Java stored procedures in 8.1.6

Question

I created a simple java stored procedure and depoloyed it using the deployment wizard. The code for the class is as follows:
// Copyright (c) 2000 CAP-MPT
package ClaimsProcedures;
import sqlj.runtime.*;
import sqlj.runtime.ref.*;
import java.sql.*;
import java.sql.SQLException;
* A Sqlj class.
* <P>
* @author Sebastian Circo
public class ClaimsFinancialHistory extends Object {
* Constructor
public ClaimsFinancialHistory() {
public static int IP(int Claimno) throws SQLException {
int Val;
Val = 0;
#sql {select sum(amount) into :Val from reshist
where claimno = :Claimno and type = 'RI'};
return Val;
The wizard indicated that everything deployed properly. However when I try to call the procedure/method "IP" from sql*plus I get the following message: ORA-06576: not a valid function or procedure name. I double checked to make sure that I'm publishing the "IP" method and I still get the same error. I also tried calling the procedure with the schema.class.procedure form, still same error.
Can anyone help?
thanks
scirco

Answer 1

I case anyone is interested.
I managed to find out what I was doing wrong.
First when you call a stored procedure that is in a package and is a method of a class. You call it referencing the packagename.method. Leaving out the class name. Also, since this was a method that returns a value. The return value has to be assigned to a variable or used in an sql statement. Such as:
var x number;
call claimsprocedures.ip(19990033) into :x;call completed
print x;(then the value is displayed in sql*plus
scirco.
<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by scirco:
I created a simple java stored procedure and depoloyed it using the deployment wizard. The code for the class is as follows:
// Copyright (c) 2000 CAP-MPT
package ClaimsProcedures;
import sqlj.runtime.*;
import sqlj.runtime.ref.*;
import java.sql.*;
import java.sql.SQLException;
* A Sqlj class.
* <P>
* @author Sebastian Circo
public class ClaimsFinancialHistory extends Object {
* Constructor
public ClaimsFinancialHistory() {
public static int IP(int Claimno) throws SQLException {
int Val;
Val = 0;
#sql {select sum(amount) into :Val from reshist
where claimno = :Claimno and type = 'RI'};
return Val;
The wizard indicated that everything deployed properly. However when I try to call the procedure/method "IP" from sql*plus I get the following message: ORA-06576: not a valid function or procedure name. I double checked to make sure that I'm publishing the "IP" method and I still get the same error. I also tried calling the procedure with the schema.class.procedure form, still same error.
Can anyone help?
thanks
scirco<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>
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