bind within functions

I would like to set a bind variable within a function

I tried the following:

VARIABLE x NUMBER

CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION setX
RETURN NUMBER IS
BEGIN
  :x := 2;
  RETURN 0;
END;
/

but I received the syntax error

4/3 PLS-00049: bad bind variable 'X'

How have I to declar x

Thanks Received on Tue May 24 2005 - 02:46:38 CDT