Variable in UPDATE oracle in procedure : invalid identifier - oracle

Question

I don't understand why service is complaining with
Fehler(36,11): PL/SQL: ORA-00904: "FOUND_VP": invalid identifier
Variable is declared in the first begin...
Is it not possible to use variable directly in queries ?
when trying store following procedure :
create or replace PROCEDURE fpwl_update_vp(
my_zn IN NUMBER, my_verwaltung IN VARCHAR2 , my_variante IN NUMBER, my_vp IN NUMBER
) IS
BEGIN
DECLARE
search_VP IFT_INFO_LAUF.VP%TYPE;
found_VP IFT_INFO_LAUF.VP%TYPE;
INFOversion number := 25;
BEGIN -- search SYFA_VP
SELECT SYFA_VP
INTO found_VP
FROM FPWL_VP_MAPPING
WHERE INFO_VP=search_VP ;
exception
when no_data_found then
dbms_output.put_line ('Kein SYFA VP : Importiere aus SYFA');
--found_VP:=:=cus_info25.pa_info_data.fn_insert_syfa_vp(my_vp,25);
WHEN OTHERS THEN
ROLLBACK;
RETURN;
END; -- SYFA VP
-- Update VP
UPDATE IFT_INFO_LAUF
SET vp = found_VP
WHERE id_kopf IN
(SELECT id_kopf
FROM ift_info_kopf
WHERE fahrtnummer= my_zn
AND verwaltung= my_verwaltung
AND variante = my_variante
)
;
--COMMIT;
EXCEPTION
WHEN OTHERS THEN
ROLLBACK;
END ;

Answer 1

Your problem is that found_VP is going out of scope.
Move the contents of the "DECLARE" block to just after the "IS":
create or replace PROCEDURE fpwl_update_vp(
my_zn IN NUMBER, my_verwaltung IN VARCHAR2 , my_variante IN NUMBER, my_vp IN NUMBER
) IS
search_VP IFT_INFO_LAUF.VP%TYPE;
found_VP IFT_INFO_LAUF.VP%TYPE;
INFOversion number := 25;
BEGIN
BEGIN -- search SYFA_VP
etc

Answer 2

Make sure that
FPWL_VP_MAPPING.SYFA_VP
is the same type with
IFT_INFO_LAUF.VP
and make sure that
SELECT SYFA_VP INTO found_VP FROM FPWL_VP_MAPPING WHERE INFO_VP=search_VP ;
does not return multiple rows.
But I doubt that is the case with the error that you have given.

Answer 3

Since the error message refers to line 36 and the reference to found_VP in your code sample is on line 18, you've omitted the part of the code that actually has the problem.
It looks like you have a scope problem; you're declaring found_VP in an inner block (one level of DECLARE/BEGIN/END) and referring to it outside that block, either in the parent block or another one at the same level. The issue isn't where you're selecting into found_VP, it's (I think) that you're referring to it again later on, beyond the code you've posted, and therefore outside the block the variable is declared in.
To demonstrate, I'll declare l_name in an inner block, as you seem to have done:
create or replace procedure p42 is
begin
declare
l_name all_tables.table_name%TYPE;
begin
select table_name
into l_name -- this reference is OK
from all_tables
where table_name = 'EMPLOYEES';
end;
select table_name
into l_name -- this reference errors
from all_tables
where table_name = 'JOBS';
end;
/
Warning: Procedure created with compilation errors.
show errors
Errors for PROCEDURE P42:
LINE/COL ERROR
-------- -----------------------------------------------------------------
12/2 PL/SQL: SQL Statement ignored
13/7 PLS-00201: identifier 'L_NAME' must be declared
14/2 PL/SQL: ORA-00904: : invalid identifier
Notice that the error is reported against line 13, which is in the outer block; it doesn't complain about it in the inner block because it is in-scope there.
So, you need to declare the variable at the appropriate level. As Colin 't Hart says that is probably right at the top, between the IS and the first BEGIN, as that is the procedure-level DECLARE section (it doesn't need an explicit DECLARE keyword).