Calling function from PL/SQL block

Question

Hi,
A very simple question.
A have a function called "test1" in my database. It is there i double chekked.
I would like to call this function from a block:
DECLARE
BEGIN
TEST1(1202);
END;
This gives me an error.
Why is this?

Answer 1

user610868 wrote:
Hi,
A very simple question.
A have a function called "test1" in my database. It is there i double chekked.
I would like to call this function from a block:
DECLARE
BEGIN
TEST1(1202);
END;
This gives me an error.
Why is this?Hello
A very very basic thing to do when you get an error is to include details of it. That helps narrow it down from one of the 1000s of potential Oracle errors it could be.
Anyway, a function returns a value, and in PL/SQL you need to capture that otherwise you'll get "an error". Modify your code like so
DECLARE
   l_Test1Val     VARCHAR2(4000); --CHANGE THIS TO BE THE SAME AS THE RETURN TYPE FOR YOUR FUNCTION
BEGIN
   l_Test1Val :=  TEST1(1202);
END;HTH
David
Edited by: Bravid on Oct 25, 2011 3:57 PM
removed a ;