Passing ARRAYs to PL/SQL procedure

Hi,
How do i pass an array(from java program) to pl/sql stored procedure, and after doing some data manipulation in the database, i wanted to pass back the same array to the java program. Can anyone help me or post some sample code here?
Thanks in advance.
Kumar
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Are you hoping to use JDBC or ODBC to pass this array? If JDBC, I'd suggest asking this question on the JDBC forum.
Justin Cave
ODBC Development

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eg
create or replace type vt_attrname is table of varchar2(50);
Now my call to the procedure works when the array is empty;
as soon as I bulk collect into my local array, I get a compilation error.
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begin
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bulk collect
into my_array
from table_name
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How do I get around this problem?
The bulk collect is working okay.
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Yep, I spotted the syntax error earlier.
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heres the actual call from the code
vt_attrname and vt_attrvalues are types declared on another schema.
I have redeclared them on the current schema now.
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Passing arrays to Oracle Stored procedure.

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Thanks Arnold for the reply..
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I am trying to pass an array from java to pl/sql procedure.
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CREATE OR REPLACE TYPE HEADER_UPLOAD IS OBJECT
(VENDOR_NAME VARCHAR2(240) --hr_all_organization_units.name%TYPE
,BILL_TO_CUSTOMER_NAME VARCHAR2(240)-- hz_parties.party_name%TYPE
,BILL_TO_CUSTOMER_NUMBER VARCHAR2(240) --hz_cust_accounts.account_number%TYPE
,BILL_TO_SITE_USE_ID VARCHAR2(240) --hz_cust_site_uses_all.site_use_id%TYPE
,RESELLER_NAME VARCHAR2(240) --hz_parties.party_name%TYPE
,RESELLER_ADDRESS_1 VARCHAR2(240)--hz_locations.address1%TYPE
,RESELLER_ADDRESS_2 VARCHAR2(240)--hz_locations.address2%TYPE
,RESELLER_ADDRESS_3 VARCHAR2(240)--hz_locations.address3%TYPE
,RESELLER_ADDRESS_4 VARCHAR2(240)--hz_locations.address4%TYPE
,RESELLER_COUNTRY VARCHAR2(240)--hz_locations.country%TYPE
,RESELLER_STATE VARCHAR2(240) --hz_locations.state%TYPE
,RESELLER_CITY VARCHAR2(240)--hz_locations.city%TYPE
,RESELLER_POSTAL_CODE VARCHAR2(240)--hz_locations.postal_code%TYPE
,FEDERAL_GOVT_END_USER VARCHAR2(240)
,END_USER_NAME VARCHAR2(240)--hz_parties.party_name%TYPE
,END_USER_ADDRESS_1 VARCHAR2(240)--hz_locations.address1%TYPE
,END_USER_ADDRESS_2 VARCHAR2(240)--hz_locations.address2%TYPE
,END_USER_ADDRESS_3 VARCHAR2(240)--hz_locations.address3%TYPE
,END_USER_ADDRESS_4 VARCHAR2(240)--hz_locations.address4%TYPE
,END_USER_COUNTRY VARCHAR2(240)-- hz_locations.country%TYPE
,END_USER_STATE VARCHAR2(240) --hz_locations.state%TYPE
,END_USER_CITY VARCHAR2(240) --hz_locations.city%TYPE
,END_USER_POSTAL_CODE VARCHAR2(240)--hz_locations.postal_code%TYPE
,END_USER_CONTACT_NAME VARCHAR2(240)
,END_USER_EMAIL VARCHAR2(2000)
,SHIP_TO_CUSTOMER_NAME VARCHAR2(240)--ra_customers.customer_name%TYPE
,SHIP_TO_ADDRESS_1 VARCHAR2(240) --hz_locations.address1%TYPE
,SHIP_TO_ADDRESS_2 VARCHAR2(240) --hz_locations.address2%TYPE
,SHIP_TO_ADDRESS_3 VARCHAR2(240) --hz_locations.address3%TYPE
,SHIP_TO_ADDRESS_4 VARCHAR2(240) --hz_locations.address4%TYPE
,SHIP_TO_COUNTRY VARCHAR2(240) --hz_locations.country%TYPE
,SHIP_TO_STATE VARCHAR2(240) --hz_locations.state%TYPE
,SHIP_TO_CITY VARCHAR2(240)--hz_locations.city%TYPE
,SHIP_TO_POSTAL_CODE VARCHAR2(240)--hz_locations.postal_code%TYPE
,SHIP_TO_CONTACT_NAME VARCHAR2(240)
,SHIP_TO_CONTACT_PHONE VARCHAR2(50)
,SHIPPING_INSTRUCTIONS VARCHAR2(240)--oe_order_headers_all.shipping_instructions%TYPE
,SHIPPING_METHOD VARCHAR2(240) --fnd_lookup_values.meaning%TYPE
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,ORDER_CONTACT_LAST_NAME VARCHAR2(150)
,ORDER_CONTACT_PHONE VARCHAR2(50)
,ORDER_CONTACT_FAX_NUMBER VARCHAR2(50)
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,NOTES VARCHAR2(4000)
,CURRENCY_CODE VARCHAR2(240) --fnd_currencies.currency_code%TYPE
,SERVICE_RENEWAL_ORDER varchar2(10)
,CUSTOMER_PO_NUMBER VARCHAR2(240) --oe_order_headers_all.cust_po_number%TYPE
,RESUBMITTED_ORDER VARCHAR2(10)
,PREV_CUSTOMER_PO_NUMBER VARCHAR2(240) --oe_order_headers_all.cust_po_number%TYPE
,END_USER_PO_NUMBER VARCHAR2(50)
,PO_NET_TOTAL NUMBER
,FOB VARCHAR2(240) --fnd_lookup_values.meaning%TYPE
,FREIGHT_TERMS VARCHAR2(240) --fnd_lookup_values.meaning%TYPE
,FREIGHT_ACCOUNT_NUMBER VARCHAR2(200)
create or replace type header_upload_tab is table of header_upload;
java code is: this is a java class which first inserts the csv file data into array headerdata
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if ("RESELLER STATE*".equals(h_element)) headerData[11] = h_value;
if ("RESELLER CITY*".equals(h_element)) headerData[12] = h_value;
if ("RESELLER POSTAL CODE*".equals(h_element)) headerData[13] = h_value;
if ("FEDERAL GOVT END USER".equals(h_element)) headerData[14] = h_value;
if ("END USER*".equals(h_element)) headerData[15] = h_value;
if ("END USER ADDRESS LINE 1*".equals(h_element)) headerData[16] = h_value;
if ("END USER ADDRESS LINE 2".equals(h_element)) headerData[17] = h_value;
if ("END USER ADDRESS LINE 3".equals(h_element)) headerData[18] = h_value;
if ("END USER ADDRESS LINE 4".equals(h_element)) headerData[19] = h_value;
if ("END USER COUNTRY*".equals(h_element)) headerData[20] = h_value;
if ("END USER STATE*".equals(h_element)) headerData[21] = h_value;
if ("END USER CITY*".equals(h_element)) headerData[22] = h_value;
if ("END USER POSTAL CODE*".equals(h_element)) headerData[23] = h_value;
if ("END USER CONTACT**".equals(h_element)) headerData[24] = h_value;
if ("END USER CONTACT EMAIL**".equals(h_element)) headerData[25] = h_value;
if ("SHIP TO CUSTOMER*".equals(h_element)) headerData[26] = h_value;
if ("SHIP TO ADDRESS LINE 1*".equals(h_element)) headerData[27] = h_value;
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if ("SHIP TO ADDRESS LINE 3".equals(h_element)) headerData[29] = h_value;
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if ("SHIP TO CITY*".equals(h_element)) headerData[33] = h_value;
if ("SHIP TO POSTAL CODE*".equals(h_element)) headerData[34] = h_value;
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if ("LICENSE EMAIL**".equals(h_element)) headerData[40] = h_value;
if ("ORDER CONTACT FIRST NAME*".equals(h_element)) headerData[41] = h_value;
if ("ORDER CONTACT LAST NAME*".equals(h_element)) headerData[42] = h_value;
if ("ORDER CONTACT PHONE NUMBER*".equals(h_element)) headerData[43] = h_value;
if ("ORDER CONTACT FAX NUMBER".equals(h_element)) headerData[44] = h_value;
if ("ORDER CONTACT EMAIL*".equals(h_element)) headerData[45] = h_value;
if ("NOTES".equals(h_element)) headerData[46] = h_value;
if ("CURRENCY*".equals(h_element)) headerData[47] = h_value;
if ("SERVICE RENEWAL ORDER".equals(h_element)) headerData[48] = h_value;
if ("CUSTOMER PO NUMBER*".equals(h_element)) headerData[49] = h_value;
if ("RESUBMISSION*".equals(h_element)) headerData[50] = h_value;
if ("PREVIOUS CUSTOMER PO NUMBER**".equals(h_element)) headerData[51] = h_value;
if ("END USER PO NUMBER".equals(h_element)) headerData[52] = h_value;
if ("PO NET TOTAL*".equals(h_element)) headerData[53] = h_value;
if ("FOB*".equals(h_element)) headerData[54] = h_value;
if ("FREIGHT TERMS*".equals(h_element)) headerData[55] = h_value;
if ("FREIGHT ACCOUNT NUMBER".equals(h_element)) headerData[56] = h_value;
if(IBEUtil.logEnabled())
IBEUtil.log("oracle.apps.ibe.shoppingcart.util.OrderUploadCSVReader", s, (String)headerData);
} // End of processing Header Data
if(IBEUtil.logEnabled())
IBEUtil.log("oracle.apps.ibe.shoppingcart.util.OrderUploadCSVReader", s, "Insert the Header Record into Interface Table");
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IBEUtil.log("oracle.apps.ibe.shoppingcart.util.OrderUploadCSVReader", s, (String)headerData[1]);
if(IBEUtil.logEnabled())
IBEUtil.log("oracle.apps.ibe.shoppingcart.util.OrderUploadCSVReader", s, (String)headerData[2]);
if(IBEUtil.logEnabled())
IBEUtil.log("oracle.apps.ibe.shoppingcart.util.OrderUploadCSVReader", s, "checkpoint");
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if(IBEUtil.logEnabled())
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ps.execute();.......continued
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after that it gives error as :---Exception=java.sql.SQLException: Fail to convert to internal representation
Kindly Help....
Thanks in advance
Gaurav

Gaurav,
Just a guess, but try the following:
ArrayDescriptor descriptor = ArrayDescriptor.createDescriptor( "SCOTT.HEADER_UPLOAD_TAB", oracleconnection );In other words, prefix the data-type name, HEADER_UPLOAD_TAB, with its schema owner name.
Good Luck,
Avi.

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Hi,
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ORA-06550: line 1, column 7:
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[]E R R O R
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create or replace package mypackage
as
type mytable is table of binary_integer;
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as
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Oracle's ODBC driver doesnt support Associative Arrays (aka index-by tables).
Hope it helps,
Greg

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You said you have a text field where a user enters a value, so I am assuming that you have form...
you can try following
<form action="/pls/portal/myschema.mypackage.myprocedure" method="post">
your text field "inVar"
your submit button
</form>
I am sure your myprocedure has inVar as an input...
If you just want to pass a value to a procedure you can always do following:
http://my.server.com:7777/portal/pls/portal/myschema.mypackage.myprocedure?inVar=the value

Pass array to oracle stored procedure

I have such a problem: I have to pass array to stored procedure, so I declare type:
create type tNumberArray as table of number
and create procedure:
create or replace procedure proc_1 (in_param in tNumberArray) as
.... BODY OF PROCEDURE ...
when I call this procedure from C# like this:
int []pParam = new int[3] {1,2,3};
OracleCommand cmd = new OracleCommand("proc_1", dbConn);
cmd.CommandType = CommandType.StoredProcedure;
OracleParameter param14 = new OracleParameter("param", OracleDbType.Decimal);
param14.Value = pParam;
param14.CollectionType = OracleCollectionType.PLSQLAssociativeArray;
param14.Size = 3;
param14.Direction = ParameterDirection.Input;
cmd.Parameters.Add(param14);
cmd.ExecuteNonQuery();
an error occures. It say that there invalid number or type of parameters.
But when I declare both type and procedure in a package everything goes fine.
What is the matter? Did anybody have the same problem?

Not I got next problem:
when I cannot pass parameter to stored procedure and get array fro it. In other words returning array from procedure and passing some input parameters to it does not word!
Does anybody know why it happens?

Pass array to a stored procedure

I have a comma delimited string that looks like this:
1,t,2,t,3,f,4,t
So I want to parse threw ththis string I send and update the DB. The numbers are ID's and t and f is the other field. An example would be great

Actually, Tom, what you missed was the important bit. The poster wants to parse a comma separated string. .
v := myTableType( myType( 1,'t' ), myType( 2,'f' ) );Your solution skips the hard bit ;)
Here's my go. Of course, it requires the inputter to ensure that the string is correctly parsable (i.e. an even number of values, alternate values numeric).
Cheers, APC
SQL> CREATE OR REPLACE TYPE o AS OBJECT (col1 NUMBER, col2 VARCHAR2(1));
2 /
Type created.
SQL> CREATE OR REPLACE TYPE ot AS TABLE OF o;
2 /
Type created.
SQL> DECLARE
2     lv VARCHAR2(32767);
3     i NUMBER;
4     j NUMBER;
5     tt ot;
6     x number;
7     y varchar2(1);
8 BEGIN
9     -- initialise
10     lv := '1,t,2,t,3,f,4,t';
11     tt := ot();
12     i := 0;
13     j := 0;
14     LOOP
15        i := i+1;
16        EXIT WHEN instr(lv, ',', 1, i) = 0;
17        -- get first value
18        j := j+1;
19        x := to_number(trim(substr(lv, instr(lv, ',', 1, i)-1, 1)));
20        -- get second value
21        i := i+1;
22        y := trim(substr(lv, instr(lv, ',', 1, i)-1, 1));
23        -- add found values to array
24        tt.extend;
25        tt(j) := o(x, y);
26     END LOOP;
27     dbms_output.put_line('recs='||to_char(tt.count));
28 END;
29 /
recs=4
PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.
SQL>

Passing array from java stored procedure to plsql

I have a java store procedure that is parsing an xml document and returning element values to my plsql application(8.1.7). I'm mapping a java.lang.String return type to VARCHAR2. However I'm running into the 4k limit when trying to return a string from java that is over 4k. Truncation of varchar returning over 4k is a known issue in 8i.
So my next idea was to split that value of the element into 2000char and put in an array then pass that back to the plsql procedure. I know that oracle.sql.ARRAY can be converted into a plsql TABLE. But I believe you can only use the oracle.sql.ARRAY type when you are doing jdbc programming and are working with a connection.
SO FINALLY MY QUESTION IS...
Can anyone think of a solution that will allow me to pass over 4k of character data from my java stored procedure (not jdbc), back to my plsql app?
Thanks.

My understanding is that oracle 8 has a 4k limitation on any plsql function return data. A varchar can hold 32k within a function/package, but it cannot return more than 4k outside it's scope.
Do you have an example you could share where you use the clob as a return type?
Thanks!

Passing array as input to procedure

Hi,
       create or replace type t_employee_id is table of number;
      create or replace type t_employee_name is table of varchar2(4000);
I have created type for array input.
declare
p_id t_employee_id;
p_name t_employee_name;
begin
   p_id(1):=12;
p_name(1):='no22';
p_id(2):=300;
p_name(2):='XXX';
p_id(3):=4;
p_name(3):='bn';
sp_sample(p_id => p_id,
            p_name => p_name);
end;
CREATE OR REPLACE PROCEDURE sp_sample(p_id   IN t_employee_id,
                                      p_name IN t_employee_name) IS
v_error EXCEPTION;
PRAGMA EXCEPTION_INIT(v_error, -23456);
BEGIN
FORALL i IN 1 .. p_id.COUNT SAVE EXCEPTIONS
    INSERT INTO employee
      (employee_id, employee_name)
    VALUES
      (p_id(i), p_name(i));
COMMIT;
EXCEPTION
WHEN v_error THEN
    FOR i IN 1 .. SQL%BULK_EXCEPTIONS.COUNT LOOP
      dbms_output.put_line('Error:' || SQL%BULK_EXCEPTIONS(i)
                           .ERROR_INDEX || 'Message' ||
                           SQLERRM(-sql%BULK_EXCEPTIONS(i).ERROR_CODE));
      dbms_output.put_line('\n');
    END LOOP;
END sp_sample;By compling the above code I getting error like this
ORA-06531-Reference to uninitialized collection.
Thanks in advance.

... and The Holly Book of All PL/SQL Programmers (also known as: Oracle® Database PL/SQL Language Reference) says:
Collection Initialization
Until you initialize it, a nested table or varray is atomically null; the collection itself is null, not its elements. To initialize a nested table or varray, you use a constructor, a system-defined function with the same name as the collection type. This function constructs collections from the elements passed to it.
You must explicitly call a constructor for each varray and nested table variable. Associative arrays, the third kind of collection, do not use constructors. Constructor calls are allowed wherever function calls are allowed.
Example 5-10 initializes a nested table using a constructor, which looks like a function with the same name as the collection type.
Example 5-10 Constructor for a Nested Table
DECLARE
TYPE dnames_tab IS TABLE OF VARCHAR2(30);
dept_names dnames_tab;
BEGIN
dept_names := dnames_tab('Shipping','Sales','Finance','Payroll');
END;
Because a nested table does not have a declared size, you can put as many elements in the constructor as necessary.------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
It's very abstract and not intuitive but there is a difference between 'the collection is NULL (not initialized)' and 'the collection that is not NULL (initialized), but it has no elements' and 'the collection that has all elements NULL'. If you declare a variable of VARCHAR2(30) datatype then Oracle will allocate memory for this variable. However if you have a variable of a collection type then simply declaring it is not enough - you have to call a constructor so Oracle can allocate memory for this variable before it's first use.
So you can have:
declare
p_id t_employee_id := t_employee_id();
p_name t_employee_name := t_employee_name();
begin
   p_id(1):=12;
p_name(1):='no22';
p_id(2):=300;
p_name(2):='XXX';
p_id(3):=4;
p_name(3):='bn';
sp_sample(p_id => p_id,
            p_name => p_name);
end;or simply
declare
p_id t_employee_id := t_employee_id (12, 300, 4);
p_name t_employee_name := t_employee_name ('no22', 'XXX', 'bn') ;
begin
sp_sample(p_id => p_id,
            p_name => p_name);
end;

Passing array to Oracle stored procedure

Is it possible to pass an array (TYPES.Array) to an oracle stored procedure in WLI? I know it can be done in vanilla jdbc.
I have tried to do this but I'm getting this exception:
java.sql.SQLException: Fail to convert to internal representation:

Well well well......I was able to fix the same.
The implementation for writeSQL is the catch. We need to give the conversion only in that.
Anyway, thanks.

Returning collection-associative array from pl-sql procedure

CREATE OR REPLACE procedure test_ganesh( p_deptno IN number,gana out PARTIES_RESULT)
is
query varchar2(200);
PARTY_ID varchar2(200);
PARTY_CODE varchar2(200);
PARTY_NAME varchar2(200);
PARTY_SEQ VARCHAR2(200);
counter number;
TYPE PARTIES IS TABLE OF varchar2(2000) index by binary_integer;
txn_parties PARTIES;
type PARTIES_RESULT IS TABLE OF PARTIES index by binary_integer;
total_result PARTIES_RESULT;
TYPE EmpTyp IS REF CURSOR;
p_du EmpTyp;
p_cursor EmpTyp;
global_counter number;
begin
global_counter:=1;
counter:=1;
open p_cursor FOR
select A.ref_no
from ot_lc_txn_details A
where rownum <12;
LOOP
FETCH p_cursor INTO query;
EXIT WHEN p_cursor%NOTFOUND;
counter:=1;
open p_du FOR
     select party_id,party_code,seq_no,party_name from ot_txn_party where ref_no=query;
     LOOP
     FETCH p_du INTO PARTY_ID,PARTY_CODE,PARTY_SEQ,PARTY_NAME;
     EXIT WHEN p_du%NOTFOUND;
     txn_parties(counter):=PARTY_ID || '&&&' || PARTY_CODE || '&&&'||PARTY_SEQ || '&&&' || PARTY_NAME;
          counter:=counter+1;
     END LOOP;
     CLOSE p_du;
total_result(global_counter):=txn_parties;
global_counter:=global_counter+1;
END LOOP;
CLOSE p_cursor;
--open gana FOR SELECT * FROM table(cast(total_result as PARTIES_RESULT)) ;
end;
The error comes at line one, PLS-00905- object PARTIES_RESULT is invalid.
i have used the create type thing to create this type.
if i remove the out parameter it works, no compilation error.
Questions i) How to return the associative array as out parameter?
ii)Am i doing aynthing qrong here?
iii) Can i open a ref cursor to this associative array and then return that ref_cursor?
Please anyone reply back, Thanks in advance
Message was edited by:
user649602

As an example:
SQL> create type PARTIES is table of varchar2(2000);
2 /
Type created.
SQL> create or replace procedure proc1(p_deptno number,gana out parties) as
2 begin
3   select ename
4   bulk collect into gana
5   from emp
6   where deptno = p_deptno;
7 end;
8 /
Procedure created.

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