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Re: Problem Trying to Create Procedure

From: Mark Smith <marksmit_at_nortelnetworks.com>
Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2006 16:33:47 -0400
Message-ID: <eepk7c$aif$1@zcars129.ca.nortel.com>

"Mark Smith" <marksmit_at_nortelnetworks.com> wrote in message news:eepd4d$al5$1_at_zcars129.ca.nortel.com...
>I am a newbie, so this may be a simple question. I have a sql script
>called p_chp_proc.sql, which creates a procedure called p_chp:
>
> CREATE OR REPLACE PROCEDURE p_chp( encoded IN VARCHAR )
> IS
> len int := length(encoded);
> i int;
> new_password varchar(30);
> BEGIN
> -- decode password
> for i IN 1..len loop
> new_password := substr(encoded, i*2, 1);
> end loop;
>
> -- change password
> EXECUTE IMMEDIATE 'ALTER USER db_audit IDENTIFIED BY ' || new_password;
>
> END p_chp;
>
>
> When I try and run the script I get the error "SP2-0042: unknown command
> "cr_p_chp" - rest of line ignored." Does anyone know what I am missing?
> Thanks a lot.

Typo...the error actually reads "SP2-0734: unknown command beginning "p_chp_proc..." - rest of line ignored." Received on Tue Sep 19 2006 - 15:33:47 CDT

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