SQL>
SQL> CREATE TABLE authors (
2 id NUMBER PRIMARY KEY,
3 first_name VARCHAR2(50),
4 last_name VARCHAR2(50)
5 );
Table created.
SQL> INSERT INTO authors (id, first_name, last_name)
2 VALUES (1, 'Marlene', 'Theriault');
1 row created.
SQL>
SQL> INSERT INTO authors (id, first_name, last_name)
2 VALUES (2, 'Rachel', 'Carmichael');
1 row created.
SQL>
SQL> INSERT INTO authors (id, first_name, last_name)
2 VALUES (3, 'James', 'Viscusi');
1 row created.
SQL>
SQL> SET SERVEROUTPUT ON
SQL>
SQL> DECLARE
2
3 v_author AUTHORS%ROWTYPE;
4
5 BEGIN
6
7 SELECT *
8 INTO v_author
9 FROM authors
10 WHERE id = 1;
11
12 DELETE FROM authors
13 WHERE id = v_author.id;
14
15 DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE('Author '||v_author.first_name
16 ||' '||v_author.last_name
17 ||' has been deleted');
18
19 COMMIT;
20
21 EXCEPTION
22 WHEN OTHERS
23 THEN
24 DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE(SQLERRM);
25 ROLLBACK;
26 END;
27 /
Author Marlene Theriault has been deleted
PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.
SQL>
SQL> set escape off
SQL>
SQL> drop table authors;
Table dropped.