| How do I check whether a returned record is empty? [message #371047] |
Thu, 17 August 2000 10:36  |
Mike S.
Messages: 1
Registered: August 2000
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I'm using Tcl as a scripting language on my web page. I've been trying to test whether or not Oracle finds records matching my SELECT statement...
EX: SELECT * FROM table WHERE var LIKE %y%
I have an IF statment that tests whether or not var comes back empty, but I haven't been able to find the right test to return TRUE when the record is actually "empty" or includes no matching records...
I've test like this: IF {var == NULL} ...and... IF {var <= -1} ...and... IF {var == ""} ...etc., but none of these tests returns TRUE, even when I'm absolutely sure that no records matched my SELECT.
I guess the data type for Oracle "empty" recordsets is something special... Can any one help with a simple expression that will test for "empty" recordsets?
Thanks,
Mike
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| Re: How do I check whether a returned record is empty? [message #371072 is a reply to message #371049] |
Tue, 22 August 2000 23:13  |
mahaveer
Messages: 16
Registered: July 2000
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Hi,
You just go through the following procedure. I have given exception to find the empty records.
declare
a number;
begin
select sal into a from emp where ename='maha';
exception
when no_data_found then
dbms_output.put_line('No Records');
end;
I hope it will helpful
Mahaveer
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