How to call a procedure

Question

Hi,
I know this a silly question..but i am not getting how to do.
I have stored procedure with multiple OUT and IN parameters.But i want to use only one parameter to call the procedure, for example:
create or replace
PROCEDURE Get_NN_Distance ( nbrid OUT NUMBER
, nbrTDistOut OUT NUMBER
, nbrRHouse OUT NUMBER
, nbrResDist OUT NUMBER
, nbrBHouse OUT NUMBER
, nbrBdist OUT NUMBER
, nbrSIDIn IN NUMBER
, nbrRefLatIn IN NUMBER
, nbrRefLonIn IN NUMBER
, nbrRadius IN NUMBER := 1000 -- Default to 200 ft.
but i want to use only one parameter nbrSIDIn only.
this parameter represents SITEID, If we give SITEID we can get LAT,Long for that siteid by using another table: i want to put nbrradius as default:
how to call the procedure by using only SITEID:
Can anyone help me in this Plz
Thanks

Answer 1

ramakrish wrote:
I have stored procedure with multiple OUT and IN parameters.But i want to use only one parameter to call the procedure, The OUT parameters forces you to supply variables to receive these output values from the procedure.
So instead, create a new procedure that serves as a wrapper procedure. Where this provides a single parameter only and makes the call on your behalf using multiple parameters. E.g.
create or replace procedure Do_NN_Distance( sidIn number ) is
.. local variables...
begin
  Get_NN_Distance( 
    nbrSIDIn => sidIn,
    .. other params using local variables...
end;BTW, I suggest that you reconsider using prefixes like "+nbr+" to indicate data type. Hungarian notation is dead. Especially in a strongly typed language.. especially in a an explicit variable type definition language.
+"Encoding the type of a function into the name (so-called Hungarian notation) is brain damaged—the compiler knows the types anyway and can check those, and it only confuses the programmer."+
Linus Torvalds