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The way I test my procedures in sql plus is:
create variable c_people Personality.PeopleCur; exec Personality.GetNames(c_people, 'B%'); print c_people;
My procedures usually take a ref_cursor so I am not sure about printing the cursor from a package, but give it a try.
DeVerne Coleman
David Bradley <davidbradley_at_home.com> wrote in message
news:qgLy5.194620$6y5.113005746_at_news2.rdc2.tx.home.com...
> Thank you for your solution. Your example did execute the procedure. How
> can I also display the contents of c_people to the screen?
>
> Sorry, I am new at some of this stuff.
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> Thanks,
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> David
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> Mark <cdo_at_lambic.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:39CB791B.F0F1D079_at_lambic.co.uk...
> > David Bradley wrote:
> > >
> > > I have tried all kinds of ways to execute this. My procedure should
return
> > > all rows from a table where the LAST_NAME is like the passed
parameter.
The
> > > procedure works fine when called from my VB app. Could you give me
the
> > > syntax to execute this in SQL Plus window with the declaration of the
> > > variables?
> >
> > DECLARE
> > c_people Personality.PeopleCur;
> > BEGIN
> > Personality.GetNames(c_people, 'B%');
> > END;
> > /
> >
> > This will execute your procedure, but you won't be able to do anything
> > with the result. Processing of the result cursor should be handled
> > inside the anonymous block (after the procedure call and before END;).
> >
> >
> > > Carl Hathaway <chathaw2_at_ford.com> wrote
> > > > Additionally as the first parameter is an IN OUT then you need to
declare
> > > > a variable to hold the returning value.
> > > >
> > > > spencer <spencerp_at_swbell.net> wrote
> > > > > the GetNames procedure is defined with two arguments, and you are
> > > > > only supplying one argument in the call. that's what oracle is
telling
> > > > > you, that you have supplied only one argument.
> > > > >
> > > > > "David Bradley" <davidbradley_at_home.com> wrote
> > > > > > I created the package and package body below. When I call this
from
> > > > > > my Visual Basic app using ADO it runs fine. When I try to
execute
it
> > > > > > from SQLPlus I get the following error. Am I doing something
wrong.
> > > >
> > >
>
Error ----------------------------------------------------------------------> > > > > > ORA-06550: line 2, column 2:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > SQLWKS> execute Personality.GetNames('B%');
> > > > > > Personality.GetNames('B%');
> > > > > > *
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