Hi, I am trying to pass a variable to a PL/SQL block like this 

$dbh->func( 1000000, 'dbms_output_enable' );
$user_location = "NYC";

$sth = $dbh->prepare(q{
       DECLARE

       name VARCHAR2(50);
        address1 VARCHAR2(50);
        address2 VARCHAR2(50);
        address3 VARCHAR2(50);
        phone VARCHAR2(50);
        fax VARCHAR2(50);
        fax1 VARCHAR2(50);
      BEGIN
  
       select name, address1, address2, address3 || ' ' || state
               || ' ' || zip_cnty, 'PHONE: ' || telephone, 'FAX: ' || 
+fax,
               fax || '.'
          into name, address1, address2, address3, phone, fax, fax1
          from custdata2
         where custdata2.code = $user_location;

dbms_output.put_line('The value is '||name);
END;
        });

$sth->execute;

$dbh->func( $date_string, 'dbms_output_put' );
$values = $dbh->func('dbms_output_get' );

$sth->finish;
print "Returned $values \n";

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------------------------------- but its giving me the error 
DBD::Oracle::st execute failed: ORA-06550: line 43, column 33:
PL/SQL: ORA-00911: invalid character

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Please suggest

In reply to Problem in passing value to a PL/SQL block by denzil_cactus

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