Oracle Cursor within a Package not working - ORA 06512 - sql

Question

I am trying to build a package that will take in a table of table names and either drop from or delete those tables. I am using dynamic sql, and dropping or deleting the tables works, but I need both the procedures to loop through all of the table names passed back to it.
I've tried mulitple ways - including trying to create a FOR Loop and a cursor. Here is a similar function I wrote in PostgreSQL that works but I'm having trouble translating it to Oracle.
Here is my function in PostgreSQL that works:
CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION drop_tables_for_stnd_mod_build(tablenames text)
RETURNS void
LANGUAGE plpgsql
AS $function$
DECLARE
tab_name RECORD;
BEGIN
FOR tab_name IN EXECUTE 'SELECT table_name FROM ' || tablenames
LOOP
EXECUTE 'DROP TABLE ' || tab_name.table_name || ' CASCADE';
END LOOP;
END;
$function$
;
And the procedure I'm writing as part of a package in Oracle
CREATE OR REPLACE PACKAGE BODY stnd_build_table_cleanup
AS
PROCEDURE drop_tables(table_in CLOB)
IS
TYPE cur_type is REF CURSOR;
c cur_type;
query_string VARCHAR(300);
loop_string VARCHAR(300);
table_name VARCHAR(100);
BEGIN
loop_string := 'SELECT tablenames FROM :table';
OPEN c FOR loop_string USING table_in;
LOOP
FETCH c INTO table_name;
query_string := 'DROP TABLE ' || table_name || ' CASCADE CONSTRAINTS';
-- dbms_output.PUT_LINE (query_string);
EXECUTE IMMEDIATE query_string;
EXIT WHEN c%NOTFOUND;
END LOOP ;
CLOSE c;
END drop_tables;
Here is the error I get when I try to call my function: Error report -
ORA-00903: invalid table name
ORA-06512: at "AMS_NYS.STND_BUILD_TABLE_CLEANUP", line 13
ORA-06512: at line 2
00903. 00000 - "invalid table name"
*Cause:
*Action:
Thanks!

Answer 1

Here's one possibility. Note that I coded this as a standalone procedure for simplicity.
CREATE OR REPLACE TYPE table_type IS TABLE OF VARCHAR2(128);
CREATE OR REPLACE PROCEDURE drop_tables(tables_to_drop_in table_type)
IS
BEGIN
FOR i IN tables_to_drop_in.FIRST .. tables_to_drop_in.LAST LOOP
--DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE(tables_to_drop_in(i));
EXECUTE IMMEDIATE 'DROP TABLE ' || tables_to_drop_in(i) || ' CASCADE CONSTRAINTS';
END LOOP;
END drop_tables;
DECLARE
tables_to_drop table_type;
BEGIN
tables_to_drop := table_type('TBL1','TBL2', 'TBL3');
drop_tables(tables_to_drop);
END;