PLS-00103: Encountered the symbol “CREATE”

Question

What is the problem with this package as it is giving an error?

CREATE OR REPLACE PACKAGE PKG_SHOW_CUST_DETAILS 
AS
    PROCEDURE SHOW_CUST_DETAILS( myArg VA         


        

Answer 1

For me / had to be in a new line.

For example

create type emp_t;/

didn't work

but

create type emp_t;

/

worked.

Answer 2

At line 5 there is a / missing.

There is a good answer on the differences between ; and / here.

Basically, when running a CREATE block via script, you need to use / to let SQLPlus know when the block ends, since a PL/SQL block can contain many instances of ;.

Answer 3

Run package declaration and body separately.