Call a stored procedure with another in Oracle
Does anyone know of a way, or even if its possible, to call a stored procedure from within another? If so, how would you do it?
Here is my test code:
SET SERVEROUTPUT ON;
DROP PROCEDURE test_sp_1;
DROP PROCEDURE test_sp;
CREATE PROCEDURE test_sp
AS
BEGIN
DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE('Test works');
END;
/
CREATE PROCEDURE test_sp_1
AS
BEGIN
DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE('Testing');
test_sp;
END;
/
CALL test_sp_1;
Your stored procedures work as coded. The problem is with the last line, it is unable to invoke either of your stored procedures.
Three choices in SQL*Plus are: call
, exec
, and an anoymous PL/SQL block.
call
appears to be a SQL keyword, and is documented in the SQL Reference. http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/B19306_01/server.102/b14200/statements_4008.htm#BABDEHHG The syntax diagram indicates that parentesis are required, even when no arguments are passed to the call routine.
CALL test_sp_1();
An anonymous PL/SQL block is PL/SQL that is not inside a named procedure, function, trigger, etc. It can be used to call your procedure.
BEGIN
test_sp_1;
END;
/
Exec
is a SQL*Plus command that is a shortcut for the above anonymous block. EXEC <procedure_name>
will be passed to the DB server as BEGIN <procedure_name>; END;
Full example:
SQL> SET SERVEROUTPUT ON
SQL> CREATE OR REPLACE PROCEDURE test_sp
2 AS
3 BEGIN
4 DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE('Test works');
5 END;
6 /
Procedure created.
SQL> CREATE OR REPLACE PROCEDURE test_sp_1
2 AS
3 BEGIN
4 DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE('Testing');
5 test_sp;
6 END;
7 /
Procedure created.
SQL> CALL test_sp_1();
Testing
Test works
Call completed.
SQL> exec test_sp_1
Testing
Test works
PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.
SQL> begin
2 test_sp_1;
3 end;
4 /
Testing
Test works
PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.
SQL>
Sure, you just call it from within the SP, there's no special syntax.
Ex:
PROCEDURE some_sp
AS
BEGIN
some_other_sp('parm1', 10, 20.42);
END;
If the procedure is in a different schema than the one the executing procedure is in, you need to prefix it with schema name.
PROCEDURE some_sp
AS
BEGIN
other_schema.some_other_sp('parm1', 10, 20.42);
END;