List using pl/sql

Question

Hi Experts,
I am trying to create DHTML Expanding list from the database table using pl/sql code.
For this I am putting below code in current list entry tab in list.
declare
v_cnt pls_integer := 0;
begin
htp.prn('<ul class="my_list">');
for i in (select id,name from output_t)
loop
htp.prn('<li>'||htf.escape_sc(i.name)||'</li>');
v_cnt := 0;
for j in (select output_id,detail_name from details_t where details_t.output_id = i.id )
loop
v_cnt := v_cnt+1;
if v_cnt = 1 then
htp.prn('<ul class="my_sublist">');
end if;
htp.prn('<li>'||htf.escape_sc(j.detail_name)||'</li>');
end loop;
if v_cnt > 0 then
htp.prn('</ul>');
end if;
end loop;
htp.prn('</ul>');
end;
But it shows error like:
Application=22976 Page=2 SQLERRM=ORA-06550: line 1, column 34: PLS-00103: Encountered the symbol "DECLARE" when expecting one of the following: ( ) - + case mod new not null table continue avg count current exists max min prior sql stddev sum variance execute multiset the both leading trailing forall merge year month day hour minute second timezone_hour timezone_minute timezone_region timezone_abbr time timestamp interval date
Any idea it works fine in sql command when i try to run it.
Thanks in advance.
Regards,
Digisha

Answer 1

Thanks for the suggestion. I like this approach as Java is more familiar to me than other languages.
Our DBA is out of touch today, so I could not grant the javauserpriv to my database user. I tried to run the script anyway in the chance that my user had the privs, and it seemed to have hung. I am now combing Oracle's site for more documentation so I can write some tests to see if I can get a basic Java object working. Under what heading would I find this?
ajt