How to pass int array as an IN parameter to PLSQL Procedure

Question

Hi,
How to pass int array in java to a stored procedure througn jdbc
and what type of data type I should declare to this IN parameter
in PLSQL Procedure.
Thanks,
Simi

Answer 1

Hi,
The best way to do what you want depends on what you want.  Start by describing what you need to do.  It's best to post some sample data (CREATE TABLE and INSERT statments) and what results you want from that sample data.  (See the forum FAQ: https://forums.oracle.com/message/9362002)
If you have ideas about how to do the job (e.g., populating a temporary table) it can be helpful to include those, too, but distinguish clearly between WHAT you need to do and HOW you might do it.
As Bencol suggested, a SYS_REFCURSOR might be the best way to pass back the results.
Since you didn't post your table, or even describe what you wanted to do with it, I'll illustrate using scott.emp, which is probably on your system.
Say you wanted a procedure that took a DATE as an argument, and returned a some designated columns (empno, ename and hiredate in the example below) for all employees hired on or after the given DATE.  You might write a procedure like this:
CREATE OR REPLACE PROCEDURE  hired_since
(   start_date  IN   DATE
,   out_data    OUT  SYS_REFCURSOR
AS
BEGIN
    OPEN out_data FOR
        SELECT  empno, ename, hiredate
        FROM    scott.emp
        WHERE   hiredate  >= start_date;
END  hired_since;
SHOW ERRORS
You can test it in SQL*Plus like this:
VARIABLE   c REFCURSOR
EXEC  hired_since (DATE '1982-01-01', :c);
PRINT :c
The output I got from this test was:
     EMPNO ENAME      HIREDATE
      7788 SCOTT      19-APR-87
      7876 ADAMS      23-MAY-87
      7934 MILLER     23-JAN-82