by Frank van Bortel <frank.van.bortel@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
Apr 17, 2008 at 08:33 PM
fitzjarrell@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
> On Apr 17, 7:32 am, Vabs <rajat...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>> i want to use if(:new.column_name is not null) which works perfect...
>> however my problem is that i want to set this column_name as a run
>> time variable (as the table columns are not known to me)
>>
>> I tried using a variable but oracle throws a PLS-00049 bad bind
>> variable error.
>>
>> Please help...
>
> Why do you 'need' this? It seems like a bad idea to me; the :new
> and :old 'blocks' aren't available outside of a trigger which is
> written against a specific table (and you should know the columns for
> that table if you're writing a trigger against it).
>
> I really see no purpose in what you're asking.
>
>
> David Fitzjarrell
The Quest for the Universal Application?
