Binding Parameters to Oracle Dynamic SQL

Question

I have a stored procedure that accepts multiple parameters (i.e. pName, pHeight, pTeam)

I have the query built up like this:

SQLQuery VARCHAR2(6000);
TestCursor T_CURSOR;

SQLQuery := 'SELECT ID, Name, Height, Team FROM MyTable WHERE ID IS NOT NULL ';


-- Build the query based on the parameters passed.
IF pName IS NOT NULL
  SQLQuery := SQLQuery || 'AND Name LIKE :pName ';
END IF;

IF pHeight IS > 0
  SQLQuery := SQLQuery || 'AND Height = :pHeight ';
END IF;

IF pTeam IS NOT NULL
  SQLQuery := SQLQuery || 'AND Team LIKE :pTeam ';
END IF;


OPEN TestCursor FOR SQLQuery USING pName, pHeight, pTeam;

If I execute the procedure passing all parameters, it runs properly.

But if I only passed one or two of the parameters, then the procedure errors out:

ORA-01006: bind variable does not exist

How do I selectively bind the variable with the parameters based on where the parameter value was used? For example, if only pName was passed, then I would only execute the query:

OPEN TestCursor FOR SQLQuery USING pName;

Or if both pName and pTeam was passed, then:

OPEN TestCursor FOR SQLQuery USING pName, pTeam;

Hope someone can shed more ways to resolve this. Thanks.

Edit: I could actually use the following:

-- Build the query based on the parameters passed. IF pName IS NOT NULL SQLQuery := SQLQuery || 'AND Name LIKE ''' || pName || ''' '; END IF;

IF pHeight IS > 0
  SQLQuery := SQLQuery || 'AND Height = pHeight ';
END IF;

IF pTeam IS NOT NULL
  SQLQuery := SQLQuery || 'AND Team LIKE ''' || pTeam || ''' ';
END IF;


OPEN TestCursor FOR SQLQuery;

But this would be VERY vulnerable to SQL Injection...

Answer 1

This is not hugely elegant but it would mean that you could always supply all three bind variables even if some of them are null. You only add the extra WHERE clauses if needed.

(I've tried to format the dynamic SQL to make it more readable, you could just supply it as one long string).

FUNCTION myFunc (
   pName   IN VARCHAR2,
   pHeight IN VARCHAR2,
   pTeam   IN VARCHAR2
)
   RETURN T_CURSOR
IS
   -- Local Variables
   SQLQuery   VARCHAR2(6000);
   TestCursor T_CURSOR;
BEGIN
   -- Build SQL query
   SQLQuery := 'WITH t_binds '||
                ' AS (SELECT :v_name AS bv_name, '||
                           ' :v_height AS bv_height, '||
                           ' :v_team AS bv_team '||
                      ' FROM dual) '||
               ' SELECT id, '||
                      ' name, '||
                      ' height, '||
                      ' team '||
                 ' FROM MyTable, '||
                      ' t_binds '||
                ' WHERE id IS NOT NULL';

   -- Build the query WHERE clause based on the parameters passed.
   IF pName IS NOT NULL
   THEN
     SQLQuery := SQLQuery || ' AND Name LIKE bv_name ';
   END IF;

   IF pHeight > 0
   THEN
     SQLQuery := SQLQuery || ' AND Height = bv_height ';
   END IF;

   IF pTeam IS NOT NULL
   THEN
     SQLQuery := SQLQuery || ' AND Team LIKE bv_team ';
   END IF;

   OPEN TestCursor 
    FOR SQLQuery 
  USING pName, 
        pHeight, 
        pTeam;

   -- Return the cursor
   RETURN TestCursor;
END myFunc;

I'm not in front of a workstation with DB access so I can't test the function but it should be close (please forgive any syntax errors, it's been a long day!)

Hope it helps...