To get the the out put of the procedure..help needed

Question

hi all,
i have a procedure :
CREATE OR REPLACE PROCEDURE EN_GetCategory
     StaffID IN      VARCHAR2 DEFAULT NULL,
     ResultCategory OUT      VARCHAR2
AS
v_exec_tx varchar2(2000);
     Condition VARCHAR2(1000);
     Category VARCHAR2(1);
     SQL_ADV VARCHAR2(2000);
     Cnt          NUMBER(10);
     Cnt1          NUMBER(10);
CURSOR curCategory IS
SELECT SMC.Category,SMC.Condition FROM ST_MS_Category SMC ORDER BY OrderRowNo;
     BEGIN
          EXECUTE IMMEDIATE 'TRUNCATE TABLE TMP';
          OPEN curCategory;
          FETCH curCategory INTO Category, Condition;
          while curCategory%FOUND
          LOOP
          BEGIN
               v_exec_tx:='SELECT COUNT(*) FROM ST_EMPLOYEE WHERE StaffID=''' || EN_GETCATEGORY.STAFFID ||''' AND ' || EN_GETCATEGORY.CONDITION;
               EXECUTE IMMEDIATE v_exec_tx into Cnt;
IF Cnt > 0 THEN                              SELECT COUNT(*) INTO CNT1 FROM tmp ;
          IF CNT1> 0     THEN
                                   UPDATE tmp SET CAT = Category ;
          ELSE
                                   INSERT INTO tmp VALUES (Category );
          END IF;
          END IF;
          FETCH curCategory INTO Category, Condition;
               END;
          END LOOP;
          CLOSE curCategory;
          BEGIN
               FOR REC IN ( SELECT CAT FROM tmp
               LOOP
               EN_GetCategory.ResultCategory := REC.CAT;
               END LOOP;
          END;
     END;
i need to execute this procedure..
i tried EXEC EN_GETCATEGORY('812005','');
but getting error invalid sql statemnt..
i think for this we have to write some more code can u please help to to find the output ofthis procedure..
Thanks In advance

Answer 1

Hi,
i tried EXEC EN_GETCATEGORY('812005','');It's execute Procedure_name('Parameters');
Regds.What tosh! "exec" is perfectly ok to use to call a procedure.
The problem is with the OUT parameter. You need to declare a variable into which the OUT value can be put.