Is it possible to refer to column names via bind variables in Oracle?

Question

I am trying to refer to a column name to order a query in an application communicating with an Oracle database. I want to use a bind variable so that I can dynamically chang

Answer 1

As you are using JDBC. You can rewrite your code, to something without bind variables. This way you can also dynamically change the order-by e.g.:

String query = "SELECT * FROM PERS ";
if (condition1){
  query = query+ " order by name ";
// insert more if/else or case statements
} else {
  query = query+ " order by other_column ";
}
Statement select = conn.createStatement();
ResultSet result = select.executeQuery(query);

Or even:

String columnName = getColumnName(input);
Statement select = conn.createStatement();
ResultSet result = select.executeQuery("SELECT * FROM PERS ORDER BY "+columnName);