I seem to recall that using a %TYPE to define a variable data type created a problem for me as well. Change:

pdCurrDate IN EMP.OUT_DT%TYPE

TO:

pdCurrDate IN DATE

in both places and see if that helps.

>Hi Tim,
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>Perhaps you are right and I should just have the query Client side where needed in the VFP code. But I was under the idea that if I keep calling the same procedure in different programs, it should go server side. This is a judgement call. As I'm new to packages I might be holding too tight to that doctorine??? The way I see it is, the things I learn in these small package builds, will help later when it counts more.
>
>I've been able to convert the VFP code into a Package that compiles. But I get an error:
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>

>ORA-06512 Connectivity error: [Oracle][ODBC][Ora]ORA-00904: invalid column name
>ORA-06512: at "PROD.GET_EMP_COMBO_LIST", line 45
>ORA-06512: at line 1