Problem with calling out parameter

Question

create table ee(id number,name varchar2(10))
insert into ee values(1,'o')
create table ee1 as select * from ee where 1=0
CREATE OR REPLACE PROCEDURE p(OUT_count OUT NUMBER)
AS
CURSOR cur1 IS
SELECT id, name from ee1;
v_count NUMBER := 0;
BEGIN -- MAIN
FOR row1 IN cur1
LOOP
BEGIN
INSERT INTO ee
( id,name)
VALUES ( row1.id,row1.name);
v_count := v_count + 1;
EXCEPTION
WHEN OTHERS THEN
null;
RAISE;
END;
END LOOP;
OUT_count := v_count;
COMMIT;
EXCEPTION
WHEN OTHERS THEN
null;
     RAISE ;
END;
begin
scott.p;
end;
i get error

Answer 1

Hi,
Whenever you have an error, post the full eroor message, including the line number.
Indent your code, to show the scope of BEGIN, IF, LOOP, and other statements.
When you post code on this site, type these 6 characters
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If the procedure is defined as having one argument, an OUT argument, then you must call it with one argument, and it must be a variable (not a literal) of the correct type (NUMBER, in this case).
What is the point of
EXCEPTION
    WHEN OTHERS THEN
        null;
        RAISE;? Why catch the exceptions at all?
Edited by: Frank Kulash on Mar 30, 2009 5:14 PM