How does object memory management works?

Question

Hi all,
I'm having a lot of problems with memory which seems not to be released when using objects (on Oracle 9i 9.0.1.1.1). I've prepared the following test:
create type t_test as object (
id number,
member function FunctTest(TBL IN CHAR, expand IN CHAR) return varchar2
) not final;
create or replace type body t_test as
MEMBER FUNCTION FunctTest(TBL IN CHAR, expand IN CHAR) RETURN varchar2 IS
BEGIN
return NULL;
END FunctTest;
end;
create or replace function FunctTest2(TBL IN CHAR, expand IN CHAR) RETURN varchar2 IS
BEGIN
return NULL;
END FunctTest2;
create table tab_test of t_test;
insert into tab_test values(1);
commit;
As you can see, I create a simple type with a member function, and a schema function who does the same (nothing, in this case). Then I call the two functions with the following PL/SQL blocks:
declare i integer;
t varchar2(4000);
ob t_test;
begin
select value(a) into ob from tab_test a where a.id=1;
for i in 1..5000 loop
select ob.FunctTest('A','S') into t from dual;
end loop;
end;
declare i integer;
t varchar2(4000);
begin
for i in 1..5000 loop
select FunctTest2('A','S') into t from dual;
end loop;
end;
If you run these blocks with Task Manager opened (I use W2000) on server console, you can see how memory usage grows very fast with the first block, and how it doesn't change with the second one.
The memory isn't released till the session is alive.
I'm trying to develop an object application, but these memory leaks are making me crazy.
Geoff, does release 2 solve some of these problems?
In particular, please, do I need to free by myself temporary objects (these ones referenced in PL/SQL blocks)? In which way? I haven't found anything about object memory management in documentation...
As always,
Thanks for any support to everybody.
Andrea Arilotta
[email protected]

Answer 1

Andrea,
Do you have an Oracle Support customer ID? If you can log a TAR on http://metalink.oracle.com with your customer id, someone can take a closer look at this problem.
Regards,
Geoff
Hi all,
I'm having a lot of problems with memory which seems not to be released when using objects (on Oracle 9i 9.0.1.1.1). I've prepared the following test:
create type t_test as object (
id number,
member function FunctTest(TBL IN CHAR, expand IN CHAR) return varchar2
) not final;
create or replace type body t_test as
MEMBER FUNCTION FunctTest(TBL IN CHAR, expand IN CHAR) RETURN varchar2 IS
BEGIN
return NULL;
END FunctTest;
end;
create or replace function FunctTest2(TBL IN CHAR, expand IN CHAR) RETURN varchar2 IS
BEGIN
return NULL;
END FunctTest2;
create table tab_test of t_test;
insert into tab_test values(1);
commit;
As you can see, I create a simple type with a member function, and a schema function who does the same (nothing, in this case). Then I call the two functions with the following PL/SQL blocks:
declare i integer;
t varchar2(4000);
ob t_test;
begin
select value(a) into ob from tab_test a where a.id=1;
for i in 1..5000 loop
select ob.FunctTest('A','S') into t from dual;
end loop;
end;
declare i integer;
t varchar2(4000);
begin
for i in 1..5000 loop
select FunctTest2('A','S') into t from dual;
end loop;
end;
If you run these blocks with Task Manager opened (I use W2000) on server console, you can see how memory usage grows very fast with the first block, and how it doesn't change with the second one.
The memory isn't released till the session is alive.
I'm trying to develop an object application, but these memory leaks are making me crazy.
Geoff, does release 2 solve some of these problems?
In particular, please, do I need to free by myself temporary objects (these ones referenced in PL/SQL blocks)? In which way? I haven't found anything about object memory management in documentation...
As always,
Thanks for any support to everybody.
Andrea Arilotta
[email protected]