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Oracle-PLSQL Creating Procedures

Procedures in Oracle can be created using the CREATE PROCEDURE syntax. Parameters can be defined as IN, OUT, or IN OUT and are used to pass data to and from procedures. An example procedure called UpdateCourse is provided that takes a course name as an IN parameter, looks up the course number, defaults it to 9999 if not found, and inserts a new record into another table.

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Oracle-PLSQL Creating Procedures

Procedures in Oracle can be created using the CREATE PROCEDURE syntax. Parameters can be defined as IN, OUT, or IN OUT and are used to pass data to and from procedures. An example procedure called UpdateCourse is provided that takes a course name as an IN parameter, looks up the course number, defaults it to 9999 if not found, and inserts a new record into another table.

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Oracle/PLSQL: Creating Procedures

http://www.techonthenet.com/oracle/procedures.php
In Oracle, you can create your own procedures.
The syntax for a procedure is:
CREATE [OR REPLACE] PROCEDURE procedure_name
[ (parameter [,parameter]) ]
IS
[declaration_section]
BEGIN
executable_section
[EXCEPTION
exception_section]
END [procedure_name];

When you create a procedure or function, you may define parameters. There are three types of parameters that can be declared:
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.
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.
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.

The following is a simple example of a procedure:


CREATE OR REPLACE Procedure UpdateCourse
( name_in IN varchar2 )
IS
cnumber number;
cursor c1 is
select course_number
from courses_tbl
where course_name = name_in;
BEGIN
open c1;
fetch c1 into cnumber;
if c1%notfound then
cnumber := 9999;
end if;
insert into student_courses
( course_name,
course_number)
values ( name_in,
cnumber );
commit;
close c1;
EXCEPTION
WHEN OTHERS THEN
raise_application_error(-20001,'An error was encountered - '||SQLCODE||' -ERROR- '||SQLERRM);
END;

This procedure is called UpdateCourse. It has one parameter called name_in. The procedure will lookup the course_number based on course
name. If it does not find a match, it defaults the course number to 99999. It then inserts a new record into the student_courses table.

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