create oracle package encountered PLS-00103: Encountered the symbol “CREATE”

Question

I am writing an oracle package using Oracle sql developer, I got this compile error:

Error(7,1): PLS-00103: Encountered the symbol \"CREATE\" .

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Answer 1

When you have BEGIN, END, etc you are in PL/SQL, not SQL.

A PL/SQL block needs to be terminated with a single ("forward") slash at the very beginning of the line. This tells Oracle that you are done with your PL/SQL block, so it compiles that block of text.

SQL query - terminated by semicolon:

update orders set status = 'COMPLETE' where order_id = 55255;

PL/SQL block - commands separated by semicolon, block is terminated by forward-slash:

create or replace procedure mark_order_complete (completed_order_id in number)
is
begin
     update orders set status = 'COMPLETE' where order_id = :completed_order_id;
end mark_order_complete;
/

Answer 2

I had the same problem. I create package using main menu od the left and put package declaration and body inside same .sql file. Problem get solved when I copy all code and paste it into new worksheet and put "/" after end package_name (both after package declaration and body) and then execute worksheet as script.

Answer 3

After a couple hours of frustration I managed to make this stuff work. I had the exact problem as you did.

The solution for me was to run it as a script - not in the package code. Forward slashes work correctly in the SQL worksheet. I'm attaching the difference, I hope it will help you!

Answer 4

This worked for me using Oracle SQL Developer:

create or replace PACKAGE TestPackage AS
FUNCTION beforePopulate 
 RETURN BOOLEAN;  
FUNCTION afterPopulate 
 RETURN BOOLEAN;
END TestPackage;
/
CREATE OR REPLACE PACKAGE BODY TestPackage AS    
 FUNCTION beforePopulate 
  RETURN BOOLEAN  AS    
 BEGIN       
  DELETE FROM TESTE;      
  INSERT INTO TESTE       
  SELECT 1,1,1 FROM DUAL; 
  COMMIT;     
  RETURN TRUE;  
 EXCEPTION    
  WHEN OTHERS THEN   
   RETURN FALSE;   
 END;
 FUNCTION afterPopulate 
  RETURN BOOLEAN  AS  
 BEGIN
  UPDATE TESTE SET TESTE='OK' WHERE TESTE='';
  COMMIT;       
  RETURN TRUE;  
 EXCEPTION       
  WHEN OTHERS THEN RETURN FALSE;    
 END; 
END TestPackage;
/   

I couldn't get it to run until I actually created the tables and columns it'd use.

Answer 5

I had this problem (Error(6,1): PLS-00103: Encountered the symbol "/" ) when I coppied all the db package code (both procedures headers and implementations) in sqldeveloper into user/packages/MY_PACKAGE_NAME/MY_PACKAGE_BODY instead of copying headers (without '/' at the end) into user/packages/MY_PACKAGE_NAME and implementation (without headers at the top and without '/' at the end) into user/packages/MY_PACKAGE_NAME/MY_PACKAGE_BODY.

Answer 6

execute package and package body separately with F5