Passing array as a argument in the Stored Procedure/Function

Question

Hello Friends,
I need a help, i Want one stored proedure/Function which take array as a argument and return an array also.
and the size of array should not be fixed.
I don't want to use Varray because for this I have to specified its size first.
I think Associative arry will work( For dynamic size) but I am not able to run it .
Is Associative arry(Index by Pls_Integer) support JDBC?
If yes, plz give me some clue. I have found some information of associative array in this url
http://www.oracle.com/technology/oramag/oracle/07-jan/o17odp.html
But I am not able to run this package through SQL and also not able to connect it through JDBC.
Is there any other alternative solution?
Thanks & Regards,
manish Kumar

Answer 1

This is my table structure :
SQL> desc jobs
Name Null? Type
JOB_ID      NOT NULL VARCHAR2(10)
JOB_TITLE      NOT NULL VARCHAR2(35)
MIN_SALARY NUMBER(6)
MAX_SALARY NUMBER(6)
My Requirement is, User will enter the above field value in the form of array. I need to store these value and after manupulating this I will return that value also.
Here I am using procedure just for testing purpuse.
In my case I will take one array argumentlike JOB_ID and after manupulating these data I will return that array value.
I am also not able to run this example through SQL.
Can U give me exact code for running this prog.
create or replace package associative_array as
-- define an associative array type for each column in the jobs table
type t_job_id is table of jobs.job_id%type index by pls_integer;
type t_job_title is table of jobs.job_title%type index by pls_integer;
type t_min_salary is table of jobs.min_salary%type index by pls_integer;
type t_max_salary is table of jobs.max_salary%type index by pls_integer;
-- define the procedure that will perform the array insert
procedure array_insert (p_job_id in t_job_id,
p_job_title in t_job_title,
p_min_salary in t_min_salary,
p_max_salary in t_max_salary);
end associative_array;
create or replace package body associative_array as
-- implement the procedure that will perform the array insert
procedure array_insert (p_job_id in t_job_id,
p_job_title in t_job_title,
p_min_salary in t_min_salary,
p_max_salary in t_max_salary) is
begin
forall i in p_job_id.first..p_job_id.last
insert into jobs (job_id,
job_title,
min_salary,
max_salary)
values (p_job_id(i),
p_job_title(i),
p_min_salary(i),
p_max_salary(i));
end array_insert;
end associative_array;
Regards,
manish Kumar