Error when I run the procedure

Question

Can someone look at the below procedure and let me know how can I fix the error msg. thanks
SQL> create or replace procedure getvendor( p_cursor in out types.cursorType )
  2  as
  3  begin
  4 
  5  open p_cursor for SELECT DISTINCT
  6  V.VENDOR ,
  7  R.ADDRNUM,
  8  V.VNAMEL,
  9  R.AADDR1,
10  R.ACITY,
11  R.ASTATE,
12  R.AZIPCODE,
13  R.APHONE,
14  TO_Char( (MAX(P.DATEPUR)), 'YYYY-MM-DD') as Purchase_Date
15  FROM VENDOR V,
16  VENDADDR R,
17  PLANHOLD P
18  WHERE V.VENDOR = R.VENDOR AND
19  P.VENDOR = R.VENDOR AND
20  (P.DATEPUR >= TO_DATE('2002-01-01','YYYY-MM-DD') )
21  AND V.VOBSOLET = 'N' GROUP BY V.VENDOR, R.ADDRNUM, V.VNAMEL, R.AADDR1, R.ACITY, R.ASTATE,R.AZIP
CODE, R.APHONE ORDER BY V.VNAMEL;
22 
23  end;
24 
25  /
Warning: Procedure created with compilation errors.
SQL> show err
Errors for PROCEDURE GETVENDOR:
LINE/COL ERROR
0/0      PL/SQL: Compilation unit analysis terminated
1/38     PLS-00201: identifier 'TYPES.CURSORTYPE' must be declared
SQL>

Answer 1

It seems you followed Tom Kyte's example from here http://asktom.oracle.com/~tkyte/ResultSets/index.html
But you forgot to create the package
create or replace package types
as
    type cursorType is ref cursor;
end;
/ If you are using 9.2 or above you can use the predefined SYS_REFCURSOR rather than declaring your own type
create or replace procedure getvendor( p_cursor in out SYS_REFCURSOR )