Convert byte array to table of int

Question

[http://www.codeproject.com/KB/database/PassingArraysIntoSPs.aspx?display=Print|http://www.codeproject.com/KB/database/PassingArraysIntoSPs.aspx?display=Print] Hello friends.
I'm pretty new with PL/SQL.
I have code that run well on MSSQL and I want to convert it to PL/SQL with no luck.
The code converts byte array to table of int.
The byte array is actually array of int that was converted to bytes in C# for sending it as parameter.
The TSQL code is:
CREATE FUNCTION dbo.GetTableVarchar(@Data image)
RETURNS @DataTable TABLE (RowID int primary key IDENTITY ,
Value Varchar(8000))
AS
BEGIN
--First Test the data is of type Varchar.
IF(dbo.ValidateExpectedType(103, @Data)<>1) RETURN
--Loop thru the list inserting each
-- item into the variable table.
DECLARE @Ptr int, @Length int,
@VarcharLength smallint, @Value Varchar(8000)
SELECT @Length = DataLength(@Data), @Ptr = 2
WHILE(@Ptr<@Length)
BEGIN
--The first 2 bytes of each item is the length of the
--varchar, a negative number designates a null value.
SET @VarcharLength = SUBSTRING(@Data, @ptr, 2)
SET @Ptr = @Ptr + 2
IF(@VarcharLength<0)
SET @Value = NULL
ELSE
BEGIN
SET @Value = SUBSTRING(@Data, @ptr, @VarcharLength)
SET @Ptr = @Ptr + @VarcharLength
END
INSERT INTO @DataTable (Value) VALUES(@Value)
END
RETURN
END
It's taken from http://www.codeproject.com/KB/database/PassingArraysIntoSPs.aspx?display=Print.
The C# code is:
public byte[] Convert2Bytes(int[] list)
if (list == null || list.Length == 0)
return new byte[0];
byte[] data = new byte[list.Length * 4];
int k = 0;
for (int i = 0; i < list.Length; i++)
byte[] intBytes = BitConverter.GetBytes(list);
for (int j = intBytes.Length - 1; j >= 0; j--)
data[k++] = intBytes[j];
return data;
I tryied to convert the TSQL code to PL/SQL and thats what I've got:
FUNCTION GetTableInt(p_Data blob)
RETURN t_array --t_array is table of int
AS
l_Ptr number;
l_Length number;
l_ID number;
l_data t_array;
BEGIN
     l_Length := dbms_lob.getlength(p_Data);
l_Ptr := 1;
     WHILE(l_Ptr<=l_Length)
     loop
          l_ID := to_number( DBMS_LOB.SUBSTR (p_Data, 4, l_ptr));
          IF(l_ID<-2147483646)THEN
               IF(l_ID=-2147483648)THEN
                    l_ID := NULL;
               ELSE
                    l_Ptr := l_Ptr + 4;
                    l_ID := to_number( DBMS_LOB.SUBSTR(p_Data, 4,l_ptr));
               END IF;
               END IF;
l_data(l_data.count) := l_ID;
          l_Ptr := l_Ptr + 4;
     END loop;
     RETURN l_data;
END GetTableInt;
This isn't work.
This is the error:
Error report:
ORA-06502: PL/SQL: numeric or value error: character to number conversion error
06502. 00000 - "PL/SQL: numeric or value error%s"
I think the problem is in this line:
l_ID := to_number( DBMS_LOB.SUBSTR (p_Data, 4, l_ptr));
but I don't know how to fix that.
Thanks,
MTs.

Answer 1

I'd found the solution.
I need to write:
l_ID := utl_raw.cast_to_binary_integer( DBMS_LOB.SUBSTR(p_Data, 4,l_ptr));
instead of:
l_ID := to_number( DBMS_LOB.SUBSTR (p_Data, 4, l_ptr));
The performance isn't good, it's take 2.8 sec to convert 5000 int, but it's works.