Executing a stored proc from inside a stored proc

Question

Hi,
I'm trying to execute a stored procedure from inside another stored procedure, and I can't seem to work out the correct syntax to use, could someone please give me a pointer, it's starting to drive me insane :]
CREATE OR REPLACE PROCEDURE foo (blah in type) AS
BEGIN
EXEC OTHER_STORED_PROC();
END;
Thank you kindly,
Anthony...

Answer 1

EXEC is a SQL*Plus command, not PL/SQL syntax. In SQL*Plus, EXEC <<procedure name>> is just shorthand for
BEGIN
  <<procedure name>>
END;Calling a stored procedure from another stored procedure (or any PL/SQL block), can bypass the extra begin/end pair because it's already inside a PL/SQL block. Thus, the syntax you need is just
CREATE OR REPLACE PROCEDURE foo (bar IN type)
AS
BEGIN
  other_stored_procedure();
END;Justin
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