Run immediately produced confusing errors

I have a procedure that removes the selected rows of a table based on a dynamic WHERE condition. The column values are of type VARCHAR2. Using SQL Developer debug mode, I put the finger on the line of boredom to the Execute Immediate statement that produces a ' ORA-00907: lack the right parenthesis "error with or the other of these channels:

v_sql: = ' DELETE FROM schema.table WHERE (column1 = "Value1" GOLD column1 = "Value2" GOLD column1 = "Value3" ") AND (column2 ="value4")';
v_sql: = ' REMOVE FROM schema.table WHERE column1 ("Value1", "Value2", "value3") AND column2 IN ("value4")';
Immediately run v_sql;

Still in PL/SQL, the same lines running without error:

DELETE FROM schema.table WHERE (column1 = 'value1' OR column1 = 'value2' GOLD column1 = 'value3') AND (column2 = 'value4');
REMOVE FROM schema.table WHERE column1 IN ('value1', 'value2', "value3") AND column2 IN ("value4");

I can even run the same instructions in an anonymous block without error:

Set serveroutput on
DECLARE
v_cnt NUMBER;
v_sql varchar2 (2000);
BEGIN
v_sql: = ' REMOVE FROM schema.table WHERE column1 ("Value1", "Value2", "value3") AND column2 IN ("value4")';
Immediately run v_sql;
Run immediately "select count (*) table" in v_cnt;
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Rollback;
Run immediately "select count (*) table" in v_cnt;
dbms_output.put_line (v_cnt);
END;
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I must be blind because neither dynaminc SQL statement needs an another right parenthesis. I even added one to test (same error ORA-00907!). I even tried this

v_sql: = "DELETE FROM schema.table WHERE ((column1 = '' valeur1 '') OR (column1 = 'value2'))';"

(same error ORA-00907!)

I even tried to run the same without parentheses (ORA-00900: invalid SQL statement error). I guess the problem is the single quotes.

Just for fun I tried that as well

EXECUTE IMMEDIATE chr (39) | v_sql | Chr (39);

and, as I suspected, I got the error "invalid SQL statement.

I even tried this

EXECUTE IMMEDIATE chr (39) | v_sql;

and of course I got an ' ORA-01756: not correctly completed string "error.

When I tried this

EXECUTE IMMEDIATE v_sql | Chr (39);

the same error "missing right parenthesis" surfaced.

I've never had this problem with the Execute Immediate statements before. Unless someone can offer a penny to buy a clue, looks like I have no choice but to make the Immediate Execute in a loop FORALL to each WHERE condition using a variable binding for the value of the column.

Your procedure changed a bit:
Removed options CHR (39) and 'DELETE FROM' has been added at the beginning of your v_sql variable.

CREATE OR REPLACE PROCEDURE delete_rows_proc (
   p_table        IN   VARCHAR2,
   p_schema       IN   VARCHAR2,
   p_columns      IN   VARCHAR2,
   p_col_values   IN   VARCHAR2,
   p_col_delim    IN   VARCHAR2,
   p_val_delim    IN   VARCHAR2
)
AS
/*
generic procedure to delete selected rows from a table

INPUT PARAMETERS:
1) P_TABLE (required): table name
2) P_SCHEMA (required): schema name
3) P_COLUMNS (required): a delimited string of character type column names
4) P_COL_VALUES (required): a delimited string of column values
(must match P_COLUMNS in delimited sequence and number);
5) P_COL_DELIM (required): column delimiter for P_COLUMNS and P_COL_VALUES;
must be a keyboard character delimiter that DOES NOT appear elsewhere in the column values;
6) P_VAL_DELIM (required): column value delimiter for P_COL_VALUES;
must be a keyboard character delimiter that DOES NOT appear elsewhere in the column values;
must be different from P_COL_DELIM

NOTE: if P_COLUMNS is not null then P_COL_VALUES cannot be null

example of P_COLUMNS and P_COL_VALUES:
P_COLUMNS = 'column1#column2'
P_COL_VALUES = 'value1,value2#value4'
P_COL_DELIM = '#'
P_VAL_DELIM = ','
deletes rows WHERE ((column1 = 'value1') OR (column1 = 'value2') AND (column2= 'value4')
*/
   v_sql              VARCHAR2 (4000);
   v_where_clause     VARCHAR2 (3900);
   v_from_clause      VARCHAR2 (200);
   v_col              VARCHAR2 (50);
   v_txt              VARCHAR2 (1000);
   i_col_delim_cnt1   INTEGER         := 0;
   i_col_delim_cnt2   INTEGER         := 0;
   x_loop_cnt         INTEGER         := 0;
   y_loop_cnt         INTEGER         := 0;
   delim_txt          VARCHAR2 (1000);
   i_delim_cnt        INTEGER         := 0;
   i_cnt              INTEGER;
   e_delim_not_eq     EXCEPTION;

   FUNCTION assemble_or_str (v_col IN VARCHAR2, v_txt IN VARCHAR2)
      RETURN VARCHAR2
   IS
      v_return   VARCHAR2 (1000) := '';
   BEGIN
      IF LENGTH (v_col) > 0
      THEN
-- add opening parenthesis
         v_return := v_return || '(';
      END IF;

      FOR i IN 1 .. i_delim_cnt + 1
      LOOP
         v_return :=
               v_return
            || '('
            || v_col
            || ' = '
            || CHR (39)
            || get_delimited_text (v_txt, p_val_delim, i)
            || CHR (39)
            || ')';

         IF i < i_delim_cnt + 1
         THEN
            v_return := v_return || ' OR ';
         END IF;
      END LOOP;

      IF LENGTH (v_return) > 0
      THEN
-- add closing parenthesis
         v_return := v_return || ')';
      END IF;

--dbms_output.put_line('v_return=' || v_return);
      RETURN v_return;
-- e.g., v_return = '((column1 = 'value1') OR (column1 = 'value2'))''
   END;
BEGIN
   IF p_columns IS NOT NULL AND p_col_values IS NOT NULL
   THEN
-- count the column delimiter in both parameters
      i_col_delim_cnt1 :=
            LENGTH (p_columns)
            - LENGTH (REPLACE (p_columns, p_col_delim, ''));
      i_col_delim_cnt2 :=
           LENGTH (p_col_values)
         - LENGTH (REPLACE (p_col_values, p_col_delim, ''));

      IF i_col_delim_cnt1 = i_col_delim_cnt2
      THEN
-- if both strings have the same # of column delimiters
-- assemble the where clause
         IF i_col_delim_cnt1 = 0
         THEN
-- for single column
-- find how many delimited values are in P_COL_VALUES
            i_delim_cnt :=
                 LENGTH (p_col_values)
               - LENGTH (REPLACE (p_col_values, p_val_delim, ''));

            IF i_delim_cnt > 0
            THEN
--dbms_output.put_line('i_delim_cnt = ' || i_delim_cnt);
-- for single column with multiple column values
               v_where_clause := assemble_or_str (p_columns, p_col_values);
            ELSE
-- for single column with single column value
               v_where_clause :=
                    p_columns || ' = ' || CHR (39) || p_col_values
                    || CHR (39);
            END IF;
         ELSE
-- for multiple columns
            x_loop_cnt := i_col_delim_cnt1 + 1;

            FOR x IN 1 .. x_loop_cnt
            LOOP
-- for each column
               v_col := get_delimited_text (p_columns, p_col_delim, x);
               v_txt := get_delimited_text (p_col_values, p_col_delim, x);
--dbms_output.put_line('loop '||x||': vcol='||v_col);
--dbms_output.put_line('loop '||x||': v_txt='||v_txt);
               i_delim_cnt :=
                    LENGTH (v_txt)
                    - LENGTH (REPLACE (v_txt, p_val_delim, ''));

               IF i_delim_cnt > 0
               THEN
                  v_where_clause :=
                             v_where_clause || assemble_or_str (v_col, v_txt);
               ELSE
                  v_where_clause :=
                        v_where_clause
                     || '('
                     || v_col
                     || ' = '
                     || CHR (39)
                     || v_txt
                     || CHR (39)
                     || ')';
               END IF;

               IF x < x_loop_cnt
               THEN
                  v_where_clause := v_where_clause || ' AND ';
               END IF;
            END LOOP;
         END IF;
      ELSE
-- if i_col_delim_cnt1 i_col_delim_cnt2
-- raise exception
         RAISE e_delim_not_eq;
      END IF;
   END IF;

-- assemble the dynamic SQL statement
   v_from_clause :=
                  (CASE p_schema
                      WHEN NULL
                         THEN ''
                      ELSE p_schema || '.'
                   END) || p_table;
   v_where_clause :=
       (CASE
           WHEN v_where_clause IS NULL
              THEN ''
           ELSE ' WHERE ' || v_where_clause
        END
       );
   v_sql := 'DELETE FROM ' || v_from_clause || v_where_clause; -- Added 'DELETE FROM '
   DBMS_OUTPUT.put_line (v_sql);

-- test clauses separately
-- EXECUTE IMMEDIATE 'DELETE FROM '|| v_from_clause;
-- EXECUTE IMMEDIATE 'DELETE FROM '|| v_from_clause || v_where_clause;
   EXECUTE IMMEDIATE v_sql;

   EXECUTE IMMEDIATE 'SELECT COUNT(*) FROM ' || p_table
                INTO i_cnt;

   DBMS_OUTPUT.put_line ('i_cnt = ' || i_cnt);
   ROLLBACK;

   EXECUTE IMMEDIATE 'SELECT COUNT(*) FROM ' || p_table
                INTO i_cnt;

   DBMS_OUTPUT.put_line ('i_cnt = ' || i_cnt);
--commit;
EXCEPTION
   WHEN e_delim_not_eq
   THEN
      DBMS_OUTPUT.put_line
         ('ERROR: delimiter number mismatch! A column delimiter was found in the P_COLUMNS string and/or the P_COL_VALUES string; however, the number of column delimiters between the two string does not match. Process cannot be completed.'
         );
-- WHEN OTHERS THEN
-- DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE('Error in DELETE_ROWS_PROC procedure!');
-- DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE(SQLERRM);
END delete_rows_proc;
/

SQL> SELECT * FROM TABLE1
  2  /

COLUMN1                                            COLUMN2
-------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------
value1                                             value3
value2                                             value3
value3                                             value3
value4                                             value3
value1                                             value4
value2                                             value4
value3                                             value4
value4                                             value4

8 rows selected.

SQL> exec DELETE_ROWS_PROC('TABLE1', 'SCOTT', 'COLUMN1#COLUMN2', 'value1,value2#value4', '#', ',')
DELETE FROM SCOTT.TABLE1 WHERE ((COLUMN1 = 'value1') OR (COLUMN1 = 'value2')) AND (COLUMN2 = 'value4
i_cnt = 6
i_cnt = 8

PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.

SQL>

I hope this helps.

Kind regards
JO

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