Create publicsynonyms for anonymous pl/sql block

Question

Hi,
How do I create a public synonym for an anonymous PL/SQL block?
BEGIN
     IF a IS NOT NULL
     THEN
          OPEN b;
          LOOP
               FETCH b INTO Func;
          EXIT WHEN b%NOTFOUND;
               c := c || Func || ',';
          END LOOP;
          CLOSE b;
          c := SUBSTR(c, 1, LENGTH(TRIM(c))-1);
     END IF;
     return c;
END abc;
ERROR at line 2:
ORA-06550: line 2, column 5:
PLS-00201: identifier 'a' must be declared
ORA-06550: line 2, column 2:
PL/SQL: Statement ignored
ORA-06550: line 19, column 2:
PLS-00372: In a procedure, RETURN statement cannot contain an expression
ORA-06550: line 19, column 2:
PL/SQL: Statement ignored

Answer 1

Hi,
CrackerJack wrote:
Hi,
How do I create a public synonym for an anonymous PL/SQL block?A synonym is an alternate name.
Anonymous bblocks, by definition, don't have names, so they can't have alternate names. Also, they're not stored, so what good would it do if you could have synonyms for them?
An anonymous block is just a quick and dirty alternative to a procedure, anyway. Why not make a procedure, or a function?
BEGIN
     IF a IS NOT NULL
     THEN
          OPEN b;
          LOOP
               FETCH b INTO Func;
          EXIT WHEN b%NOTFOUND;
               c := c || Func || ',';
          END LOOP;
          CLOSE b;
          c := SUBSTR(c, 1, LENGTH(TRIM(c))-1);
     END IF;
     return c;
END abc;
ERROR at line 2:
ORA-06550: line 2, column 5:
PLS-00201: identifier 'a' must be declared
ORA-06550: line 2, column 2:
PL/SQL: Statement ignored
ORA-06550: line 19, column 2:
PLS-00372: In a procedure, RETURN statement cannot contain an expression
ORA-06550: line 19, column 2:
PL/SQL: Statement ignoredThis code looks like part of a function, that was named abc. Where is the beginning part of that function? The errors are caused because it is missing the part where this was declared as a function, and the part where the local variables a, c and func, and the cursor b, were defined.
Does thsi function have something to do with the original question: "How do I create a public synonym for an anonymous PL/SQL block?"?
What are you trying to do?