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Asked: 2026-06-12T12:13:51+00:00

This is sending me a bit mad. I’m trying to add in a variable

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This is sending me a bit mad. I’m trying to add in a variable to a procedure, but it wasn’t working – I just got this error message:

[Error] Syntax check (25: 7): ERROR line 25, col 7, ending_line 25,
ending_col 12, Found ‘number’, Expecting: ; -or- .. := DEFAULT
NOT NULL -or- % -or- ( . @

I knocked up a really basic procedure below to isolate the problem and now I’m completely stuck, as every basic syntax guide I’ve looked as says to do what I’ve done. Why can’t i declare variables as shown below? I normally code in SQL Server if that’s any clue as to my problem. Many thanks if anyone can help!

CREATE OR REPLACE PROCEDURE MRCS.pro_xxx_test1 (cats out sys_refcursor)
IS

declare

spoon number;

balls varchar2(3);

BEGIN

 open cats for select * from dual;

   end;

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  1. Editorial Team

    Remove the “DECLARE”. Not needed in a function / procedure declaration

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