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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.



July 07, 2008 15:27:36 #2
 sandy1970   Member Since: July 2008    Total Comments: 1 

RE: Catch The Error
 
SELECT TO_CHAR(sysdate,'Day') INTO dayofweek FROM DUAL  returns

"Name of day padded with blanks to length of 9 characters"


IF 'Tuesday  ' = 'Tuesday' is not ture
 
     

 

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