Custom aggregate function inside a package.

Question

Hi there,
I'm trying to write a custom aggregate function and group that function inside a package together with some other functions that I have. As an example (to simulate the problem I have) suppose my custom aggregation to do a summation of numbers looks like:
CREATE OR REPLACE TYPE SUM_AGGREGATOR_TYPE AS OBJECT (
summation NUMBER,
STATIC FUNCTION ODCIAggregateInitialize(agg_context IN OUT
SUM_AGGREGATOR_TYPE) RETURN NUMBER,
MEMBER FUNCTION ODCIAggregateIterate(self IN OUT SUM_AGGREGATOR_TYPE,
next_number IN NUMBER) RETURN NUMBER,
MEMBER FUNCTION ODCIAggregateMerge(self IN OUT SUM_AGGREGATOR_TYPE,
para_context IN SUM_AGGREGATOR_TYPE) RETURN NUMBER,
MEMBER FUNCTION ODCIAggregateTerminate(self IN SUM_AGGREGATOR_TYPE,
return_value OUT NUMBER, flags IN NUMBER) RETURN NUMBER
CREATE OR REPLACE TYPE BODY SUM_AGGREGATOR_TYPE IS
STATIC FUNCTION ODCIAggregateInitialize(agg_context IN OUT
SUM_AGGREGATOR_TYPE)
RETURN NUMBER IS
BEGIN
agg_context := SUM_AGGREGATOR_TYPE(NULL);
RETURN ODCIConst.Success;
END;
MEMBER FUNCTION ODCIAggregateIterate(self IN OUT SUM_AGGREGATOR_TYPE,
next_number IN NUMBER)
RETURN NUMBER IS
BEGIN
IF self.summation IS NULL THEN
self.summation := next_number;
ELSIF summation IS NOT NULL THEN
self.summation := self.summation + next_number;
END IF;
RETURN ODCIConst.Success;
END;
MEMBER FUNCTION ODCIAggregateMerge(self IN OUT SUM_AGGREGATOR_TYPE,
para_context IN SUM_AGGREGATOR_TYPE)
RETURN NUMBER IS
BEGIN
self.summation := self.summation + para_context.summation;
RETURN ODCIConst.Success;
END;
MEMBER FUNCTION ODCIAggregateTerminate(self IN SUM_AGGREGATOR_TYPE,
return_value OUT NUMBER, flags IN NUMBER)
RETURN NUMBER IS
BEGIN
return_value := self.summation;
return ODCIConst.Success;
END;
END;
If I write the following function definition:
CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION MY_SUM(input NUMBER)
RETURN NUMBER PARALLEL_ENABLE AGGREGATE USING SUM_AGGREGATOR_TYPE;
and corresponding type declaration to test:
CREATE OR REPLACE TYPE VECTOR
IS
TABLE OF NUMBER;
this statement:
select my_sum(column_value) from table(vector(1, 2, 1, 45, 22, -1));
gives the correct result of 70. However, creating a package with the function definition:
CREATE OR REPLACE PACKAGE MY_FUNCTIONS AS
FUNCTION MY_SUM(input NUMBER)
RETURN NUMBER PARALLEL_ENABLE AGGREGATE USING SUM_AGGREGATOR_TYPE;
END;
and calling it via:
select MY_FUNCTIONS.my_sum(column_value) from table(vector(1, 2, 1, 45, 22, -1));
explodes with:
ORA-00600: internal error code, arguments: [17090], [], [], [], [], [], [], [], [], [], [], []
Is it possible to have custom aggregate functions nested inside package declarations?
I'm using Oracle 11g, Release 2 (11.2.0.1.0).

Answer 1

HiddenName wrote:
Is it possible to have custom aggregate functions nested inside package declarations?Yes, it is possible, you have succesfuly created your function. Your problem is that the database throws ORA-600 on execute. And with ORA-600 you can do 2 things: 1) google ORA-600 17090 or 2) contact your Oracle Support.
You could also try to declare the function without PARALLEL_ENABLE - just to try to see if it changes anything. You can also try to call your function against a regular table with rows and columns - not against an collection type with table() operator.
Anyway - these 2 tests should be usefull for Oracle Support.
I never tried to put a custom aggregate function into a package. First - the cases when you need a custom aggregate function to be written for your system are very rare. Second - even if I needed 1 then I never needed 2 or more custom aggregate functions on my system. And as I do not like to make my life more complex than necessary, I have created it as a stand-alone function. And it is works (slowly).I tried using a standard table as you suggested:
CREATE TABLE TEST_DATA
test_value NUMBER
INSERT INTO TEST_DATA
(SELECT column_value test_value from TABLE(vector(1, 2, 1, 45, 22, -1)));
COMMIT;
select my_sum(test_value) from test_data;
select my_functions.my_sum(test_value) from test_data;
I also tried removing the PARALLEL_ENABLE clause to create the package as follows:
CREATE OR REPLACE PACKAGE MY_FUNCTIONS AS
FUNCTION MY_SUM(input NUMBER)
RETURN NUMBER AGGREGATE USING SUM_AGGREGATOR_TYPE;
END;
And unfortunately it still breaks with the following error: SQL Error: ORA-00600: internal error code, arguments: [17090]. This looks like an Oracle bug to me as the PL/SQL parsing engine should have disallowed me to even create this if it is not supported in Oracle. Instead, it allows me to create the package, and breaks when I call the function with this weird error (additionally cutting my connection from the database) instead of disallowing me to do this altogether and printing a nice error message telling me that Oracle doesn't support this. How would I go about logging a ticket for this?
Edited by: wcmatthysen on Dec 1, 2010 12:51 PM