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Legal and illegal formal parameters which are constrained by length
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SQL> CREATE OR REPLACE PROCEDURE ParameterLength (
2 p_Parameter1 IN OUT VARCHAR2(10),
3 p_Parameter2 IN OUT NUMBER(3,1)) AS
4 BEGIN
5 p_Parameter1 := 'abcdefghijklm';
6 p_Parameter2 := 12.3;
7 END ParameterLength;
8 /
Warning: Procedure created with compilation errors.
SQL> SHOW ERRORS
Errors for PROCEDURE PARAMETERLENGTH:
LINE/COL ERROR
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2/31 PLS-00103: Encountered the symbol "(" when expecting one of the
following:
:= . ) , @ % default character
The symbol ":=" was substituted for "(" to continue.
3/29 PLS-00103: Encountered the symbol "(" when expecting one of the
following:
:= . ) , @ % default character
The symbol ":=" was substituted for "(" to continue.
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SQL> DECLARE
2 v_Variable1 VARCHAR2(40);
3 v_Variable2 NUMBER(7,3);
4 BEGIN
5 ParameterLength(v_Variable1, v_Variable2);
6 END;
7 /
ParameterLength(v_Variable1, v_Variable2);
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ERROR at line 5:
ORA-06550: line 5, column 3:
PLS-00905: object RNTSOFT.PARAMETERLENGTH is invalid
ORA-06550: line 5, column 3:
PL/SQL: Statement ignored
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