Use 'IN' parameters
SQL>
SQL> -- 1. IN - The parameter can be referenced by the procedure or function. The value of the parameter can not be overwritten by the procedure or function.
SQL> -- 2. OUT - The parameter can not be referenced by the procedure or function, but the value of the parameter can be overwritten by the procedure or function.
SQL> -- 3. IN OUT - The parameter can be referenced by the procedure or function and the value of the parameter can be overwritten by the procedure or function.
SQL>
SQL> -- create demo table
SQL> create table Employee(
2 ID VARCHAR2(4 BYTE),
3 First_Name VARCHAR2(20 BYTE),
4 Last_Name VARCHAR2(20 BYTE),
5 Start_Date DATE,
6 End_Date DATE,
7 Salary Number(8,2),
8 City VARCHAR2(20 BYTE),
9 Description VARCHAR2(80 BYTE)
10 )
11 /
Table created.
SQL>
SQL> -- prepare data
SQL> insert into Employee(ID, First_Name, Last_Name, Start_Date, End_Date, Salary, City, Description)
2 values ('01','Jason', 'Martin', to_date('19960725','YYYYMMDD'), to_date('20060725','YYYYMMDD'), 1234.56, 'Toronto', 'Programmer')
3 /
1 row created.
SQL> insert into Employee(ID, First_Name, Last_Name, Start_Date, End_Date, Salary, City, Description)
2 values('02','Alison', 'Mathews', to_date('19760321','YYYYMMDD'), to_date('19860221','YYYYMMDD'), 2334.78, 'Vancouver','Tester')
3 /
1 row created.
SQL> insert into Employee(ID, First_Name, Last_Name, Start_Date, End_Date, Salary, City, Description)
2 values('03','James', 'Smith', to_date('19781212','YYYYMMDD'), to_date('19900315','YYYYMMDD'), 2334.78, 'Vancouver','Tester')
3 /
1 row created.
SQL> insert into Employee(ID, First_Name, Last_Name, Start_Date, End_Date, Salary, City, Description)
2 values('04','Celia', 'Rice', to_date('19821024','YYYYMMDD'), to_date('19990421','YYYYMMDD'), 2334.78, 'Vancouver','Manager')
3 /
1 row created.
SQL> insert into Employee(ID, First_Name, Last_Name, Start_Date, End_Date, Salary, City, Description)
2 values('05','Robert', 'Black', to_date('19840115','YYYYMMDD'), to_date('19980808','YYYYMMDD'), 2334.78, 'Vancouver','Tester')
3 /
1 row created.
SQL> insert into Employee(ID, First_Name, Last_Name, Start_Date, End_Date, Salary, City, Description)
2 values('06','Linda', 'Green', to_date('19870730','YYYYMMDD'), to_date('19960104','YYYYMMDD'), 2334.78,'New York', 'Tester')
3 /
1 row created.
SQL> insert into Employee(ID, First_Name, Last_Name, Start_Date, End_Date, Salary, City, Description)
2 values('07','David', 'Larry', to_date('19901231','YYYYMMDD'), to_date('19980212','YYYYMMDD'), 2334.78,'New York', 'Manager')
3 /
1 row created.
SQL> insert into Employee(ID, First_Name, Last_Name, Start_Date, End_Date, Salary, City, Description)
2 values('08','James', 'Cat', to_date('19960917','YYYYMMDD'), to_date('20020415','YYYYMMDD'), 2334.78,'Vancouver', 'Tester')
3 /
1 row created.
SQL>
SQL>
SQL>
SQL> -- display data in the table
SQL> select * from Employee
2 /
ID FIRST_NAME LAST_NAME START_DAT END_DATE SALARY CITY DESCRIPTION
---- -------------------- -------------------- --------- --------- ---------- -------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
01 Jason Martin 25-JUL-96 25-JUL-06 1234.56 Toronto Programmer
02 Alison Mathews 21-MAR-76 21-FEB-86 2334.78 Vancouver Tester
03 James Smith 12-DEC-78 15-MAR-90 2334.78 Vancouver Tester
04 Celia Rice 24-OCT-82 21-APR-99 2334.78 Vancouver Manager
05 Robert Black 15-JAN-84 08-AUG-98 2334.78 Vancouver Tester
06 Linda Green 30-JUL-87 04-JAN-96 2334.78 New York Tester
07 David Larry 31-DEC-90 12-FEB-98 2334.78 New York Manager
08 James Cat 17-SEP-96 15-APR-02 2334.78 Vancouver Tester
8 rows selected.
SQL>
SQL>
SQL>
SQL> CREATE OR REPLACE Procedure UpdateMyEmployee
2 ( name_in IN varchar2 )
3 IS
4 mySalary number;
5
6 cursor c1 is
7 select salary
8 from employee
9 where first_name = name_in;
10
11 BEGIN
12
13 open c1;
14 fetch c1 into mySalary;
15
16 if c1%notfound then
17 mySalary := 9999;
18 end if;
19
20 insert into employee(first_name, salary) values ( name_in, mySalary );
21
22 commit;
23
24 close c1;
25
26 EXCEPTION
27 WHEN OTHERS THEN
28 raise_application_error(-20001,'An error was encountered - '||SQLCODE||' -ERROR- '||SQLERRM);
29 END UpdateMyEmployee;
30 /
Procedure created.
SQL>
SQL> exec UpdateMyEmployee('Linda');
PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.
SQL>
SQL>
SQL> select * from Employee;
ID FIRST_NAME LAST_NAME START_DAT END_DATE SALARY CITY DESCRIPTION
---- -------------------- -------------------- --------- --------- ---------- -------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
01 Jason Martin 25-JUL-96 25-JUL-06 1234.56 Toronto Programmer
02 Alison Mathews 21-MAR-76 21-FEB-86 2334.78 Vancouver Tester
03 James Smith 12-DEC-78 15-MAR-90 2334.78 Vancouver Tester
04 Celia Rice 24-OCT-82 21-APR-99 2334.78 Vancouver Manager
05 Robert Black 15-JAN-84 08-AUG-98 2334.78 Vancouver Tester
06 Linda Green 30-JUL-87 04-JAN-96 2334.78 New York Tester
07 David Larry 31-DEC-90 12-FEB-98 2334.78 New York Manager
08 James Cat 17-SEP-96 15-APR-02 2334.78 Vancouver Tester
Linda 2334.78
9 rows selected.
SQL>
SQL> -- clean the table
SQL> drop table Employee
2 /
Table dropped.
SQL>
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