Re: Can't code for s.... peanuts

One possible reason... you're defining check_for_name as a function, but you're running it as a procedure. You can try

     select check_for_name('Cruise') from dual;

Dennis

> oqij4ngfcrweuh001_at_sneakemail.com wrote:
>

...
> CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION check_for_name (
> p_name_to_check VARCHAR)
>
> RETURN BOOLEAN IS

...
> But, whenever I try to do this :
>
> EXECUTE check_for_name('Cruise');
>
> so I can run the function from PL/SQL Developer I get the following
> error :
>

...
> *
> ORA-06550: line 2, column 2:
> PLS-00221: 'CHECK_FOR_NAME' is not a procedure or is undefined
> ORA-06550: line 2, column 2:
> PL/SQL: Statement ignored
>

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Author: Dennis M. Heisler
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