Oracle Forms

Hi gurus,

I am using Forms 6i and Oracle (database) 9i .. In database, i have created a package speciication (without body) like this

Create package p1 is
var1 varchar2(20);
end;

And I switched on to the forms, now, I have created a block dept .. in which deptno, dname, and loc are fields ..

I have placed push button .. in which, I have written code like
Declare
var2 varhcar2(20);
Begin
var2 := :dept.dname;
p1.var1 (referring package in the database) := var2;
end;

It is displaying an error

Cannot directly access remote package variable or cursor ..

Can anyone suggest me what's the remedy for this

Regards