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oracle-databaseplsqlpls-00103
Gary
Gary

Reputation: 4725

create oracle package encountered PLS-00103: Encountered the symbol "CREATE"

I am writing an oracle package using Oracle sql developer, I got this compile error:

Error(7,1): PLS-00103: Encountered the symbol "CREATE" .

create or replace
PACKAGE TestPackage AS 
 FUNCTION beforePopulate RETURN BOOLEAN;
 FUNCTION afterPopulate RETURN BOOLEAN;
END TestPackage;

CREATE OR REPLACE PACKAGE BODY TestPackage AS
   FUNCTION beforePopulate RETURN BOOLEAN AS
   BEGIN
      DELETE FROM TEST_1;
      INSERT INTO TEST_1
      SELECT * FROM TEST WHERE VALUE=300;
      COMMIT;
      RETURN TRUE;
     EXCEPTION
       WHEN OTHERS THEN
        RETURN FALSE;
   END;
   FUNCTION afterPopulate RETURN BOOLEAN AS
     BEGIN
         UPDATE TEST SET RESULT="completed" WHERE VALUE=300;
            COMMIT;
         RETURN TRUE;
         EXCEPTION
           WHEN OTHERS RETURN FALSE;
        END;
  END;
END TestPackage;

If I add a / at line 6, the error became:

Error(6,1): PLS-00103: Encountered the symbol "/"

I tired an empty implementation like this:

create or replace 
package package1 as 
END PACKAGE1;

CREATE OR REPLACE 
package body package1 as 
end package1;

I got the same err.

Upvotes: 21

Views: 70411

Answers (6)

Jan Němec
Jan Němec

Reputation: 329

I had this problem (Error(6,1): PLS-00103: Encountered the symbol "/" ) when I coppied all the db package code (both procedures headers and implementations) in sqldeveloper into user/packages/MY_PACKAGE_NAME/MY_PACKAGE_BODY instead of copying headers (without '/' at the end) into user/packages/MY_PACKAGE_NAME and implementation (without headers at the top and without '/' at the end) into user/packages/MY_PACKAGE_NAME/MY_PACKAGE_BODY.

Upvotes: 0

Error
Error

Reputation: 825

I had the same problem. I create package using main menu od the left and put package declaration and body inside same .sql file. Problem get solved when I copy all code and paste it into new worksheet and put "/" after end package_name (both after package declaration and body) and then execute worksheet as script.

Upvotes: 2

Andrew Wolfe
Andrew Wolfe

Reputation: 2096

When you have BEGIN, END, etc you are in PL/SQL, not SQL.

A PL/SQL block needs to be terminated with a single ("forward") slash at the very beginning of the line. This tells Oracle that you are done with your PL/SQL block, so it compiles that block of text.

SQL query - terminated by semicolon:

update orders set status = 'COMPLETE' where order_id = 55255;

PL/SQL block - commands separated by semicolon, block is terminated by forward-slash:

create or replace procedure mark_order_complete (completed_order_id in number)
is
begin
     update orders set status = 'COMPLETE' where order_id = :completed_order_id;
end mark_order_complete;
/

Upvotes: 28

Dropout
Dropout

Reputation: 13866

After a couple hours of frustration I managed to make this stuff work. I had the exact problem as you did.

The solution for me was to run it as a script - not in the package code. Forward slashes work correctly in the SQL worksheet. I'm attaching the difference, I hope it will help you!

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Upvotes: 5

Vishy
Vishy

Reputation: 11

execute package and package body separately with F5

Upvotes: 1

M. P. R.
M. P. R.

Reputation: 215

This worked for me using Oracle SQL Developer:

create or replace PACKAGE TestPackage AS
FUNCTION beforePopulate 
 RETURN BOOLEAN;  
FUNCTION afterPopulate 
 RETURN BOOLEAN;
END TestPackage;
/
CREATE OR REPLACE PACKAGE BODY TestPackage AS    
 FUNCTION beforePopulate 
  RETURN BOOLEAN  AS    
 BEGIN       
  DELETE FROM TESTE;      
  INSERT INTO TESTE       
  SELECT 1,1,1 FROM DUAL; 
  COMMIT;     
  RETURN TRUE;  
 EXCEPTION    
  WHEN OTHERS THEN   
   RETURN FALSE;   
 END;
 FUNCTION afterPopulate 
  RETURN BOOLEAN  AS  
 BEGIN
  UPDATE TESTE SET TESTE='OK' WHERE TESTE='';
  COMMIT;       
  RETURN TRUE;  
 EXCEPTION       
  WHEN OTHERS THEN RETURN FALSE;    
 END; 
END TestPackage;
/

I couldn't get it to run until I actually created the tables and columns it'd use.

Upvotes: 6

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