Calling a function from sql*plus

Question

I can call my procedure from sql *plus
by doing
sql>call Proc_name(x,y);
How do you call a function?
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Answer 1

John,
I think moifying the statement
CREATE OR REPLACE PROCEDURE "OGUSER"."OGX1" (user_county in integer, user_permit in integer )
TO
CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION "OGUSER"."OGX1" (user_county in integer, user_permit in integer ) return NUMBER is
AND before end you will have to add a return statement
(Probably
return 0;
exception
when others then
return 1;
end;
This will change your procedure to a function but I am not sure you'll be able to see your dbms_output's, if you call the function using select ...
<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by john saucer ([email protected]):
I want to turn my procedure into a function.
So I can call it with a select statement.
I'm kind of having problems with the return statement at the top and bottom.
I don't quite understand how to declare the type in the return. My procedure calculates 2 pl/sql tables....
My procedure looks like.
CREATE OR REPLACE PROCEDURE "OGUSER"."OGX1" (user_county in integer, user_permit in integer )
as
i integer :=0;
j integer :=0;
type dept_table_type is table of ogxtest%rowtype
index by binary_integer;
type dept2_table_type is table of ogxtest%rowtype
index by binary_integer;
my_dept_table dept_table_type;
my_dept2_table dept2_table_type;
v_cotemp number := user_county;
v_permittemp number := user_permit;
v_origcotemp number := user_county;
v_origpermittemp number := user_permit;
v_count number(2) :=1;
v_count2 number(2) := 1;
v_oldcount number(2) :=1;
v_oldcount2 number(2) := 1;
begin
select count(*) into v_count from ogxtest where oco=v_cotemp and opermit=v_permittemp;
select count(*) into v_oldcount from ogxtest where nco=v_cotemp and npermit=v_permittemp;
while v_count >= 1 LOOP
i := i+1;
v_count2 := v_count2 +1;
select *
into my_dept_table(i)
from ogxtest where oco=v_cotemp and opermit=v_permittemp;
v_cotemp := my_dept_table(i).nco;
v_permittemp := my_dept_table(i).npermit;
select count(*) into v_count from ogxtest where oco=v_cotemp and opermit=v_permittemp;
end loop;
while v_oldcount >= 1 LOOP
j := j+1;
v_oldcount2 := v_oldcount2 +1;
select *
into my_dept2_table(j)
from ogxtest where nco=v_origcotemp and npermit=v_origpermittemp;
v_origcotemp := my_dept2_table(j).oco;
v_origpermittemp := my_dept2_table(j).opermit;
select count(*) into v_oldcount from ogxtest where nco=v_origcotemp and npermit=v_origpermittemp;
end loop;
for i in 1..v_count2-1
loop
dbms_output.put_line(' reassigned to - orig county ' | |my_dept_table(i).oco | | ' orig permit ' | |my_dept_table(i).opermit| | ' new county ' | |
my_dept_table(i).nco | | ' new permit ' | |my_dept_table(i).npermit );
end loop;
for j in 1..v_oldcount2-1
loop
dbms_output.put_line(' reassigned from - orig county ' | |my_dept2_table(j).oco | | ' orig permit ' | |my_dept2_table(j).opermit| | ' new county ' | |
my_dept2_table(j).nco | | ' new permit ' | |my_dept2_table(j).npermit );
end loop;
end;
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