Styjun

I am trying to store result of my query into a variable so that i can use it in another query, but getting errors

create procedure store_validated_sku_id
("variable_sku_id" VARCHAR2)
as
BEGIN

SELECT vsku.SKU_ID INTO store_validated_sku_id.variable_sku_id 
FROM vs_sku_discont_details_test discontd,vsx_dcs_sku vsku,auto_ship_view bcc 
where discontd.sku_id = vsku.JDA_SKU_ID 
 and bcc.sku_id = vsku.SKU_ID AND vsku.web_eligible = 1 
 and vsku.discontinued =0 and bcc.auto_ship_eligible is null;

END store_validated_sku_id;

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Getting the following errors in compiler logs:

Error(5,1): PL/SQL: SQL Statement ignored
Error(5,49): PLS-00302: component 'VARIABLE_SKU_ID' must be declared
Error(5,65): PL/SQL: ORA-00904: : invalid identifier

• Yes, your main issue is wrapping your variable(variable_sku_id)'s
  around with quotes(no matter double or single, both yields problem),
  you should get rid of them


• but also need to convert it to out or in out type, since a
  in(default) type argument cannot be used as an assignment target.

Putting variable_sku_id between double quotes makes the identifier name case-sensitive.

Remove the double quotes, and it should be fine (I've changed your query to use ANSI-92 syntax - putting everything in the FROM clause is outdated old-style Oracle syntax and should be avoided):

create procedure store_validated_sku_id
(variable_sku_id VARCHAR2)
as 
BEGIN

SELECT vsku.SKU_ID INTO store_validated_sku_id.variable_sku_id 
FROM vs_sku_discont_details_test discontd
JOIN vsx_dcs_sku vsku 
 ON discontd.sku_id = vsku.JDA_SKU_ID 
JOIN auto_ship_view bcc
 ON bcc.sku_id = vsku.SKU_ID 
 WHERE vsku.web_eligible = 1 
 AND vsku.discontinued = 0 
 AND bcc.auto_ship_eligible is null;

END store_validated_sku_id;

CREATE OR REPLACE PROCEDURE store_validated_sku_id( variable_sku_id OUT VARCHAR2 ) IS 
BEGIN 
 SELECT vsku.SKU_ID
 INTO variable_sku_id 
 FROM vs_sku_discont_details_test discontd 
 JOIN vsx_dcs_sku vsku 
 ON discontd.sku_id = vsku.JDA_SKU_ID 
 JOIN auto_ship_view bcc 
 ON bcc.sku_id = vsku.SKU_ID 
 WHERE vsku.web_eligible = 1 
 AND vsku.discontinued = 0 
 AND bcc.auto_ship_eligible is null; 
END store_validated_sku_id;