Testing Procedures and Function manually with EXEC / BEGIN..END

This is what i noticed in SQL*Plus
while executing Functions and Procedures with OUT parameter.
1) For functions You can use EXEC like
variable mybindvar number;
exec :mybindvar:= gen_shpmt_num(2075490);and this ran successfully
2) For procedures with OUT parameter using EXEC returned error
variable mybindvar number;
exec :mybindvar:= fill_turn_locns(parameter list,.....,OUT_parameter/:mybindvar not included);
ERROR at line 1:
ORA-00900: invalid SQL statementBut when i use BEGIN and END for this , it will run successfully
variable mybindvar number;
begin fill_turn_locns(parameter list,.....,:mybindvar);
PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.
SQL> print mybindvar;
MYVAR
1For functions i can use EXEC and for Procedures with OUT parameter i have to use BEGIN ..END. Right?
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M.Zipaj

This is what i noticed in SQL*Plus
while executing Functions and Procedures with OUT
parameter.
1) For functions You can use EXEC like
variable mybindvar number;
exec :mybindvar:= gen_shpmt_num(2075490);and this ran successfully
2) For procedures with OUT parameter using EXEC
returned error
variable mybindvar number;
exec :mybindvar:= fill_turn_locns(parameter
list,.....,OUT_parameter/:mybindvar not included);
ERROR at line 1:
ORA-00900: invalid SQL statementBut when i use BEGIN and END for this , it will run
successfully
variable mybindvar number;
begin fill_turn_locns(parameter
list,.....,:mybindvar);
PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.
SQL> print mybindvar;
MYVAR
1
or functions i can use EXEC and for Procedures with
OUT parameter i have to use BEGIN ..END. Right?
Message was edited by:
M.ZipajYou try to execute your procedure by assigning the return value to a variable:
exec :mybindvar:= fill_turn_locns(parameter list,.....,OUT_parameter/:mybindvar not included);
A procedure should not return a value, you can call your procedure by executing:
exec fill_turn_locns(parameter list,.....,OUT_parameter/:mybindvar not included);

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satyaki>
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