title: "ORA-24344: success with compilation error"
body: <p>i just started with pl/sql and found this error. can someone tell what the problem is.</p>
  
  <pre><code>create or replace procedure findmin(x in number, y in number, z out 
  number)
  is
  begin
  if x&lt;y then z:= x;
  else z:=y;
  end if;
  end;
  
  
  set serveroutput on;
  declare
  a number;
  b number;
  c number;
  begin
  a:=23;
  b:=46;
  findmin(a, b, c);
  dbms_output.put_line('minimum of the 2 numbers is' || c);
  end;
  </code></pre>