Identificer telefonnumre i en PL/SQL-iteration

Hvad er behovet for en løkke her? Du skal omskrive din opdateringserklæring til noget som dette:

UPDATE t_numbers tn
   SET tn.country = (SELECT ic.country
                       FROM int_codes ic
                      WHERE ic.int_code = substr(tn.phone_number, 1, 4))
 WHERE tn.country is null
   AND EXISTS (SELECT 1
                 FROM int_codes ic
                WHERE ic.int_code = substr(tn.phone_number, 1, 4));

Gentag derefter det samme for 3, 2 og 1 som følger (for 3):

UPDATE t_numbers tn
   SET tn.country = (SELECT ic.country
                       FROM int_codes ic
                      WHERE ic.int_code = substr(tn.phone_number, 1, 3))
 WHERE tn.country is null
   AND EXISTS (SELECT 1
                 FROM int_codes ic
                WHERE ic.int_code = substr(tn.phone_number, 1, 3));

OPDATERING:

Du kan også gå gennem 4 til 1 for at opnå opgaven

  begin
    for i in 1..4 loop
      UPDATE t_numbers tn
       SET tn.country = (SELECT ic.country
                           FROM int_codes ic
                          WHERE ic.int_code = substr(tn.phone_number, 1, (5-i)))
     WHERE tn.country is null
       AND EXISTS (SELECT 1
                     FROM int_codes ic
                    WHERE ic.int_code = substr(tn.phone_number, 1, (5-i)));
    end loop;
  END;