Problem with PL/SQL Procedure

Question

Hi,
the following procedure doesn't work:
PROCEDURE "DATEDIMENSION" (start_date in date, end_date in date) is
current_date date;
days_offset number;
days_between number := end_date - start_date;
BEGIN
execute immediate
'create or replace table dwh_dim_date
( FULL_DATE date NOT NULL,
DAY_OF_WEEK number(1) NOT NULL,
DAY_NUMBER_IN_CALENDAR_MONTH number(2) NOT NULL
for days_offset IN 0..days_between
loop
current_date := start_date + days_offset;
execute immediate
insert into dwh_dim_date
( "FULL_DATE",
"DAY_OF_WEEK",
"DAY_NUMBER_IN_CALENDAR_MONTH"
values
select
to_date(current_date, "DD.MM.YYYY"),
to_number(to_char(current_date, "D")),
to_number(to_char(current_date, "DD")),
from
dual
END LOOP;
END;
Can anybody help?
Thanks,
Walter

Answer 1

What version of oracle are you running?
This works fine 9.2.0.6
  1  create or replace PROCEDURE DATEDIMENSION
  2   (start_date in date, end_date in date) is
  3  curr_date date;
  4  days_offset number;
  5  days_between number := end_date - start_date;
  6  BEGIN
  7    for days_offset IN 0..days_between
  8    loop
  9       curr_date := start_date + days_offset;
10       insert into dwh_dim_date
11            ( "FULL_DATE",
12              "DAY_OF_WEEK",
13              "DAY_NUMBER_IN_CALENDAR_MONTH")
14      values(curr_date,
15             to_number(to_char(curr_date, 'D')),
16             to_number(to_char(curr_date, 'DD')) );
17  END LOOP;
18* END;
SQL> /
Procedure created.
SQL> execute DATEDIMENSION (to_date('01.01.1901', 'DD.MM.YYYY'), to_date('31.12.2099', 'DD.MM.YYYY'))
PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.
SQL>