EXEC for multiple lines

Hi all,

I am trying to execute a SQL statement with multiple lines with EXEC in a stored procedure, but I cannot get it to work.

As an example, my procedure should look as follows:

v_string VARCHAR (5000);

/********* Begin Procedure Script ************/

BEGIN

v_string :=

'DROP TABLE ICV_HCV.TEST;

CREATE TABLE ICV_HCV.TEST(A INT)';

EXEC :v_string;

END;

/********* End Procedure Script ************/

The activation of the procedure works fine. However, I always get an error when calling the procedure.

So I tried different ways to create v_string.

1) I added a line break after the semicolon of the first statement:

v_string :=

'DROP TABLE ICV_HCV.TEST; ' || char(13) || char(10) ||

'CREATE TABLE ICV_HCV.TEST(A INT)';

When I do SELECT :v_string from dummy it shows the statement correctly with a line break, but the procedure call does not work anyway.

2) I left the semicolon away. Then I got the error 'incorrect syntac near "CREATE".

Is there any way to execute multline SQL statements in one EXEC call?

Thanks in advance!