DYNAMIC SQL in PL/SQL 2.0/ORACLE 7.0.16 *HELP*

In article <tssmithDAy6qn.6Jw_at_netcom.com>, Tim Smith <tssmith_at_netcom.com> wrote:
>"J. Herman Elenbaas" <elenbaas_at_prl.philips.nl> writes:
>>Dynamical SQL in PL/SQL is possible via the dbms_sql routines (
>>dbms_sql.open_cursor, dbms_parse and dbms_sql.close_cursor).
 

>>An example is given in the booklet "PL/SQL Release 2.1 and Oracle
>>precompilers 1.6 addendum" and on http://gserver.grads.vt.edu/.
>
>Also look in the Application Developer's Guide, if you have 7.1 or
>later. The dynamic SQL routines are documented there.
>

I am running PL/SQL 2.0 under ORACLE 7.0.16 and I tried the "dbms_sql.function()' in PL/SQL block. I have problem getting it compilied, and the error message is:

  cur := dbms_sql.open_cursor;

                  *

ORA-06550: line 13, column 19:
PLS-00201: identifier 'DBMS_SQL.OPEN_CURSOR' must be declared
ORA-06550: line 13, column 3:

ORA-06550: line 15, column 39:
PLS-00201: identifier 'DBMS_SQL.V7' must be declared
ORA-06550: line 15, column 3:

I am wondering if the 'dbms_sql.function()' feature is supported in ORACLE 7.0.16, for PL/SQL 2.0. Thanks for the above help, and appreciate any further pointers.

Victor Addepalli/..

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