Bob, where does the table mytab exist? - probably not in the same account as where you are creating the sp. in this case, you need to do two things. change the sp to say:
update {schema}.mytab where {schema} is where the table exists. secondly, from {schema} you need to : grant select, insert, update, delete on mytab to {user} where {user} is where the sp exists. good luck! Tom Mercadante Oracle Certified Professional -----Original Message----- Sent: Thursday, January 30, 2003 10:31 AM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L How can I create this simple stored procedure Obiviously I don't have much experience but I would not think this being as difficult as it appears I want to run an update on a table (eventually from a job) I just need to get the sp working... Any examples Ive seen are much too complex for this simple task CREATE OR REPLACE PROCEDURE XYZ AS BEGIN UPDATE myTab SET STATUS = 'a' WHERE STATUS = 'b' ; END XYZ; This is telling me I need to declare myTab... Ive tried every iteration of declaring... But its not happening So, I present my delimma to my knowledgable friends @fatcity! {about to go insane} bob -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net -- Author: Bob Metelsky INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com San Diego, California -- Mailing list and web hosting services --------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing). -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net -- Author: Mercadante, Thomas F INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com San Diego, California -- Mailing list and web hosting services --------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).