Invoking a procedure in the package

Question

Hi All,
I am planning to invoke three procedures into one package...
the main problem is the procedures are like procedures with in the procedures
so while iam invoking do i need to specify the main procedure (or) all the procedures in the package specification?
oracle version: 10g

Answer 1

Are you saying that you have a stucture like this?
PROCEDURE p (p_var IN NUMBER) IS
   < variable declarations >
   PROCEDURE inside_p (p_var2 IN NUMBER) IS
      < inside_p variables >
   BEGIN
      < inside_p body >
   END inside_p;
BEGIN
   < do_stuff >
   inside_p(42);
   < do more stuff >
END p;If so, then you only need to declare p in your package spec, in fact you cannot declate inside_p in your spec since it is only "known" within the scope of p. That is, you cannot even call it from another procedure in the package, let alone form outside.
However, if you have a structure more like:
PROCEDURE inside_p (p_var2 IN NUMBER) IS
   < inside_p variables >
BEGIN
   < inside_p body >
END inside_p;
PROCEDURE p (p_var IN NUMBER) IS
   < variable declarations >
BEGIN
   < do_stuff >
   inside_p(42);
   < do more stuff >
END p;Then you can declare inside_p in the package spec, but do not neccessarily have to. If you want to be able to call inside_p on it's own form outside the package then it needs to be in the package spec. If you just want it to be available to procedures within the package then you do not need to declare it in the space.
John