Chapter 12 Procedures

1)Write a procedure with no parameters. The procedure will let you know if the current day is a weekend or a weekday. Additionally, it will let you know the user name and current time. It will also let you know how many valid and invalid procedures are in the database.
A1: Answer: Your answer should look similar to the following:
 CREATE OR REPLACE PROCEDURE current_status AS v_day_type CHAR(1); v_user VARCHAR2(30); v_valid NUMBER; v_invalid NUMBER; BEGIN SELECT SUBSTR(TO_CHAR(sysdate, 'DAY'), 0, 1) INTO v_day_type FROM dual; IF v_day_type = 'S' THEN DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE ('Today is a weekend.'); ELSE DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE ('Today is a weekday.'); END IF; -- DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE('The time is: '|| TO_CHAR(sysdate, 'HH:MI AM')); ...

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