Error invalid statement

Question

In the below procedure
While creating the cursor(CURSOR C_CURSOR IS) its giving an error ORA-00900: invalid SQL statement
CREATE OR REPLACE PROCEDURE CCNN
IS
AUTO VARCHAR2(10);
V_in_ID CYEAR.CY_ID%TYPE;
V_STARTDATE CYEAR.STARTDATE%TYPE;
V_ENDDATE CYEAR.ENDDATE%TYPE;
BEGIN
SELECT STARTDATE INTO V_STARTDATE FROM Table1 WHERE US ='C';
SELECT ENDDATE INTO V_ENDDATE FROM Table1 WHERE US ='C';
CURSOR C_CURSOR IS
SELECT aa.a_NUMBER FROM TABLE10
Where MONTHS_BETWEEN(TO_DATE(V_STARTDATE ,'YYYYMMDD'), AND aa.a_NUMBER IN
( SELECT C_NUMBER FROM Table 10 WHERE
(EXTRACT (MONTH FROM TO_DATE(STARTDATE,'YYYYMMDD')) =
EXTRACT (MONTH FROM TO_DATE(STARTDATE,'YYYYMMDD')))
UNION( select query))
END
END CCNN;
ORA-00900: invalid SQL statement

Answer 1

why is your cursor not in declaration section?
SQL> create or replace procedure abc as
  2     a         NUMBER ( 10 );
  3          CURSOR c1
  4        IS
  5           SELECT 1
  6             FROM DUAL;
  7  BEGIN
  8  null;
  9  END;
10  /
Procedure created.
SQL> create or replace procedure abc as
  2     a         NUMBER ( 10 );
  3  BEGIN
  4       CURSOR c1
  5        IS
  6           SELECT 1
  7             FROM DUAL;
  8 
  9  END;
10  /
Warning: Procedure created with compilation errors.
SQL> show error
Errors for PROCEDURE ABC:
LINE/COL ERROR
4/13     PLS-00103: Encountered the symbol "C1" when expecting one of the
         following:
         := . ( @ % ;
9/1      PLS-00103: Encountered the symbol "END" when expecting one of the
         following:
         begin function package pragma procedure subtype type use
         <an identifier> <a double-quoted delimited-identifier> form
         current cursor
SQL> create or replace procedure abc as
  2     a         NUMBER ( 10 );
  3  BEGIN
  4     DECLARE
  5        CURSOR c1
  6        IS
  7           SELECT 1
  8             FROM DUAL;
  9     BEGIN
10        NULL;
11     END;
12  END;
13  /
Procedure created.Message was edited by:
Chaitanya.S.S.K