Bind variable not declared - please help

Question

Hello,
I have wrote a PL/SQL script to update some order_id's in a table. I have declared all my variables but get an error -- bind variable not declared. Can anyone tell me what the problem might be?
DECLARE
         last_ship      DATE ;
         last_order     NUMBER;
         last_cust      NUMBER;
VARIABLE curr_item      NUMBER;
VARIABLE curr_order     NUMBER;
         aorder_id      CHAR(6);
         aitem_id       CHAR(2);
         acust_id       NUMBER(6);
         aship_date     DATE;
CURSOR c1 IS
      SELECT 
              order_id,
              item_id,
              ship_date,
              cust_id
      FROM
              test_sales
      ORDER BY
              1,2,3,4,5;
BEGIN
      SELECT
              MAX(order_id)
      INTO
               curr_order
      FROM
               sales_order;
OPEN c1;
     LOOP
         FETCH c1 INTO aorder_id, aitem_id, aship_date, acust_id;
         EXIT WHEN c1%NOTFOUND;
           last_cust      := c1.cust_id;          -- Saves the last values to check if processing same order
           last_order     := c1.aorder_id;        --
           last_ship      := c1.aship_date;       --
           IF c1.aorder_id = last_order AND c1.cust_id = last_cust AND c1.ship_date = last_ship THEN
              curr_item   := curr_item  +1;
              UPDATE test_sales SET c1.aorder_id = :curr_order;
              UPDATE test_sales SET c1.aitem_id  = :curr_item;
           ELSE
              curr_order := curr_order + 1;
              curr_item  := 1;
              UPDATE test_sales SET c1.aorder_id =  :curr_order;
              UPDATE test_sales SET c1.aitem_id  = :curr_item;
           END IF; 
    END LOOP;
CLOSE c1;
END;
/Cheers
Mike

Answer 1

check yours code you are direct accesing cusrsor named directly which is not allowed
  1  DECLARE
  2  vemp  emp.empno%TYPE;
  3  vemp1 emp.empno%TYPE;
  4  CURSOR c1 IS SELECT empno FROM emp;
  5  BEGIN
  6   OPEN c1;
  7    LOOP
  8     FETCH c1 INTO vemp;
  9     EXIT WHEN c1%NOTFOUND;
10     vemp1:=c1.empno;
11    END LOOP;
12   CLOSE c1;
13* END;
SQL> /
   vemp1:=c1.empno;
ERROR at line 10:
ORA-06550: line 10, column 14:
PLS-00225: subprogram or cursor 'C1' reference is out of scope
ORA-06550: line 10, column 4:
PL/SQL: Statement ignored
SQL> DECLARE
  2  vemp emp.empno%TYPE;
  3  CURSOR c1 IS SELECT empno FROM emp;
  4  BEGIN
  5   OPEN c1;
  6    LOOP
  7     FETCH c1 INTO vemp;
  8     EXIT WHEN c1%NOTFOUND;
  9    END LOOP;
10   CLOSE c1;
11  END;
12  .
SQL> /
PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.Yours code
OPEN c1;
LOOP
FETCH c1 INTO aorder_id, aitem_id, aship_date, acust_id;
EXIT WHEN c1%NOTFOUND;
last_cust:= c1.cust_id;
last_order:= c1.aorder_id;
END LOOP;
CLOSE c1;
END;You sholud move it c1.cust_id within fetch statment or
bind the cursor name with another local cursor variable
then fetch into this local bind variable and use cursor
via this variable
e.g
DECLARE
CUSRSOR c1 IS SELECT cust_id,aorderid
    FROM <TABLE>;
c2      c1%ROWTYPE;
OPEN c1;
LOOP
FETCH c1 INTO c2;
aorder_id:=c2.aorderid;
last_cust:= c1.cust_id;
last_order:= c1.aorder_id;
END LOOP;
CLOSE c1;
END;Khurram