PLS-00103: Encountered the symbol "end-of-file" in simple update block

Question

The following Oracle statement:

 DECLARE ID NUMBER;
 BEGIN
  UPDATE myusername.terrainMap 
  SET playerID = :playerID,tileLayout = :tileLayout 
  WHERE ID = :ID
 END;

Gives me the following error:

ORA-06550: line 6, column 15:
PL/SQL: ORA-00933: SQL command not properly ended
ORA-06550: line 3, column 19:
PL/SQL: SQL Statement ignored
ORA-06550: line 6, column 18:
PLS-00103: Encountered the symbol "end-of-file" when expecting one of the following:

   ( begin case declare end exception exit for goto if loop mod
   null pragma raise return select update while with
   <an identifier> <a double-quoted>

I am pretty much at a loss. This appears to be a rather simple statement. If it helps any, I had a similar statement that performed an INSERT which used to work, but today has been giving me the same message.

Longstanding

Are you running this in SQLPlus? – Allegraallegretto

Answer 1

Add a semi-colon after where id=:id

Allegraallegretto

@Longstanding : no problem. I was wondering if you copy/pasted or if the missing semi-colon was an artifact of retyping the code. – Allegraallegretto

Answer 2

You have a number of problems here:

1. Missing semi-colon (as MJB saw)

2. :ID refers to an in-bound variable, so your local declaration (DECLARE ID NUMBER;) is not being used.

3. You're using a variable name which (apparently) is the same name as a colum in your table. If you try to use your local ID variable, the query will still not use it unless you use a block label.

That said, it looks like you're sending ID in as a bind variable anyway, so it's more likely that you should just remove the declaration from the block.

Douglas

That's why I asked whether this was in SQLPlus. I could not understand how his bind vars were being used. And I think perhaps this is not really what he is running -- it is a test version of code he thought should run. – Allegraallegretto

Answer 3

In addition to the previous you have to prevent spaces between equal operation ,:,and the value like this:

SQL> BEGIN  
2    IF x > y THEN high := x; END IF;  -- correct

3    IF x > y THEN high := x; ENDIF;   -- incorrect

4  END;

5  /

END;

ERROR at line 4:
ORA-06550: line 4, column 4:
PLS-00103: Encountered the symbol ";" when expecting one of the following:
if

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