PLS-00201 error when trying to pass an OUT parameter

Question

Hi,
Please help me to resolve the below error:
I am trying to pass an OUT parameter in a package.
I have declared it in package specs as
ProcABC(p_val IN varchar2, p_val2 IN varchar2, p_val3 OUT varchar2)
In package body
I have created the procedure as
Create or Replace procedure ProcABC(p_val IN varchar2, p_val2 IN varchar2, p_val3 OUT varchar2) AS
v_LogDir varchar2(40);
v_message varchar2(200);
BEGIN
SELECT directory_path into v_LogDir FROM ALL_DIRECTORIES WHERE directory_name = 'ABC';
v_message := v_LogDir ;
some sql statements..
p_val3 := v_message;
Return p_val3;
End procABC;
SQL> exec pkg_A.procABC('Stage2', NULL, p_val3);
Package compiles successfully but while execution it returns error as:
ORA-06550: line 1, column 74:
PLS-00201: identifier 'p_val3 ' must be declared
ORA-06550: line 1, column 7:
PL/SQL: Statement ignored
Please advise.

Answer 1

Hi Suresh,
Thanks for the information and help. I was able to run the package with this usage.
Now, the issue is
I need to return a v long string by the OUT parameter so I defined the datatype of OUT parameter as CLOB.
But, when I declare local variable to run the package with this OUT paramater I get the error :
ORA-06502: PL/SQL: numeric or value error: character string buffer too small
ORA-06512: at line 1
When I pass a shorter string it works.
Kindly advise me how to resolve this issue while using CLOB as datatype of OUT parameter.