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Question: Catch The Error
Answer: SQL>DECLARE
2 dayofweek VARCHAR2(200);
3 BEGIN
4 SELECT TO_CHAR(sysdate,'Day') INTO dayofweek FROM DUAL ;
5
6 IF dayofweek = 'Tuesday'
7 THEN
8 DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE('Aloha!!! Today Is Tuesday');
9 ELSE
10 DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE('Today is '||to_char(sysdate,'Day'));
11 END IF;
12 END;
13 /
Today is Tuesday
PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.
SQL>
What's wrong in the above anonymous block if anything at all.
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| July 07, 2009 14:02:26 |
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| javedans |
Member Since: January 2009 Total Comments: 8 |
RE: Catch The Error
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TO_CHAR(sysdate,'Day') is always return day name with some blank space, So its better to use TRIM function to exact match.
Like TRIM(TO_CHAR(sysdate,'Day'))
Or
You can match initial 3 character in the by using substr function. |
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