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Thread: problem with 'EXECUTE IMMEDIATE'

  1. #1
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    Gurus,

    I'm trying to execute a stored procedure from within a different stored procedure. It's not working, so I'm trying to get the syntax right by debugging with an anonymous PL/SQL block. Results are:

    SQL> declare
    2 p_sequence number;
    3 sql_stmt varchar2(100);
    4 begin
    5 sql_stmt := 'PROC_MPS_WO_PROJ2';
    6 EXECUTE IMMEDIATE 'exec '||sql_stmt;
    7 end;
    8 /
    declare
    *
    ERROR at line 1:
    ORA-00900: invalid SQL statement
    ORA-06512: at line 6

    A simple query ('SELECT...') works fine, but for some reason the dynamic SQL doesn't seem to like 'EXEC'. Any ideas appreciated. Thanks.

    Joe

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    Just give the statment without the exec (try)


    Sam
    Thanx
    Sam



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    Thanks, Sam. Just coding the name of the procedure with its input variables solved the problem - EXECUTE IMMEDIATE was not even necessary.

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    Thats correct you would use execute immediate for DDL operations like create/ALTER/MODIFY and etc. Not for the procedures

    procedures and packages you can just call

    package.procedure(input1);
    or
    procedure(input1);

    Sam
    Thanx
    Sam



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