Source does not have a runnable target.

Question

I am just learning Stored Procedures. I have Oracle SQL Developer Version 1.5.1 loaded, going against 11G running on Ubuntu Linux.
I try to build a very basic Stored Procedure:
CREATE OR REPLACE
PROCEDURE HR.TEST AS
BEGIN
Select * from hr.jobs
NULL;
END HR.TEST;
I always receive the following error:
Source does not have a runnable target
I always post these question in the wrong area on this Forum, so go ahead and just direct me to the correct forum if applicable.
Any ideas?
Thanks Zach

Answer 1

Ah, so Tom O'Neill was not writing about Oracle. The clue was in the title, "SQL Server Stored Procedures for Beginners". Easy to miss perhaps ;)
This is a valid procedure:
CREATE OR REPLACE PROCEDURE test
    ( p_salary       IN  jobs.min_salary%TYPE
    , p_out_results  OUT SYS_REFCURSOR )
AS
BEGIN
    OPEN p_out_results FOR
        SELECT *
        FROM   jobs
        WHERE  p_salary BETWEEN min_salary AND max_salary
        ORDER BY min_salary, max_salary, job_title;
END test;Here's how you might call it from SQL*Plus:
SQL> var results refcursor
SQL> exec test(3000, :results)
PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.
SQL> print :results
JOB_ID     JOB_TITLE                           MIN_SALARY MAX_SALARY
ST_CLERK   Stock Clerk                               2000       5000
PU_CLERK   Purchasing Clerk                          2500       5500
SH_CLERK   Shipping Clerk                            2500       5500
AD_ASST    Administration Assistant                  3000       6000
4 rows selected.or if you prefer,
SQL> set autoprint on
SQL>
SQL> exec test(3000, :results)
PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.
JOB_ID     JOB_TITLE                           MIN_SALARY MAX_SALARY
ST_CLERK   Stock Clerk                               2000       5000
PU_CLERK   Purchasing Clerk                          2500       5500
SH_CLERK   Shipping Clerk                            2500       5500
AD_ASST    Administration Assistant                  3000       6000
4 rows selected.No idea how to call it from SQL Developer, sorry.