How to use procedure parameters in merge statement - stored-procedures

Question

i'm creating a procedure to update/insert a table using merge statement(upsert).now i have a problem: using procedure parameters i have to do this upsert.
procedure xyz( a in table.a%type,b in table.b%type,....)
is
some local variables;
begin
merge into target_table
using source_table --instead of the source table, i have to use procedure parameters here
on (condition on primary key in the table)
when matched then
update the table
when not matched then
insert the table ;
end xyz;
so how to use procedure parameters instead of source table in merge statement?? or
suggest me a query to fetch the procedure parameters and use it as source table values.
help me please.
Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

I know that I'm eight years late to the party, but I think that I was trying to do something similar to what you were doing, but trying to Upsert based on parameters passed into a stored procedure that returns an empty string on success and an error on failure back to my VB Code. Below is all of my code along with comments explaining what I did, and why I did it. Let me know if this helps you or anyone else. This is my first time answering a post.
PROCEDURE UpsertTSJobData(ActivitySeq_in IN NUMBER,
Owner_in In VARCHAR2,
NumTrailers_in IN NUMBER,
ReleaseFormReceived_in IN NUMBER,
Response_out OUT VARCHAR2) AS
err_num NUMBER;
err_msg VARCHAR2(4000);
BEGIN
--This top line essentially does a "SELECT *" from the named table
--and looks for a match based on the "ON" statement below
MERGE INTO glob1app.GFS_TS_JOBDATA_TAB tsj
--This select statement is used for the INSERT when no match
--is found and the UPDATE when a match is found.
--It creates a "pseudo-table"
USING (
SELECT ActivitySeq_in AS ActSeq,
Owner_in As Owner,
NumTrailers_in As NumTrailers,
ReleaseFormReceived_in As ReleaseFormReceived
FROM DUAL) input
--This ON statement is what we're doing the match on to find
--matching records. This decides whether it will be an
--INSERT or an UPDATE
ON (tsj.Activity_seq = ActivitySeq_in)
WHEN MATCHED THEN
--Here we UPDATE based on the passed in input table
UPDATE
SET OWNER = input.owner,
NUMTRAILERS = input.NumTrailers,
RELEASEFORMRECEIVED = input.releaseformreceived
WHEN NOT MATCHED THEN
--Here we INSERT based on the passed in input table
INSERT (
ACTIVITY_SEQ,
OWNER,
NUMTRAILERS,
RELEASEFORMRECEIVED
)
VALUES (
input.actseq,
input.owner,
input.numtrailers,
input.releaseformreceived
);
Response_out := '';
EXCEPTION
WHEN OTHERS THEN
err_num := SQLCODE;
err_msg := SUBSTR(SQLERRM, 1, 3900);
Response_out := TO_CHAR (err_num) || ': ' || err_msg;
END;

Answer 2

Maby something like
DECLARE V_EXISTS NUMBER;
BEGIN SELECT COUNT(*) INTO V_EXISTS FROM TARGET_TABLE WHERE PK_ID = :ID;
IF V_EXISTS > 0 THEN
-- UPDATE
ELSE
-- INSERT
END IF;
END;
Also, you may try to use so-called tempotary table (select from DUAL)
CREATE TABLE TEST (N NUMBER(2), NAME VARCHAR2(20), ADRESS VARCHAR2(100));
INSERT INTO TEST VALUES(1, 'Name1', 'Adress1');
INSERT INTO TEST VALUES(2, 'Name2', 'Adress2');
INSERT INTO TEST VALUES(3, 'Name3', 'Adress3');
SELECT * FROM TEST;
-- test update
MERGE INTO TEST trg
USING (SELECT 1 AS N, 'NameUpdated' AS NAME,
'AdressUpdated' AS ADRESS FROM Dual ) src
ON ( src.N = trg.N )
WHEN MATCHED THEN
UPDATE
SET trg.NAME = src.NAME,
trg.ADRESS = src.ADRESS
WHEN NOT MATCHED THEN
INSERT VALUES (src.N, src.NAME, src.ADRESS);
SELECT * FROM TEST;
-- test insert
MERGE INTO TEST trg
USING (SELECT 34 AS N, 'NameInserted' AS NAME,
'AdressInserted' AS ADRESS FROM Dual ) src
ON ( src.N = trg.N )
WHEN MATCHED THEN
UPDATE
SET trg.NAME = src.NAME,
trg.ADRESS = src.ADRESS
WHEN NOT MATCHED THEN
INSERT VALUES (src.N, src.NAME, src.ADRESS);
SELECT * FROM TEST;
DROP TABLE TEST;
see here

Answer 3

Its very difficult to tell from you question exactly what you what, but I gather you want the table that you are merging into ( or on ) to be dynamic. In that case, what you should be using is the DBMS_SQL package to create dynamic SQL