How to use NTILE in a stored proc.?

Question

My module works in SQL*Plus but not in a stored proc. Have tried dynamic SQL to no avail.
Has anyone been successful (in 8.1.7)? If so, how did you overcome the problem?

Answer 1

Thanks, Rich.
Here is my similar effort:
create or replace procedure New_CSD_Hist(p_yr IN number,
                                        p_qtr IN number,
                                        p_market IN varchar2)
is
     TYPE CSD_cur_type is REF CURSOR;
     CSD_cur           CSD_cur_type;
     more_data           BOOLEAN:=TRUE;
begin
OPEN CDS_cur FOR
SELECT client,
          (ntile(3) over(order by sum(csd_spend) DESC)) as csd
from      csd_hist
where      csd = '0' and
          csd_spend > 0 and
          market = p_market and
          yr = p_yr and
          qtr = p_qtr
group by client;
HERE is another effort, trying to follow an example from Pipelines:
lv_stmnt :=
'declare '||
'lv_yr varchar2(4) := :1; '||
'lv_qtr varchar2(1) := :2; '||
'lv_market varchar2(16) := :3; '||
'begin '||
'insert into clientspend select client,'||
'ntile(3) over (order by sum(csd_spend) DESC) as csd '||
'from csd_hist where csd = ''0'' and csd_spend > 0 and '||
'market = :3 and yr = :1 and qtr = :2 '||
'group by client; end;';
execute immediate lv_stmnt using p_yr,p_qtr,p_market;
commit;
Again,
Thanks for your comments and suggestions.,
Dick Berry