ORACLE PL/SQL Stored Procedure Insert and execute error - sql

Question

I'm trying to create a stored procedure to insert values into the EMPLOYEE TABLE.
When I try and execute the procedure with values it throws up an error. Please could you help? Thank you in advance.
Stored Procedure ----
create or replace PROCEDURE CREATE_EMP
(empid IN EMPLOYEE.EMP_ID%TYPE,
firstname IN EMPLOYEE.FIRST_NAME%TYPE,
surname IN EMPLOYEE.SURNAME%TYPE,
address IN EMPLOYEE.ADDRESS%TYPE,
city IN EMPLOYEE.CITY%TYPE,
county IN EMPLOYEE.COUNTY_STATE%TYPE,
postcode IN EMPLOYEE.POSTCODE_ZIP%TYPE,
country IN EMPLOYEE.COUNTRY%TYPE,
jobtitle IN EMPLOYEE.JOB_TITLE%TYPE,
startdate IN EMPLOYEE.START_DATE%TYPE,
enddate IN EMPLOYEE.END_DATE%TYPE)
AS
BEGIN
INSERT INTO EMPLOYEE
VALUES(empid, firstname, surname, address, city, county, postcode, country, jobtitle, startdate, enddate);
END CREATE_EMP;
Execute command ---
EXECUTE CREATE_EMP(58,'John','Testy','Here Lane','Himble','UK','Skipper',2015/02/02,2017/02/02);
Error Message ----
Error starting at line : 1 in command -
EXECUTE CREATE_EMP(58,'John','Testy','Here Lane','Himble','UK','Skipper',2015/02/02,2017/02/02)
Error report -
ORA-06550: line 1, column 7:
PLS-00306: wrong number or types of arguments in call to 'CREATE_EMP'
ORA-06550: line 1, column 7:
PL/SQL: Statement ignored
06550. 00000 - "line %s, column %s:\n%s"
*Cause: Usually a PL/SQL compilation error.
*Action:
Table -----
EMP_ID NUMBER(8,0)
FIRST_NAME VARCHAR2(30 BYTE)
SURNAME VARCHAR2(30 BYTE)
ADDRESS VARCHAR2(50 BYTE)
CITY VARCHAR2(30 BYTE)
COUNTY_STATE VARCHAR2(30 BYTE)
POSTCODE_ZIP VARCHAR2(10 BYTE)
COUNTRY VARCHAR2(5 BYTE)
JOB_TITLE VARCHAR2(20 BYTE)
START_DATE DATE
END_DATE DATE

Answer 1

Error message says:
PLS-00306: wrong number or types of arguments in call to 'CREATE_EMP'
I've mapped your given arguments to methods required arguments:
empid = 58
firstname = 'John'
surname = 'Testy'
address = 'Here Lane'
city = 'Himble'
county
postcode
country = 'UK'
jobtitle = 'Skipper'
startdate = 2015/02/02
enddate = 2017/02/02
Since no argument has default value, you simply miss 2 arguments in the call, as error message said.
EDIT: I've found the solution:
Execute CREATE_EMP in anonymous block. This has worked for me:
begin
CREATE_EMP(58, 'John', 'Testy', 'Here Lane', 'Himble', 'Abc','1225', 'UK', 'Skipper', TO_DATE('2015/02/02','YYYY/MM/DD'), TO_DATE('2017/02/02','YYYY/MM/DD'));
end;
This is database creation and CREATE_EMP definition :
CREATE TABLE EMPLOYEE (
EMP_ID NUMBER(8,0),
FIRST_NAME VARCHAR2(30),
SURNAME VARCHAR2(30),
ADDRESS VARCHAR2(50),
CITY VARCHAR2(30),
COUNTY_STATE VARCHAR2(30),
POSTCODE_ZIP VARCHAR2(10),
COUNTRY VARCHAR2(5),
JOB_TITLE VARCHAR2(20),
START_DATE DATE,
END_DATE DATE
);
//
create or replace PROCEDURE CREATE_EMP
(
empid IN EMPLOYEE.EMP_ID%TYPE,
firstname IN EMPLOYEE.FIRST_NAME%TYPE,
surname IN EMPLOYEE.SURNAME%TYPE,
address IN EMPLOYEE.ADDRESS%TYPE,
city IN EMPLOYEE.CITY%TYPE,
county IN EMPLOYEE.COUNTY_STATE%TYPE,
postcode IN EMPLOYEE.POSTCODE_ZIP%TYPE,
country IN EMPLOYEE.COUNTRY%TYPE,
jobtitle IN EMPLOYEE.JOB_TITLE%TYPE,
startdate IN EMPLOYEE.START_DATE%TYPE,
enddate IN EMPLOYEE.END_DATE%TYPE)
AS
BEGIN
INSERT INTO EMPLOYEE
(EMP_ID, FIRST_NAME, SURNAME, ADDRESS, CITY, COUNTY_STATE, POSTCODE_ZIP, COUNTRY, JOB_TITLE, START_DATE, END_DATE)
VALUES
(empid, firstname, surname, address, city, county, postcode, country, jobtitle, startdate, enddate);
END CREATE_EMP;

Answer 2

Of course, you should list all the columns after the table name within braces, before values keyword. And you must match the columns in the order you are inserting the values.
However, the number of values passed to the procedure is not the same as the number of parameters declared.
Also,
There is an issue with the following:
startdate IN EMPLOYEE.START_DATE%TYPE,
enddate IN EMPLOYEE.END_DATE%TYPE
2015/02/02,2017/02/02
So, 2015/02/02 and 2017/02/02 are not DATEs. You are supposed to pass DATEs.
To insert a DATE value, always use TO_DATE with proper format.
Pass the parameter values using TO_DATE:
EXECUTE create_emp(58, 'John', 'Testy', 'Here Lane', 'Himble', 'UK', 'Skipper',
TO_DATE('2015/02/02','YYYY/MM/DD'), TO_DATE('2017/02/02','YYYY/MM/DD'));

Answer 3

the number of parameters you passed to procedure does not match with the number of parameters in the difination of the procedure (11!=9) (the sequence and datatype of them is also important)
don't pass the date datatype as like as you passed, put them inside single qotous and use to_date function, i.e: use to_date('2015/02/02','YYYY/MM/DD') instead of 2015/02/02