ORA-00923 When deploying mapping

Question

Hi all,
I have a project which contains a mapping with an expression. This expression uses a function, which declares a cursor, in order to fetch values from a staging table, as follows:
--initialize variables here
P_MSISDN NUMBER;
V_ROW MAP_PSEUDO_NUMBERS_STG%ROWTYPE;
CURSOR C_MAP_PSEUDO_NUMBERS IS
SELECT * FROM MAP_PSEUDO_NUMBERS_STG;
-- main body
BEGIN
OPEN C_MAP_PSEUDO_NUMBERS;
IF C_MAP_PSEUDO_NUMBERS%ISOPEN THEN
LOOP
FETCH C_MAP_PSEUDO_NUMBERS INTO V_ROW;
EXIT WHEN C_MAP_PSEUDO_NUMBERS%NOTFOUND;
IF (INSTR(TO_CHAR(P_MSISDN), V_ROW.PSEUDO_NUMBER_ID) = 1) THEN
RETURN 4; -- Pseudo Number
END IF;
END LOOP;
RETURN NULL;
END IF;
EXCEPTION
WHEN OTHERS THEN
NULL; -- enter any exception code here
RETURN NULL;
END;
The mapping's expression operator uses this function as follows:
IF "PK_PRJ_LOAD"."LOAD_ALL_PSEUDO_NUMBERS"(INGRP1.MSISDN) <> NULL THEN
"PK_PRJ_LOAD"."LOAD_ALL_PSEUDO_NUMBERS"(INGRP1.MSISDN)
ELSE
CASE
WHEN (INGRP1.PAYMENTTYPE IS NULL) THEN 0 -- Unknown
WHEN (INGRP1.PAYMENTTYPE='C') THEN 1 -- Postpaid
WHEN (INGRP1.PAYMENTTYPE='P') THEN 2 -- Prepaid
WHEN (INGRP1.PAYMENTTYPE='H') THEN 3 -- Hybrid
ELSE 0 -- Unknown
END
Where "PK_PRJ_LOAD"."LOAD_ALL_PSEUDO_NUMBERS"(INGRP1.MSISDN) is the function mentioned above.
The sql query is fine, and when I run the script in SQL developer, it runs ok. However, when I try to deploy the mapping that uses the function, I get this error:
PL/SQL: ORA-00923: FROM keyword not found where expected
I wonder whether I can use cursors in OWB functions, or else, where the problem is. Any ideas?
Thanks in advance
G.

Answer 1

I think problem is with
this part
IF "PK_PRJ_LOAD"."LOAD_ALL_PSEUDO_NUMBERS"(INGRP1.MSISDN) NULL THEN
"PK_PRJ_LOAD"."LOAD_ALL_PSEUDO_NUMBERS"(INGRP1.MSISDN)
ELSE
CASE
WHEN (INGRP1.PAYMENTTYPE IS NULL) THEN 0 -- Unknown
WHEN (INGRP1.PAYMENTTYPE='C') THEN 1 -- Postpaid
WHEN (INGRP1.PAYMENTTYPE='P') THEN 2 -- Prepaid
WHEN (INGRP1.PAYMENTTYPE='H') THEN 3 -- Hybrid
ELSE 0 -- Unknown
ENDinstead of "if" (i never tried "if" in expression) try to use CASE avd first try with simple one.. like
Case when "PK_PRJ_LOAD"."LOAD_ALL_PSEUDO_NUMBERS"(INGRP1.MSISDN) IS NULL  THEN
1
else  2
endand check if it work....
Cheers
Nawneet
Edited by: Nawneet on Oct 13, 2009 7:56 AM