Here is the snippet that i used to execute a query.

my $_connectOracle = sub {
    my $oracle_server = $_[0];
    my $sid = $_[1];
    my $user_id = $_[2];
    my $password = $_[3];

    my $db_type = "Oracle";
    my $dbh;

    eval
    {
        $dbh = DBI->connect ("dbi:$db_type:host=$oracle_server;sid=$si
+d",
                    $user_id,
                    $password,
                    {
                        PrintError => 0,
                        RaiseError => 1
                    }
                     );
    };

    if ($@)        # check if the connection has made
    {
        $error_no = $DBI::err;
        $error_msg = $DBI::errstr;
    }
    
    return $dbh;
    
};



sub executeQuery () {
    my $query_type = $_[1];
    my $query_desc = $_[2];
    my $oracle_server = $_[3];
    my $sid = $_[4];
    my $user_id = $_[5];
    my $password = $_[6];

    my $dbh;
    my $sth;                                  # Statement handle
    my $output_values;
    my @output_values;

    # Get the database handle with the given input parameter.
    
    $error_no = "";
    
    $dbh = &$_connectOracle($oracle_server, $sid, $user_id, $password)
+; 
    
    if ( ! $error_no ) {
        eval
        {
            if ($query_type eq "S") {
                $sth = $dbh->prepare($query_desc);

                $sth->execute();
            
                while ($output_values = $sth->fetchrow_hashref)
                {
                    push (@output_values, $output_values);
                }
            }
            else {
                $dbh->do("$query_desc");
            }
            
            
            $dbh->disconnect();
        };

        if ($@)
        {
                $error_no = $DBI::err;
                $error_msg = $DBI::errstr;
        }
        
        return @output_values;
    }
    else {
        print "\nCannot connect to database\n";
        print "because $error_no\n";
    }
}
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what am doing here is when i call the execute sub-routine i build a string that will have the file contents (to create a proc. which is 1100 lines ). When i call this function am getting the oracle error 24344 which doesnot convey anything other than "the procedure created with compilation errors". But when i run the same procedure in the sql plus using @ am able to create the proc. without any error that ensures that the procedure is correct syntactially. Hope am clear.

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