Select single value into variable
SQL> CREATE TABLE EMP( 2 EMPNO NUMBER(4) NOT NULL, 3 ENAME VARCHAR2(10), 4 JOB VARCHAR2(9), 5 MGR NUMBER(4), 6 HIREDATE DATE, 7 SAL NUMBER(7, 2), 8 COMM NUMBER(7, 2), 9 DEPTNO NUMBER(2) 10 ); Table created. SQL> INSERT INTO EMP VALUES(2, 'Jack', 'Tester', 6,TO_DATE('20-FEB-1981', 'DD-MON-YYYY'), 1600, 300, 30); 1 row created. SQL> INSERT INTO EMP VALUES(3, 'Wil', 'Tester', 6,TO_DATE('22-FEB-1981', 'DD-MON-YYYY'), 1250, 500, 30); 1 row created. SQL> INSERT INTO EMP VALUES(4, 'Jane', 'Designer', 9,TO_DATE('2-APR-1981', 'DD-MON-YYYY'), 2975, NULL, 20); 1 row created. SQL> INSERT INTO EMP VALUES(5, 'Mary', 'Tester', 6,TO_DATE('28-SEP-1981', 'DD-MON-YYYY'), 1250, 1400, 30); 1 row created. SQL> INSERT INTO EMP VALUES(6, 'Black', 'Designer', 9,TO_DATE('1-MAY-1981', 'DD-MON-YYYY'), 2850, NULL, 30); 1 row created. SQL> INSERT INTO EMP VALUES(7, 'Chris', 'Designer', 9,TO_DATE('9-JUN-1981', 'DD-MON-YYYY'), 2450, NULL, 10); 1 row created. SQL> INSERT INTO EMP VALUES(8, 'Smart', 'Helper', 4,TO_DATE('09-DEC-1982', 'DD-MON-YYYY'), 3000, NULL, 20); 1 row created. SQL> INSERT INTO EMP VALUES(9, 'Peter', 'Manager', NULL,TO_DATE('17-NOV-1981', 'DD-MON-YYYY'), 5000, NULL, 10); 1 row created. SQL> INSERT INTO EMP VALUES(10, 'Take', 'Tester', 6,TO_DATE('8-SEP-1981', 'DD-MON-YYYY'), 1500, 0, 30); 1 row created. SQL> INSERT INTO EMP VALUES(13, 'Fake', 'Helper', 4,TO_DATE('3-DEC-1981', 'DD-MON-YYYY'), 3000, NULL, 20); 1 row created. SQL> SQL> CREATE TABLE DEPT( 2 DEPTNO NUMBER(2), 3 DNAME VARCHAR2(14), 4 LOC VARCHAR2(13) 5 ); Table created. SQL> SQL> INSERT INTO DEPT VALUES (10, 'ACCOUNTING', 'NEW YORK'); 1 row created. SQL> INSERT INTO DEPT VALUES (20, 'RESEARCH', 'DALLAS'); 1 row created. SQL> INSERT INTO DEPT VALUES (30, 'SALES', 'CHICAGO'); 1 row created. SQL> INSERT INTO DEPT VALUES (40, 'OPERATIONS', 'BOSTON'); 1 row created. SQL> SQL> declare 2 x number; 3 begin 4 select object_id into x from all_objects where rownum <= 1; 5 end; 6 / PL/SQL procedure successfully completed. SQL> SQL> SQL> SQL> SQL> drop table emp; Table dropped. SQL> drop table dept; Table dropped.