Pass temporary table as parameter to a procedure from Java

Question

Hi,
I have a PL/SQL procedure that has as input parameter a temporary table. For calling this procedure from PL/SQL there is no problem: I declare a variable having the type temporary table%ROWTYPE, I fill the table with data and then call the procedure. Now I have to call this procedure form Java and I do not know how can I declare a variable of type temporary table, fill it with data and then pass it to the procedure. I have seen and implemented passing arrays of strings or numbers to stored procedures but I have no clue how can I pass the temporary table. Anyone any clues?
Thank you,
Florin

Answer 1

Hi Avi,
the table is defined like this:
CREATE GLOBAL TEMPORARY TABLE ticket_api (
ticket VARCHAR2(16),
party_id NUMBER,
date_from DATE,
date_to DATE )
ON COMMIT PRESERVE ROWS;
there is defined a type like this:
TYPE ticket_tabletype IS
TABLE OF ticket_api%ROWTYPE;
the procedure definition is like this:
PROCEDURE get_ticket_data (
p_tickets IN ticket_tabletype ,
x_action_plan OUT NOCOPY action_plan_tabletype );
the action_plan_tabletype is defined like this:
TYPE action_plan_tabletype IS
TABLE OF action_plan_cursor%ROWTYPE;
When calling the procedure from PL/SQL I use the following code:
DECLARE
inTickets ticket_tabletype := ticket_tabletype ();
outActionPlan action_plan_tabletype;
BEGIN
inTickets.EXTEND;
inTickets(1).ticket := 'ABCDEFG';
inTickets(1).party_id := 123456789;
inTickets(1).date_from := TO_DATE('01-JAN-05', 'DD-MON-YY');
inTickets(1).date_to := SYSDATE;
get_ticket_data(
p_tickets => inTickets,
x_action_plan => outActionPlan);
DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE('Actions: '||outActionPlan.COUNT);
END;
Thanks for your quick feedback,
Florin