ORA-00900: invalid SQL statement- when run a procedure in oracle 10g

Question

I am using Oracle 10g database and trying to run a procedure using SQL commands.

create or replace procedure "exam" is
begin
  DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE('Test');
end;

Then click on Run button. It shows: "procedure created".

When I try to execute it using:

execute exam;

then click on Run button, it shows:

ORA-00900: invalid SQL statement

Thanks for your help.

Solution 1

Just noticed a detail in your question. You press run button. Thus, you must be using an IDE.

You cannot use execute in IDEs - it is an sql*plus command. It might work in Oracle SQL Developer though, but I wouldn't use it there anyway;

Try

begin
  exam;
end;

Solution 2

See: Syntax error while trying to call an Oracle package using ODBC in C#

You have to put "{" and "}" before the command. Example:

    processListCmd.CommandType = CommandType.StoredProcedure;
    processListCmd.CommandText = "{ call rep_invnr_proclist }";
    processListCmd.ExecuteNonQuery();

Comments

[kumar]

when used: create or replace procedure exam is begin DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE('Test'); end; same error is coming.

[David Aldridge]

Must be the way that you're executing it in whatever tool you're using then. Does it work in SQL*Plus? If not, you may be executing it as SQL instead of as a procedure call.

[Kirill Leontev]

if you quote your procedure name, then you should also quote procedure call. if you do not - don't quote in both places.

[Kirill Leontev]

try create or replace exam... , execute exam; (no quotes)

[Line]

the question is not related to C#

[Line]

that should be rather a comment, it does not provide the solution in my opinion

[Michael Kremser]

@Line You are absolutely right! Probably I got confused with too many browser tabs opened and picked the wrong tab when answering.

[Magnus Reftel]

Actually, this may be the correct answer. Since, as @kirill-leontev pointed out, @kumar seems not to be using SQL*Plus, using { call ... } instead of exec ... should work better.