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Database Programming with PL/SQL

2-1: Using Variables in PL/SQL


Practice Activities
Vocabulary
Identify the vocabulary word for each definition below:

Variables Used for storage of data and manipulation of stored values.

Values passed to a program by a user or by another program to


Parámetros
customize the program.

Try It / Solve It
1. Fill in the blanks.

subprogram
A. Variables can be assigned to the output of a __________________.

Declare & executable


B. Variables can be assigned values in the _____________________ section of a PL/SQL block.

paratmeters
C. Variables can be passed as ____________________ to subprograms.

2. Identify valid and invalid variable declaration and initialization:

number_of_copies PLS_INTEGER; Correcta


printer_name CONSTANT VARCHAR2(10); Incorrecta
deliver_to VARCHAR2(10) := Johnson; Incorrecta
by_when DATE := SYSDATE+1; Correcta

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3. Examine the following anonymous block and choose the appropriate statement.

DECLARE
fname VARCHAR2(25);
lname VARCHAR2(25) DEFAULT 'fernandez';
BEGIN
DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE(fname || ' ' || lname);
END;

A. The block will execute successfully and print ‘ fernandez’.


B. The block will give an error because the fname variable is used without initializing.
C. The block will execute successfully and print ‘null fernandez’.
D. The block will give an error because you cannot use the DEFAULT keyword to initialize a
variable of the VARCHAR2 type.
E. The block will give an error because the FNAME variable is not declared.

4. In Application Express:

A. Create the following function:

CREATE FUNCTION num_characters (p_string IN VARCHAR2)


RETURN INTEGER AS
v_num_characters INTEGER;
BEGIN
SELECT LENGTH(p_string) INTO v_num_characters
FROM dual;
RETURN v_num_characters;
END;

B. Create and execute the following anonymous block:

DECLARE
v_length_of_string INTEGER;
BEGIN
v_length_of_string := num_characters('Oracle Corporation');
DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE(v_length_of_string);
END;

5. Write an anonymous block that uses a country name as input and prints the highest and lowest
elevations for that country. Use the COUNTRIES table. Execute your block three times using DECLARE

United States of America, French Republic, and Japan. v_country_name VARCHAR2(50) := 'Japan';
v_lowest_elevation NUMBER(6);
v_highest_elevation NUMBER(6);
BEGIN
SELECT lowest_elevation, highest_elevation
INTO v_lowest_elevation, v_highest_elevation
FROM countries
WHERE country_name = v_country_name;
DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE('The lowest elevation is for ' || v_country_name || ' is ' || v_lowest_elevation);
DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE('The highest elevation is for ' || v_country_name || ' is ' || v_highest_elevation);
END;
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