使用PL / SQL将Excel工作表中的列用作Oracle更新语句中的输入

Question

I'm just curious - is it possible to use the values in a column of an excel sheet sitting in my C:/ as an input in an update statement I'm writing in PL/SQL connected to an Oracle DB. Update Statement:

update inventorylist
set Type = "Metals"
    Location = "Store A"
where Unique_ID IN (2234, 2455, 5578);

The Unique_ID values are in this particular column of the Excel file. So is it possible to pull the values from the file into the update statement?

Answer 1

No doubt, there is a way to read the values directly from Excel into Oracle. But that requires importing the data or connecting to Excel to read them.

I would just add a new column with a formula like:

=A1&", "

Copy that formula down. Then copy the results into my query window for the IN list. Remember to remove the last comma.