Re: PL/SQL packages HELP?

In article <4hjglh$6eb_at_cafe.telecall.co.uk>, Daniel Cunliffe <djcunlif_at_glam.ac.uk> writes
>Hello,
>After hours of frustration I have decided it is time to consult the
>collective net-knowledge on the following (probably trivial) problem:
>
>I am using the Procedure Builder to write a PL/SQL package which I am
>storing as a database object. From within this package I want to
>refer to the standard built in packages, specifically TEXT_IO.
>
>Currently I refer to the contents of this package thusly:
>
>TEXT_IO.FILE_TYPE
>
>for instance. However the compiler does not like this when I use it from
>a stored DB package, or stored Program unit - though it is OK from a
>non-sored package or unit.
>
>I'm sure there is a simple and obvious reason for this and a solution for
>it - I just can't find it!
>
>Any ideas gratefully recieved, preferably by email (djcunlif_at_glam.ac.uk)
>
>Thanks in advance,
>
>Daniel.
>
>
>
The TEXT_IO package is a Designer/2000 built-in package, which does not exist on the server.

THere is no equivalent on the server until 7.3, and even then I think it has a different name.

-- 
Jim Smith