Cannot call member function on object type

Question

On 8.1.6 I cannot call a member function from SQL in the way described in the manual.
The following example is almost copied from the manual:
create or replace TYPE foo AS OBJECT (a1 NUMBER,
MEMBER FUNCTION getbar RETURN NUMBER);
create or replace type body foo is
MEMBER FUNCTION getbar RETURN NUMBER is
begin
return 45;
end;
end;
CREATE TABLE footab(col foo);
SELECT col,foo.getbar(col) FROM footab; -- OK
select col,col.getbar() from footab; -- ERROR
The second select is the way it should be, but I get an error "invalid column name".
Using the first select, I get the result. This is strange because this is more or less the 'static member' notation (filling in the implicit self parameter myself).
Is this a known bug in 8.1.6, maybe fixed in later versions?

Answer 1

Konstantin,
Did you use loadjava to load the compiled class into the Oracle Database?
Regards,
Geoff
Hello!
I need to write a member function for object type with java.
for example:
create type test as object(
id number,
name varchar2(20),
member function hallo return number);
create type body test as
member function hallo return number
as language java
name 'test.hallo() return int;
create table test of test;
My java-file is:
public class test {
public int hallo() {
return 5;
select t.hallo() from test t;
It's does not run. Why?
I get always an error back. Wrong types or numbers of parameters!!
please help me.
thanks in advance
Konstantin