Help with running a stored procedure

Question

Hi, could anybody help me with debugging this stored procedure:
extraction_date in varchar2
as
begin
execute immediate '
     declare
     /* Output file handler */
     fileHandler UTL_FILE.FILE_TYPE;
     asset_id VARCHAR2(60) := '''';
cursor c_table is
     SELECT "ASSET ID"
     FROM REUT_MAIN_BOND
     WHERE MATURITY > TO_DATE(' || extraction_date || ', "MM-DD-YYYY");
     row c_table%ROWTYPE;
begin
fileHandler := UTL_FILE.FOPEN(''TEMP'', ''northfielddescupdate.in'', ''w'',32000);
     for row in c_table
     loop
     asset_id := row.ASSET;
     UTL_FILE.PUTF(fileHandler, ''asset_id'', ''\n'');
end loop;
     UTL_FILE.FCLOSE(fileHandler);
end;';
commit;     
end;
when I run it - SQL> exec create_in_file('08102004')
it gives me the following errors:
ERROR at line 1:
ORA-06550: line 8, column 11:
PL/SQL: ORA-06553: PLS-103: Encountered the symbol "CALL" when expecting one of
the following:
<an identifier> <a double-quoted delimited-identifier>
ORA-06553: PLS-112: end-of-line in quoted identifier
ORA-06550: line 7, column 2:
PL/SQL: SQL Statement ignored
ORA-06550: line 6, column 8:
PLS-00341: declaration of cursor 'C_TABLE' is incomplete or malformed
ORA-06550: line 10, column 5:
PL/SQL: Item ignored
ORA-06550: line 15, column 14:
PLS-00364: loop index variable 'ROW' use is invalid
ORA-06550: line 15, column 2:
PL/SQL: Statement ignored
ORA-06512: at "PETAR_NORTHFIELD.CREATE_IN_FILE", line 6
ORA-06512: at line 1
Thank you for your help

Answer 1

Q #1 (and possibly the only question) - why are you using NDS for this?