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execute IMMEDIATE  sql1 into retcode and no data error.

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Hello,
I have the code

sql1 := 'select ' || colname || ' from ' || tbl || ' where id_entity =' || entity;
execute IMMEDIATE  sql1 into returnNumber ;      

Which is inside a procedure. This code causes the procedure to crash when the SQL statement does not produce any rows.
I could easily avoid this by using

sql1 := 'select ' || colname || ' from ' || tbl || ' where id_entity =' || entity;
execute IMMEDIATE  sql1;      
if SQL%ROWCOUNT  > 0 then
    execute IMMEDIATE  sql1 into returnNumber ;      
end if;

But I would like to avoid executing the same query twice.

Any other way to avoid this?

Thanks

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Question Asked By: sinner
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