PLS -00428-- an INTO clause is expected in the SELECT statement

Question

I dnt know what i'm doing wrong with statement, can you help me please.
DECLARE start_date DATE:= to_date('01/09/2006' , 'DD-MON-YYYY');
end_date DATE:= to_date('30/09/2006' , 'DD-MON-YYYY');
BEGIN
SELECT t.SEC_SHORT_NAME, t.SEC_ISIN, t.SEC_NO,t.SEC_NAME, t.TRADE_DATE,
t.PAYMENT_DATE,t.COUNTERPARTY, t.PRICE , t.NOMINAL ,
                    t.TRANSACTION_NO,t.CURRENT_VALUE_PC, t.CURRENT_VALUE_SC, t.PAYMENT_AMOUNT_PC,
                    t.PAYMENT_AMOUNT_SC,
               ct.AMOUNT , ct.CURRENCY,
          sb.BUSINESS_CLASS_LEVEL_2 ,sb.BUSINESS_CLASS_LEVEL_2_NAME,
          sb.BUSINESS_CLASS_LEVEL_3 ,sb.BUSINESS_CLASS_LEVEL_3_NAME,
          sb.BUSINESS_CLASS_LEVEL_4 ,sb.BUSINESS_CLASS_LEVEL_4_NAME,
sb.BUSINESS_CLASS_LEVEL_5 ,sb.BUSINESS_CLASS_LEVEL_5_NAME
from scdat.A_TRANSACTIONS t
INNER JOIN scdat.A_COSTTAX ct     
     ON ct.TRANS_REF = t.TRANS_REF
INNER JOIN scdat.A_SECS_BUSINESS_CLASS_TS sb
ON sb.SEC_REF = t.SEC_REF           
where t.TRADE_DATE >= to_char(start_date ,'DD-MON-YYYY')
and t.TRADE_DATE < to_char(end_date ,'DD-MON-YYYY')
and ct.COST_NAME = 'Broker commission'
and sb.BUSINESS_CLASS_DEFINITION = 'FTSE';
END;

Answer 1

i think you should have placed your SELECT statement in a cursor variables since you
are using a date range instead of the INTO clause. this is to avoid too many rows error.
DECLARE
  Cursor c1(pStartDate Date, pEndDate Date) Is
    SELECT t.SEC_SHORT_NAME,
           t.SEC_ISIN,
           t.SEC_NO,
           t.SEC_NAME,
           t.TRADE_DATE,
           t.PAYMENT_DATE,
           t.COUNTERPARTY,
           t.PRICE,
           t.NOMINAL ,
           t.TRANSACTION_NO,
           t.CURRENT_VALUE_PC,
           t.CURRENT_VALUE_SC,
           t.PAYMENT_AMOUNT_PC,
           t.PAYMENT_AMOUNT_SC,
           ct.AMOUNT,
           ct.CURRENCY,
           sb.BUSINESS_CLASS_LEVEL_2,
           sb.BUSINESS_CLASS_LEVEL_2_NAME,
           sb.BUSINESS_CLASS_LEVEL_3,
           sb.BUSINESS_CLASS_LEVEL_3_NAME,
           sb.BUSINESS_CLASS_LEVEL_4,
           sb.BUSINESS_CLASS_LEVEL_4_NAME,
           sb.BUSINESS_CLASS_LEVEL_5,
           sb.BUSINESS_CLASS_LEVEL_5_NAME
      FROM scdat.A_TRANSACTIONS t
           INNER JOIN scdat.A_COSTTAX ct ON ct.TRANS_REF = t.TRANS_REF
           INNER JOIN scdat.A_SECS_BUSINESS_CLASS_TS sb ON sb.SEC_REF = t.SEC_REF
     WHERE t.TRADE_DATE                >= pStartDate
       AND t.TRADE_DATE                 < pEndDate
       AND ct.COST_NAME                 = 'Broker commission'
       AND sb.BUSINESS_CLASS_DEFINITION = 'FTSE';
  start_date     DATE:= to_date('01/09/2006','DD-MON-YYYY');
  end_date       DATE:= to_date('30/09/2006','DD-MON-YYYY');
BEGIN
  For c1_rec in c1(start_date, end_date) Loop
     dbms_output.put_line('t.SEC_SHORT_NAME: '||t.SEC_SHORT_NAME);
     dbms_output.put_line('t.SEC_ISIN: '||t.SEC_ISIN);
  End Loop;
END;