How to exec. stored procedure having out parameter value in shell script ?

Question

Hi Gurus,
I am writing a shell script which is calling a SP having out parameter as varchar2.
So how can i do this in shell scripting ? (I am a new in shell scripting)
a simple example is preferred.
Thanks
Sandy

Answer 1

So how can i do this in shell scripting ? Assuming you want to assign the out parameter value to a shell variable, here's a small example :
SQL> select ename from emp where empno=7902;
ENAME
FORD
SQL> create or replace procedure show_name (
  2     v_empno in number,
  3     v_ename out varchar2)
  4  is
  5  begin
  6     select ename into v_ename from emp
  7     where empno = v_empno;
  8  end;
SQL> /
Procedure created.
SQL> exit
Disconnected from Oracle Database 10g Enterprise Edition Release 10.2.0.2.0 - Production
With the Partitioning, OLAP and Data Mining options
$ cat show_name.sh
ENAME=`sqlplus -s test/test << EOF
set pages 0
set feed off
var V1 varchar2(30);
exec show_name($1, :V1);
print V1
exit
EOF`
echo $ENAME
$ ./show_name.sh 7902
FORD
$