below and determine the value of each of the following variables according to the rules of
scoping.

DECLARE
weight NUMBER(3) := 600;
message VARCHAR2(255) := 'Product 10012';
BEGIN
DECLARE
weight NUMBER(3) := 1;
message VARCHAR2(255) := 'Product 11001';
new_locn VARCHAR2(50) := 'Europe';
BEGIN
 weight := weight + 1;
new_locn := 'Western ' || new_locn;
-- Position 1 --
END;
weight := weight + 1;
message := message || ' is in stock';
-- Position 2 --
END;

A. The value of weight at position 1 is: 2

10. Enter and run the following PL/SQL block, which contains a nested block. Look at the output and answer the
questions.

DECLARE
v_employee_id employees.employee_id%TYPE;
v_job employees.job_id%TYPE;
BEGIN
SELECT employee_id, job_id INTO v_employee_id, v_job
FROM employees
WHERE employee_id = 100;
DECLARE
v_employee_id employees.employee_id%TYPE;
v_job employees.job_id%TYPE;
BEGIN
SELECT employee_id, job_id INTO v_employee_id, v_job
FROM employees
WHERE employee_id = 103;
DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE(v_employee_id|| ' is a '||v_job);
END;
DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE(v_employee_id|| ' is a '||v_job);
END;

A. Why does the inner block display the job_id of employee 103, not employee 100?
Pentru ca declaratia blocului exterior nu este vizibila sau nu poate fi accesata in blocul interior.

B. Why does the outer block display the job_id of employee 100, not employee 103?
Deoarece declaratia blocului interior este in afara domeniului de aplicare a blocul exterior.

C. Modify the code to display the details of employee 100 in the inner block. Use block labels.
<<outer_block>>
DECLARE
v_employee_id employees.employee_id%TYPE;
v_job employees.job_id%TYPE;
BEGIN
SELECT employee_id, job_id INTO v_employee_id, v_job
FROM employees
WHERE employee_id = 100;

<<inner_block>>
DECLARE
 v_employee_id employees.employee_id%TYPE;
v_job employees.job_id%TYPE;
BEGIN
SELECT employee_id, job_id INTO v_employee_id, v_job
FROM employees
WHERE employee_id = 103;
DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE(outer_block.v_employee_id|| ' is a '||v_job);
END;
DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE(v_employee_id|| ' is a '||v_job);
END;

11. Enter and run the following PL/SQL block. Explain the output. Note: the WHEN OTHERS handler successfully
handles any type of exception which occurs.

DECLARE
v_number NUMBER(2);
BEGIN
v_number := 9999;
EXCEPTION
WHEN OTHERS THEN
DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE('An exception has occurred');
END;

La rularea codului a aparut o exceptie deoarece cele 4 cifre al numarului 9999 sunt prea multe ca sa fie atribuite
unei variabile de tip Number(2). Sectiunea blocului de ‘exceptie’(EXCEPTION) s-a realizat cu succes si s-a afisat ”
An exception has ocured”.

12. Modify the block in question 3 to omit the exception handler, then re-run the block. Explain the output.

DECLARE
v_number NUMBER(2);

BEGIN
v_number := 9999;

END;

Nemaiavand blocul ‘exceptie’(EXCEPTION) , serverul de la aplication express ne va da o eroare si anume “ORA-

13. Enter and run the following code and explain the output.

DECLARE
v_number NUMBER(4);
BEGIN
v_number := 1234;
DECLARE
v_number NUMBER(4);
BEGIN
v_number := 5678;
v_number := 'A character string';
END;
EXCEPTION
WHEN OTHERS THEN
DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE('An exception has occurred');
DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE('The number is: '||v_number);
END;

Blocul interior incearca sa atribuie un sir de caractere la un numar, variabila cauzeaza o exceptie.Exceptia nu e
manipulata in blocul interior, in consecinta exceptia se propagheaza in blocul exterior. Blocul exterior
manipuleaza cu succes exceptia.