PL/SQL: Statement ignored - plsql

Question

create or replace trigger perform_validations
after insert or update on xx_hr_employee
for each row
begin
validation;
END;
/
and my procedure validation is:
declare
E_ID xx_hr_employee.emp_id%type;
E_NAME xx_hr_employee.emp_name%type;
D_ID xx_hr_employee.dept_id%type;
D_NAME xx_hr_employee.dept_name%type;
S_ID xx_hr_employee.supervisor_id%type;
S_NAME xx_hr_employee.supervisor_name%type;
P_ID xx_hr_employee.project_id%type;
P_NAME xx_hr_employee.project_name%type;
SAL xx_hr_employee.salary%type;
A xx_hr_employee.age%type;
l_count number;
e_count number;
procedure validation
is
cursor my_cursor is
select EMP_ID, EMP_NAME, DEPT_ID, DEPT_NAME, SUPERVISOR_ID, SUPERVISOR_NAME, PROJECT_ID, PROJECT_NAME, SALARY, AGE
from xx_hr_employee E;
begin
open my_cursor;
loop
fetch my_cursor into E_ID, E_NAME, D_ID, D_NAME, S_ID, S_NAME, P_ID, P_NAME, SAL, A;
exit when my_cursor%notfound;
if(E_ID = 0000) then
insert into xx_stg_hr_employee( EMP_ID, EMP_NAME, DEPT_ID, DEPT_NAME, SUPERVISOR_ID, SUPERVISOR_NAME, PROJECT_ID, PROJECT_NAME, SALARY, AGE)
select EMP_ID, EMP_NAME, DEPT_ID, DEPT_NAME, SUPERVISOR_ID, SUPERVISOR_NAME, PROJECT_ID, PROJECT_NAME, SALARY, AGE from xx_hr_employee
where emp_id <> 0000;
end if;
end loop;
close my_cursor;
delete from xx_stg_hr_employee WHERE (Emp_name like '% %');
UPDATE xx_stg_hr_employee SET mycol=seq_id3.NEXTVAL;
Select count(*) into l_count From xx_hr_employee
Group By EMP_ID, EMP_NAME, DEPT_ID, DEPT_NAME, SUPERVISOR_ID, SUPERVISOR_NAME, PROJECT_ID, PROJECT_NAME, SALARY, AGE
Having Count(*) > 1;
if(l_count <> 0) then
delete from xx_stg_hr_employee where mycol NOT IN (SELECT MIN(mycol)
FROM xx_stg_hr_employee GROUP BY EMP_ID, EMP_NAME, DEPT_ID, DEPT_NAME, SUPERVISOR_ID, SUPERVISOR_NAME, PROJECT_ID, PROJECT_NAME, SALARY, AGE);
end if;
end;
begin
validation;
end;
/
it is showing Error at line 2: PL/SQL: Statement ignored..
here validation is a procedure which should get called when any insert(or update) is performed on xx_hr_employee..
I don't know how to proceed further.
I am using oracle apex.

Answer 1

i've tested the following and it worked for me, so please see what you missed:
For example
Your table is like Create table TEST_TABLE (X Number);
Then your stored procedure is
CREATE OR REPLACE PROCEDURE VALIDATIONS IS
BEGIN
--Do your validation over here..
UPDATE TEST_TABLE SET X = 1;
END;
then your code should work as you written:
CREATE OR REPLACE TRIGGER PERFORM_VALIDATIONS
AFTER INSERT OR UPDATE ON TEST_TABLE
FOR EACH ROW
BEGIN
VALIDATIONS;
END;
/
Important: If you create the procedure in a package, then make sure that the Package head has the declaration, and then call it like YourPackageName.VALIDATIONS instead of VALIDATIONS only