Database Adapter: cannot access table with complex record type as columns

Question

Hi all,
I cannot perform any operations on a table that has columns with complex record type.
I have created a table to store purchase order details.
Sample script:
CREATE type XX_CUST_INFO_TYP as object
ssn VARCHAR2(20),
rating NUMBER(15)
CREATE type XX_ITEM_TYP as object
item_name VARCHAR2(20),
unit_price NUMBER(15),
quantity NUMBER(15)
CREATE table XX_PORDER (cust XX_CUST_INFO_TYP, porder XX_ITEM_TYP);
When i try to access the table X_PORDER in jdev through a database Adapter, i receive the error as
"some tables contains columns that are not recognized by the database adpter"
1.) so in this case, how to include such tables that have complex types?
Also, check out this scenario also..
1. add a table through a database adapter
2. drop the table in backend
3. i can still see the table and its structure in the database adapter wizard even after restarting Jdeveloper.. How is it possible?
These are some really interesting scenarios to experiment. Please suggest your ideas on this..
Thanks All!

Answer 1

Hi Hem,
for a select you could select against a view. And for inserts you could create a stored procedure. They support complex types since 10.1.2. Complex types support in tables/views was added for 11 (next major release).
You might be able to use PureSQL as a workaround too, i.e.
insert into XX_PORDER values (XX_CUST_INFO_TYP(?,?), XX_ITEM_TYP(?, ?, ?))
As for your other problem, in 10.1.2/10.1.3 the DBAdapter wizard sits on top of the Jdev Offline Tables and TopLink Mapping Workbench components. When you remove a table in the wizard it won't delete the Offline DB component. It was added by the wizard, but afterwards it is public to the entire Jdev project. You must remove it from Jdev yourself. This has been improved for the next major release too, no artifacts from underlying components are created.
To remove it select:
Offline DB Objects -> <schema> -> <table> and try File.. Erase From Disk.
Thanks
Steve