Calling packaged stored procedure from Java

Question

Hi All,
I'm trying to call a stored procedure from Java but I'm having
problems with registrating the output parameter. I'm getting
the error: Conflicting parameters.: sqltype=2003
This is the stored procedure which is located in a package in
the Oracle database:
package Pack_GetAgencyInformation as
Type InfoType is record ( agen_code varchar(3), agen_designation
varchar(30), agen_adresse varchar(60), agen_tel varchar(12) );
function GetAgencyInformation( P_AGENCE VARCHAR )
return Pack_GetAgencyInformation.InfoType
end Pack_GetAgencyInformation;
This is the Java source from where I'm calling the procedure:
//DriverManager.registerDriver (new
oracle.jdbc.driver.OracleDriver());
     Class.forName("oracle.jdbc.driver.OracleDriver");
Connection conn = DriverManager.getConnection
("jdbc:oracle:thin:@164.48.69.125:1521:ventes", "system", "*****
// @machineName:port:SID,
userid, password
CallableStatement cs = conn.prepareCall("{ ? = call
Pack_GetAgencyInformation.GetAgencyInformation( ? )}");
     try {
          cs.registerOutParameter( 1,
oracle.jdbc.driver.OracleTypes.ARRAY);
     } catch (SQLException e) {
          e.printStackTrace();
     cs.setString(2, "001" );
     //ResultSet rset = cs.executeQuery();
The stacktrace:
java.sql.SQLException: Parametertypen conflicteren.:
sqlType=2003
at oracle.jdbc.dbaccess.DBError.throwSqlException
(DBError.java:168)
at oracle.jdbc.dbaccess.DBError.throwSqlException
(DBError.java:210)
at
oracle.jdbc.driver.OracleCallableStatement.registerOutParameter
(OracleCallableStatement.java:220)
at
oracle.jdbc.driver.OracleCallableStatement.registerOutParameter
(OracleCallableStatement.java:350)
at dbAccess.main(dbAccess.java:25)
I think it has to do with the type InfoType which is created in
the Stored Procedure. I'm absolute no Oracle expert and I
prefer not to make changes to the Oracle database. So any
solution in Java is welcome!
BR, H.Rietman

Answer 1

I managed to get it to work only by changing the stored
procedure. I have changed the return type record to a Ref
Cursor type (had to change alot of code for this). It seams
that Oracle JDBC drivers DON'T support the Record type as a
return type.
So the next question is: is it possible to typecast a record
type to a ref cursor type in Oracle. In this way I can easily
change the return type for the stored procedures.
/Harald