In parameter/bind variable( Oracle 10G r/2)

Question

Hi all,
I am trying to pass a date value in Pl/SQL via a table.but befor ethat I attempted to have this variable to be ran during run time.
Currently I have this error:
PLS-00306: wrong number or types of arguments in call to 'HITS'
This is an excerpt of the package which has the error:
<pre>
create or replace
PACKAGE BODY HITS AS
PROCEDURE process(var_v OUT DATE) AS
--local variables
outfile UTL_FILE.file_type;
lv_comma VARCHAR2 (1) := ',';
lv_detail VARCHAR2 (1000);
--open cursor for
CURSOR analyzed_cur
IS
SELECT TO_CHAR(date1, 'DD/MM/YY')HITS
FROM table a
WHERE DATE1 >= var_v
group by TO_CHAR(DATE1, 'DD/MM/YY')
ORDER BY TO_CHAR (DATE1,'DD/MM/YY') DESC;
each_rec analyzed_cur%ROWTYPE;
BEGIN
/* Opening output file name in 'Write' mode */
outfile := UTL_FILE.fopen (gv_exp_directory, gv_file_name, 'w', 32767);
UTL_FILE.put_line (outfile,'HITS');
OPEN analyzed_cur;
BEGIN
LOOP
FETCH analyzed_cur
INTO each_rec;
EXIT WHEN analyzed_cur%NOTFOUND;
lv_detail := '';
lv_detail := lv_detail || each_rec.HITS;
UTL_FILE.put_line (outfile, lv_detail);
END LOOP;
END;
CLOSE analyzed_cur;
/* Close output file */
UTL_FILE.fclose (outfile);
COMMIT;
</pre>
I do not want to pass teh date at run time. I actually would liek it to read via table that will contain the date that can be updated.
create table TEST_HITS (
var_bind number);
insert into TEST_HITS( var_bind)
values(495);
Any help is appreciated.
Thanks.
Edited by: CrackerJack on Aug 9, 2010 6:28 PM

Answer 1

Can you post how you are trying to call the procedure from a package body?
Check this:
SQL> create or replace package hits_11 as
  2  procedure my_process(a number);
  3  end;
  4  /
Package created.
SQL> create or replace package body hits_11 is
  2  procedure my_process(a number) is
  3  begin
  4  dbms_output.put_line(a);
  5  end;
  6  end;
  7  /
Package body created.
SQL> exec hits_11.my_process;
BEGIN hits_11.my_process; END;
ERROR at line 1:
ORA-06550: line 1, column 7:
PLS-00306: wrong number or types of arguments in call to 'MY_PROCESS'
ORA-06550: line 1, column 7:
PL/SQL: Statement ignored
SQL> exec hits_11.my_process(1);
1
PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.
SQL>