hi You have to use dynamic SQL instead of static SQL On 4/26/06, Simone Saravalli <s.saravalli@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > 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 > > >