declare
l1 number := null;
l2 number :=null;
begin
if l1=l2 then message('equal');
else
if l1<>l2 then message('not equal');
else
message('else');
end if;
end if;
end;
What will be the output ?

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declare l1 number := null; l2 number :=null; begin if l1=l2 then message('equal&..

Answer / anil kumar jampana

else
bz, null is an undefined value

Is This Answer Correct ?    8 Yes 0 No

declare l1 number := null; l2 number :=null; begin if l1=l2 then message('equal&..

Answer / roopesh kumar

In term of oracle block should be like as........

SQL> declare
2 l1 number := null;
3 l2 number :=null;
4 begin
5 if l1=l2 then
6 dbms_output.put_line ('equal');
7 elsif l1<>l2 then
8 dbms_output.put_line ('not equal');
9 else
10 dbms_output.put_line ('else');
11 end if;
12 end;
13 /
else

PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.

Answer is as shown at end of block ELSE.
because u can't compare a null value to other null.

Is This Answer Correct ?    8 Yes 1 No

declare l1 number := null; l2 number :=null; begin if l1=l2 then message('equal&..

Answer / sdp

The message() function has not been declared in the block.
If it would have been declared then answer would be 'ELSE'

Is This Answer Correct ?    5 Yes 0 No

declare l1 number := null; l2 number :=null; begin if l1=l2 then message('equal&..

Answer / subrahmanyam.k

Null is not a charcter,unapplicable and not space. we can't
applicable or compare to another. so the final output is "ELSE"

Is This Answer Correct ?    3 Yes 0 No

declare l1 number := null; l2 number :=null; begin if l1=l2 then message('equal&..

Answer / uma

The answer will be "else"

declare
L1 number := null;
L2 number :=null;
begin
if L1=L2 then
dbms_output.put_line ('equal');
elsif L1<>L2 then
dbms_output.put_line ('not equal');
else
dbms_output.put_line ('else');
end if;
end;
/

Is This Answer Correct ?    2 Yes 0 No

declare l1 number := null; l2 number :=null; begin if l1=l2 then message('equal&..

Answer / ramesh

compilation error, because you should not use two times end
if;

Is This Answer Correct ?    3 Yes 5 No

declare l1 number := null; l2 number :=null; begin if l1=l2 then message('equal&..

Answer / arup ratan banerjee

The answer will be "not equal"
because when two null values are compared then it Returns
False.

Is This Answer Correct ?    1 Yes 8 No

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