Calling Oracle Functions and Procedures in Java

Question

I've looked online for a blurb on using Oracle SQL functions and
procedures in Java, but I haven't found anything. Can someone
either give me a quick crash course on this, or point me to the
best source of information for this?

Answer 1

From the SQLJ FAQ.
http://otn.oracle.com/tech/java/sqlj_jdbc/htdocs/faq.html#sqljplsql
Within your SQLJ statements, you can use PL/SQL anonymous blocks
and call PL/SQL stored procedures and stored functions, as in the
following examples: Anonymous
block:
#sql {
DECLARE
n NUMBER;
BEGIN
n := 1;
WHILE n <= 100 LOOP
INSERT INTO emp (empno) VALUES(2000 +
n);
n := n + 1;
END LOOP;
END
Stored procedure call (returns the maximum
deadline as an output parameter into an output host expression):
#sql { CALL MAX_DEADLINE(:out maxDeadline) };
Stored function call (returns the maximum
deadline as a function return into a result expression):
#sql maxDeadline = { VALUES(GET_MAX_DEADLINE)
Of course, you can also use JDBC code to achieve the same - the
standard JDBC escape sequences for stored function and procedure
calls are supported, using for example:
"{? = CALL GET_MAX_DEADLINE}"
or:
"{call MAX_DEADLINE(?)}"
and for the rest of the details, get that JDBC crash course...