Alter Table problem

Question

Hi there. I'm new in Oracle environments. I've a problem with this procedure with the alter table statement.
CREATE OR REPLACE PROCEDURE HR.PROC_ETL_TAB IS
CURSOR cursor_ETL IS
SELECT * FROM ETL_TAB_REF WHERE AVAILABLE_FLAG = 1;
record_etl ETL_TAB_REF%ROWTYPE;
VAR_ALTER VARCHAR2(100);
BEGIN
OPEN cursor_ETL;
LOOP
FETCH cursor_ETL INTO record_etl;
EXIT WHEN cursor_ETL%NOTFOUND;
VAR_ALTER:='ALTER TABLE '||record_etl.EXT_TABLE_NAME||' LOCATION('''||record_etl.FILE_NAME||''')';
DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE(VAR_ALTER);
EXECUTE IMMEDIATE VAR_ALTER;
END LOOP;
CLOSE cursor_ETL;
EXCEPTION
WHEN NO_DATA_FOUND THEN
NULL;
WHEN OTHERS THEN
-- Consider logging the error and then re-raise
RAISE;
END PROC_ETL_TAB;
When I try to call the procedure (call proc_etl_tab()) this error occurs: ORA-01735: invalid ALTER TABLE option. Can anyone help me please? Thanks.

Answer 1

Pl post details of OS and database versions, along with a sample of what this command would look like when the variables are evaluated
VAR_ALTER:='ALTER TABLE '||record_etl.EXT_TABLE_NAME||' LOCATION('''||record_etl.FILE_NAME||''')';
I do not believe ALTER TABLE ... LOCATION ... is a valid command.
http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E11882_01/server.112/e26088/statements_3001.htm
HTH
Srini