Using Create table command in a Pl/Sql Anonymous Block

Hi,
I need to create a table dynamically based on the table_name and column_names that a user wants. When I use a Pl/sql Anonymous block to do this, it complains. Any suggestions ?
Thanks,
Marisa

Personally this sounds like a bad design to me. I would say under most "normal" circumstances, you should not be creating tables on the fly. Especially one where a user has control over what columns,datatypes to use. Let a developer or dba take care of that.

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2 (
3 F1 INTEGER,
4 F2 INTEGER
5 )
6 /
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SCOTT @ nx102 Local>
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2 (
3 F1 INTEGER,
4 F2 INTEGER
5 )
6 /
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3 /
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3 /
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2     a INTEGER;
3
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11
12        COMMIT;
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