Error message with procedure

Question

Hello,
I am totally stuk.
I have research and read but I just can't figure it out.
I tried to follow examples and i thought i had it right. I guess not...
I am useing oracle10g 10.2.0.3
this is a transaction procedure that I have been working on all day.
I thought I was close.
The exercise that I am doing is practicing with the rollback and savepoint.
The exercise said not to use parameters.
can someone please help me to understand this error and maybe suggest an idea?
The number below "56", appeared when i enter the execution. i don't know why it displayed.
My procedure won't run enough to show the warning. I had to enter a "/" to show the warning.
On top of that I totally don't understand the error message. I understand that the begin and the end is required in a procedure.
so can someone help me !!
the error messaage:
SQL> @c:\cmis\proc_5\exc_3.sql
56 /
Warning: Procedure created with compilation errors.
SQL> show error;
Errors for PROCEDURE WEEK11_PROC:
LINE/COL ERROR
2/1 PLS-00103: Encountered the symbol "BEGIN" when expecting one of
the following:
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my procedure:
will perform transactions of inserting values into the catalog table while useing the rollback and savepoint.
the table is empty at this point.
set serveroutput on
CREATE OR REPLACE PROCEDURE week11_proc
begin
     set transaction transac 1;
          insert into catalog1
               VALUES ('cmis420', 'Advance Relational Database', 'Bill Warren', sysdate, 'Jean Todd', sysdate);
          insert into catalog1
               VALUES ('CMST385', 'Introduction To XHTML', 'Terry Woods', sysdate, 'john Miller', sysdate);
          EXCEPTION
               WHEN OTHERS THEN
          DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE('error inserting class: '|| substr(SQLERRM,1,75));
               ROLLBACK;
     set transaction transact 2;     
          insert into catalog1
               VALUES ('cmst170', 'Introduction To XML', 'richard Jones', sysdate, 'Mary Smith', sysdate);
          insert into catalog1
               values ('CMIS315', 'Programming in C++', 'richard Jones', sysdate, 'Paul Todd', sysdate);
               savepoint transact2;
          EXCEPTION
               WHEN OTHERS THEN
               DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE('error inserting class: '|| substr(SQLERRM,1,75));
          rollback to transact 1;
     set transaction transact 3;
          insert into catalog1
               values ('CMIS111', 'Social Networking and Cybersecurity Best Practices', 'Terry Woods', sysdate, 'john Miller', sysdate);'
          insert into catalog1
               values ('CMIS125', Programming in', sysdate, C#', 'richard Jones', sysdate, Peter Greenburg', sysdate);
               savepoint trans3;
          EXCEPTION
               WHEN OTHERS THEN
          DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE('error inserting class: '|| substr(SQLERRM,1,75));
          rollback to savepoint transact2;
     set transaction transact4;
          insert into catalog1
               values ('CMIS225', 'Developing Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF)', 'George Allen', sysdate, 'Richard Jones', sysdate);
          insert into catalog1
               values ('CMIS465', 'Software Verification and Validation', 'Bill Warren', sysdate, 'Jean Todd', sysdate);
               savepoint transact4;
          EXCEPTION
          WHEN OTHERS THEN
DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE('error inserting class: '|| substr(SQLERRM,1,75));
     rollback to savepoint transact1;
     end;
kabrajo

Answer 1

CREATE OR REPLACE PROCEDURE week11_proc is
begin
set transaction transac 1;
insert into catalog1
VALUES ('cmis420', 'Advance Relational Database', 'Bill Warren', sysdate, 'Jean Todd', sysdate);
insert into catalog1
VALUES ('CMST385', 'Introduction To XHTML', 'Terry Woods', sysdate, 'john Miller', sysdate);
EXCEPTION
WHEN OTHERS THEN
DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE('error inserting class: '|| substr(SQLERRM,1,75));
ROLLBACK;
set transaction transact 2;
insert into catalog1
VALUES ('cmst170', 'Introduction To XML', 'richard Jones', sysdate, 'Mary Smith', sysdate);
insert into catalog1
values ('CMIS315', 'Programming in C++', 'richard Jones', sysdate, 'Paul Todd', sysdate);
savepoint transact2;
EXCEPTION
WHEN OTHERS THEN
DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE('error inserting class: '|| substr(SQLERRM,1,75));
rollback to transact 1;
set transaction transact 3;
insert into catalog1
values ('CMIS111', 'Social Networking and Cybersecurity Best Practices', 'Terry Woods', sysdate, 'john Miller', sysdate);'
insert into catalog1
values ('CMIS125', Programming in', sysdate, C#', 'richard Jones', sysdate, Peter Greenburg', sysdate);
savepoint trans3;
EXCEPTION
WHEN OTHERS THEN
DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE('error inserting class: '|| substr(SQLERRM,1,75));
rollback to savepoint transact2;
set transaction transact4;
insert into catalog1
values ('CMIS225', 'Developing Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF)', 'George Allen', sysdate, 'Richard Jones', sysdate);
insert into catalog1
values ('CMIS465', 'Software Verification and Validation', 'Bill Warren', sysdate, 'Jean Todd', sysdate);
savepoint transact4;
EXCEPTION
WHEN OTHERS THEN
DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE('error inserting class: '|| substr(SQLERRM,1,75));
rollback to savepoint transact1;
end;