How to find out PLSQL Compilation errors

Question

create or replace procedure address_insert 
as

CREATE type colorarray is varray(10) of varchar2(10);
CREATE type cities is varray(6) of varchar2(20);
CREATE type states is varray(6) of varchar2(15);
CREATE type zipcodes is varray(6) of number(10);
CREATE type countries is varray(6) of varchar2(15);

city cities;
Colour colorarray;
zip zipcodes;
state states;
country countries;
id1 number;
x number;
ca number;
r number;

begin
x:=1;
ca:=1;
id1:=1;
r:=1;
city:=cities('Visakhapatnam','Hyderabad','Bangalore','Chennai','Kurnool','secunderabad');
colour :=colorarray('Red', 'Blue', 'green', 'Dark blue', 'yellow', 'orange', 'brown', 'black', 'white', 'purple');
state:=states('Telangana','Tamilnadu','Karnataka','Andhra Pradesh','Madya Pradesh','Kerala');
zip:=zipcodes(530081,500072,316190,981272,717999,621896);
country:=countries('India','Nepal','Pakistan','USA','Bangladesh','UK');

while x<(select count(persons_id) from person_data) loop

if ca>10 then
ca:=1;
end if;
if r>6 then
r:=1;
end if;

insert into persons_addresses(Address_id,Persons_id,flatname,flatno,house_color,contact_person,address_line1,address_line2,address_line3,
city,district,state,zipcode,country) values
(id1,(select persons_id from (select persons_id,row_number()over (order by persons_id) as rn from person_data)tmp where rn=x),
(SELECT dbms_random.string('L', 15) from dual),(SELECT round(dbms_random.value(100,1000)) num FROM dual),colour(ca),
(SELECT dbms_random.string('L', 5)|| ' ' ||dbms_random.string('L', 7) from dual),
(SELECT dbms_random.string('L', 9)|| ' ' ||dbms_random.string('L', 6)|| ' ' ||dbms_random.string('L', 8)|| ' ' ||dbms_random.string('L', 10) 
FROM dual),(SELECT dbms_random.string('L', 9)|| ' ' ||dbms_random.string('L', 6)|| ' ' ||
dbms_random.string('L', 8)|| ' ' ||dbms_random.string('L', 10) FROM dual),(SELECT dbms_random.string('L', 9)|| ' ' ||
dbms_random.string('L', 6)|| ' ' ||dbms_random.string('L', 8)|| ' ' ||dbms_random.string('L', 10) FROM dual),city(r),(SELECT dbms_random.string('L', 9) from dual),
state(r),zip(r),country(r));
commit;
id1:=id1+1;
ca:=ca+1;
r:=r+1;
x:=x+1;
end loop;
EXCEPTION  -- exception handlers begin
  WHEN OTHERS THEN  -- handles all other errors
          DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE (SQLCODE|| ' ' || SQLERRM);
end;

There is a compilation warning.

Warning: execution completed with warning procedure address_insert Compiled.

when executed:

execute address_insert

Error starting at line 1 in command: execute address_insert Error report: ORA-06550: line 1, column 7: PLS-00905: object DATAFOCUS_GROUP.ADDRESS_INSERT is invalid ORA-06550: line 1, column 7: PL/SQL: Statement ignored 06550. 00000 - "line %s, column %s:\n%s" *Cause: Usually a PL/SQL compilation error. *Action:

Is there any way we can find out the compilation errors?

SELECT *
  FROM USER_ERRORS
  WHERE NAME = 'ADDRESS_INSERT'

The above query helped retrieve the errors.

Errors:

"PLS-00103: Encountered the symbol "CREATE" when expecting one of the following:

begin function pragma procedure subtype type current cursor delete exists prior external language The symbol "CREATE" was ignored. " the above error have been encountered due to varray definition. Is there any alternative?

other errors:

"PLS-00103: Encountered the symbol "SELECT" when expecting one of the following:

( - + case mod new not null continue avg count current exists max min prior sql stddev sum variance execute forall merge time timestamp interval date pipe
, from "

Bob Jarvis - Reinstate Monica Bob Jarvis - Reinstate Monica · Accepted Answer · 2016-11-04T11:18:50

You can get compilation errors from the DBA_ERRORS or USER_ERRORS views. In your case, try something like

SELECT *
  FROM USER_ERRORS
  WHERE NAME = 'ADDRESS_INSERT'

Remember that in Oracle table, view, procedure, package, etc names are UPPER_CASE by default, even if they're shown in lower_case in your source code.

Right off the top I can see that CREATE TYPE is not valid in a procedure. You probably want something like

TYPE COLORARRAY IS VARRAY(10) OF VARCHAR2(10)

See the PL/SQL Reference Manual section on defining collection types. for further information.

Best of luck.

How to find out PLSQL Compilation errors

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