title: PL/SQL UTL_FILE read trouble on anonymous block
body: <pre><code> DECLARE
      data_line   VARCHAR2(200); -- Data line read from input file
      data_file   UTL_FILE.FILE_TYPE; -- Data file handle
      my_dir      VARCHAR2(250); -- Directory containing the data file
      my_filename VARCHAR2(50);
  
  
      BEGIN
        my_dir := 'c:\temp';
        my_filename := 'Lab4AData.dat';
        my_file := UTL_FILE.FOPEN(my_dir, my_filename, 'r'); 
  
  
      LOOP;
            UTL_FILE.GET_LINE(data_file, data_line);
  
        EXCEPTION
          WHEN no_data_found THEN
            DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE('Finished');
            exit;
            END LOOP;
        END;
  
  
      /
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>The problem is I cannot even get this anonymous block of code started.  To start, I'm just trying to open my data file and read it, then build from there.  But I can't even get the file open.</p>
  
  <p>SQL Developer Error Report starts right off with</p>
  
  <pre>
  Error starting at line 5 in command:
  DECLARE
  </pre>
  
  <p>then repeats the block of code and adds this:</p>
  
  <pre>
  ORA-06550: line 12, column 8:
  PLS-00103: Encountered the symbol ";" when expecting one of the following:
  
     ( begin case declare exit for goto if loop mod null pragma
     raise return select update while with &lt;an identifier&gt;
     &lt;a double-quoted delimited-identifier&gt; &lt;a bind variable&gt; &lt;&lt;
     continue close current delete fetch lock insert open rollback
     savepoint set sql execute commit forall merge pipe purge
  The symbol "exit" was substituted for ";" to continue.
  ORA-06550: line 15, column 3:
  PLS-00103: Encountered the symbol "EXCEPTION" when expecting one of the following:
  
     ( begin case declare end exit for goto if loop mod null
     pragma raise return select update while with &lt;an identifier&gt;
     &lt;a double-quoted delimited-i
  06550. 00000 -  "line %s, column %s:\n%s"
  *Cause:    Usually a PL/SQL compilation error.
  *Action:
  </pre>