Hi all, I'm working with sql stored procedure and I created these one: CREATE OR REPLACE PROCEDURE today (tbl_name IN VARCHAR2, old_key IN NUMBER) AS loop_count NUMBER; BEGIN SELECT COUNT(*) INTO loop_count FROM tbl_name WHERE depno = old_key; DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE ('Valore di loop_count: ' || loop_count); END today; So, tbl_name is an argument passed with BEGIN today ('one_of_my_tables_name', value); END; I would like to have a procedure that works independently from the table name provided by the user when calling the today procedure, but when I try to compile the code above I receive the following error: ERROR at line 8: PL/SQL: ORA-00942: table or view does not exist So it doesn't recognize the tbl_name argument. How can I do to solve this problem? Thanks in advance Simone Saravalli -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l