Passing multidimensional array to plsql procedure

hi ,
is there any way to pass a two dimensional array of different data types to plsql procedure as a parameter?
In other words, is it possible to pass a set or records or a datatable as a single parameter to plsql procedure?
Because I am using a dataset selected with odp.net in my client and I am modifying the data in different datatables contained in the dataset.At the moment, the modified datatables are saved by seperating each column as a sepearate array and passing each column array as a seperate parameter to a stored procedure. But, I would like to change it in a way to pass each datatable as a single parameter to the stored procedure.
I would appreciate any solution/suggestion/hint in regard to this problem
thanks in advance,
Prabhakar.

If your Java array is of a base type (String, int, etc.) and you are using the OCI driver, you can use OracleCallableStatement.setPlSqlTable(). (I'm doing this from memory so the method name may be slightly different.)
The method takes a Java array and converts it to a PL/SQL table before passing it to the stored procedure.

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Thanks & Regards,
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Hi!
Here is an example:
create or replace procedure test
is
type v2_itt is table of varchar2(2000) index by binary_integer;
l_v2 v2_itt;
procedure test2( pi_v2 v2_itt ) is
begin
for i in 1 .. pi_v2.count loop
dbms_output.put_line( pi_v2(i) );
end loop;
end;
begin
l_v2(1) := 'name1';
l_v2(2) := 'name2';
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Hi all,
how do i pass an array of varchar2[10] in an procedure and i want to use this array in the IN caluse of the SQL statement inside the procedure. Can anyone please help me on this.
Thanks & regards
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There are multiple ways. For example:
SQL> create or replace
2    type str10_tbl_type is table of varchar2(10)
3 /
Type created.
SQL> -- Using TABLE operator
SQL> create or replace
2    procedure p1(
3                 p_str10_tbl str10_tbl_type
4                )
5      is
6      begin
7          for rec in (
8                      select ename,
9                              sal
10                        from emp,
11                              table(p_str10_tbl)
12                        where ename = column_value
13                     ) loop
14            dbms_output.put_line(rpad(rec.ename,10) || rec.sal);
15          end loop;
16 end;
17 /
Procedure created.
SQL> set serveroutput on format wrapped
SQL> exec p1(str10_tbl_type('KING','ALLEN','SMITH'));
KING      5000
ALLEN     1600
SMITH     800
PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.
SQL> -- Using MEMBER OF method
SQL> create or replace
2    procedure p1(
3                 p_str10_tbl str10_tbl_type
4                )
5      is
6      begin
7          for rec in (
8                      select ename,
9                              sal
10                        from emp
11                        where ename member of p_str10_tbl
12                     ) loop
13            dbms_output.put_line(rpad(rec.ename,10) || rec.sal);
14          end loop;
15 end;
16 /
Procedure created.
SQL> set serveroutput on format wrapped
SQL> exec p1(str10_tbl_type('KING','ALLEN','SMITH'));
SMITH     800
ALLEN     1600
KING      5000
PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.
SQL> SY.

I want to pass String array to Stored procedure .

ArrayDescriptor claim = ArrayDescriptor.createDescriptor("POOJA.VARCHAR_TBL" , conn);
String test[] = {"an","jk"};
ARRAY a = new ARRAY(claim,conn,test);
cstmt.setArray(noOfParms,a);
It gives class cast exception at ArrayDescriptor .. Dont know why ?
Need an urgent help ...

ArrayBinding feature is for bulk operation where a SP or SQL statement executes ArrayBindCount time in one server round trip. Each execution uses the nth element in the parameter (array) and execute the SP or SQL statement.
This is done internally in the database, and not related to the SP or SQL statement at all.
The PL/SQL Associative array support might be the feature that you're looking for.
Please take a look from our Doc on these topics for further information. Also take a look in the ODP.NET dissucssion forum's samples section.
Thanks
Martha

Passing an array as parameter from java (java controls) to stored procedure

Hi,
I'm using java controls (BEA Weblogic Workshop 8.1) to call a stored procedure and send an array as a parameter to the stored procedure from java. The following code below throws an exception "Fail to convert to internal representation".
Java code
import com.bea.control.DatabaseControl.SQLParameter;
// Here i create the java array
int[] javaArray={12,13,14};
//The code below is used to create the oracle sql array for the procedure
SQLParameter[] params = new SQLParameter[1];
Object obj0=javaArray;
params[0] = new SQLParameter(obj0, oracle.jdbc.OracleTypes.ARRAY, SQLParameter.IN);
// the code below calls the testFunc method in OJDBCtrl.jcx file
String succ= dbControl.testFunc(params);
OJDBCtrl.jcx
* @jc:sql statement="call CMNT_TST_PROC(?))"
String testFunc(SQLParameter[] param);
The stored procedure used:
TYPE SL_tab IS TABLE OF number INDEX BY PLS_INTEGER;
Procedure cmnt_tst_proc (cmnt_tst sl_tab);
Procedure cmnt_tst_proc (cmnt_tst sl_tab) is
BEGIN
dbms_output.put_line('Hello');
END;
I am getting the following exception
Failure=java.sql.SQLException: Fail to convert to internal representation: [I@438af4 [ServiceException]>
at oracle.jdbc.driver.DatabaseError.throwSqlException(DatabaseError.java:125)
at oracle.jdbc.driver.DatabaseError.throwSqlException(DatabaseError.java:162)
at oracle.jdbc.driver.DatabaseError.check_error(DatabaseError.java:861)
at oracle.sql.ARRAY.toARRAY(ARRAY.java:210)
at oracle.jdbc.driver.OraclePreparedStatement.setObjectCritical(OraclePreparedStatement.java:7768)
at oracle.jdbc.driver.OraclePreparedStatement.setObjectInternal(OraclePreparedStatement.java:7449)
at oracle.jdbc.driver.OraclePreparedStatement.setObjectInternal(OraclePreparedStatement.java:7837)
at oracle.jdbc.driver.OracleCallableStatement.setObject(OracleCallableStatement.java:4587)
at weblogic.jdbc.wrapper.PreparedStatement.setObject(PreparedStatement.java:244)
at com.bea.wlw.runtime.core.control.DatabaseControlImpl._setParameter(DatabaseControlImpl.jcs:1886)
at com.bea.wlw.runtime.core.control.DatabaseControlImpl.getStatement_v2(DatabaseControlImpl.jcs:1732)
at com.bea.wlw.runtime.core.control.DatabaseControlImpl.invoke(DatabaseControlImpl.jcs:2591)
at com.bea.wlw.runtime.core.dispatcher.DispMethod.invoke(DispMethod.java:377)
at com.bea.wlw.runtime.core.container.Invocable.invoke(Invocable.java:433)
at com.bea.wlw.runtime.core.container.Invocable.invoke(Invocable.java:406)
at com.bea.wlw.runtime.core.container.Invocable.invoke(Invocable.java:249)
at com.bea.wlw.runtime.jcs.container.JcsContainer.invoke(JcsContainer.java:85)
at com.bea.wlw.runtime.core.bean.BaseContainerBean.invokeBase(BaseContainerBean.java:224)
at com.bea.wlw.runtime.core.bean.SLSBContainerBean.invoke(SLSBContainerBean.java:109)
at com.bea.wlwgen.StatelessContainer_ly05hg_ELOImpl.invoke(StatelessContainer_ly05hg_ELOImpl.java:153)
Can you please let me know, what i'm doing wrong and how i can pass an array to a procedure/function using java controls.
Any help will be highly appreciated.
Edited by: user12671762 on Feb 24, 2010 5:03 AM
Edited by: user9211663 on Feb 24, 2010 9:04 PM

Thanks Michael.
Here's the final code that i used, this might be helpful for those who face this problem
Java Code
// Following code gets the connection object
InitialContext ctx = new InitialContext();
dataSource = (DataSource)ctx.lookup("<DataSourceName>");
conn=dataSource.getConnection();
// Following code is used to create the array type from java
String query="CREATE OR REPLACE TYPE STR_ARRAY AS VARRAY(3) OF NUMBER";
dbControl.runTypeQuery(query);
// Following code is used to obtain the oracle sql array as SQLParameter
ArrayDescriptor desc = ArrayDescriptor.createDescriptor("<schemaName>.STR_ARRAY", conn);
Object[] elements = new Object[3];
elements[0] = new Integer(12);
elements[1] = new Integer(13);
elements[2] = new Integer(14);
oracle.sql.ARRAY newArray = new oracle.sql.ARRAY( desc, conn, elements);
SQLParameter[] params = new SQLParameter[1];
params[0] = new SQLParameter(newArray, oracle.jdbc.OracleTypes.ARRAY, SQLParameter.IN);
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Hi
I tried the following code,
Where my aim is to split the comma separated values and insert into an array, and then pass that array to another procedure in a package
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PROCEDURE PROC_SPLIT(IN_LIST VARCHAR2) ;
END;
CREATE OR REPLACE PACKAGE PAK_SPLIT_TEST AS
PROCEDURE PROC_SPLIT(IN_LIST VARCHAR2) ;
END;
CREATE OR REPLACE PACKAGE PAK_SPLIT_TEST
AS
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END;
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AS
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PLS-00103: Encountered the symbol "end-of-file" when expecting one of the following:
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Thanks,
Smile

Give this a shot:
CREATE OR REPLACE PACKAGE BODY PAK_SPLIT_TEST
AS
      TYPE SPLIT_array IS TABLE OF VARCHAR2 (4000)
                             INDEX BY BINARY_INTEGER;
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   IS
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      FOR i IN 1 .. p_array.COUNT
      LOOP
         DBMS_OUTPUT.put_line (p_array (i));
      END LOOP;
   END;
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      l_txt    LONG := '100,200,300,400,500,600';
      l_str    LONG := IN_LIST || ',';
      l_n      NUMBER;
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      BEGIN
         l_data.delete;
         LOOP
            l_n := INSTR (l_str, ',');
            EXIT WHEN NVL (l_n, 0) = 0;
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            l_str := SUBSTR (l_str, l_n + 1);
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      END;
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Hi
i want to pass an array to a procedure and get the employee details from emp table..
for that i tried the following way
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type tp is table of emp.emp_type%type;
procedure procc (cur out sys_refcursor,emptype in tp);
end;
CREATE OR REPLACE package body pak as
procedure procc (cur out sys_refcursor ,emptype in tp)
is
begin
open cur for
select * from emp where emp_type in(emptype);
end;
end;
but am getting the following error while compilation
PLS-00642: local collection types not allowed in SQL statements..
here emptype is an array..and i want to get all the detail of employee of the selected types..
please help me with this
regards
ben

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As for why SQL Types have this limitation, it is - like many other limitations of the CDT implementation - a product of the ability to use CDTs as column definitions. Consider the following scenario....
CREATE TABLE my_tab (col1 varchar2(18))
CREATE TYPE my_new_type AS OBJECT (attr1 my_tab.col1%TYPE);
CREATE TABLE my_obj_tab (col_a my_new_type)
INSERT INTO my_obj_tab VALUES ('This is not a date')
ALTER TABLE my_tab MODIFY col1 DATE
/Does Oracle have to validate every single usage of my_new_type to ensure that all its values are capable of date conversion? Of course not. It won't let us modify any column that contains data.
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Hi,
How to pass int array in java to a stored procedure througn jdbc
and what type of data type I should declare to this IN parameter
in PLSQL Procedure.
Thanks,
Simi

Hi,
The best way to do what you want depends on what you want. Start by describing what you need to do. It's best to post some sample data (CREATE TABLE and INSERT statments) and what results you want from that sample data. (See the forum FAQ: https://forums.oracle.com/message/9362002)
If you have ideas about how to do the job (e.g., populating a temporary table) it can be helpful to include those, too, but distinguish clearly between WHAT you need to do and HOW you might do it.
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(   start_date IN   DATE
,   out_data    OUT SYS_REFCURSOR
AS
BEGIN
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        SELECT empno, ename, hiredate
        FROM    scott.emp
        WHERE   hiredate >= start_date;
END hired_since;
SHOW ERRORS
You can test it in SQL*Plus like this:
VARIABLE   c REFCURSOR
EXEC hired_since (DATE '1982-01-01', :c);
PRINT :c
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How can I pass a multidimensional array to oracle array?
Thanx in anticipation,

Look in to passing user defined type back and forth to Oracle. Any type that oracle supports, you can constract on the java side and send it across. Look into the SQLData class.

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create or replace package work_address as
FUNCTION populate_address return boolean;
procedure insert_address(in_address IN work_address_table%ROWTYPE);
end work_address;
create or replace package body work_address as
function populate_address return boolean is
cursor c1 is
select 'H' as header,
street1 as street
city as city,
NULL as state
from address
where city = 'HANOVER';
TYPE addressT IS TABLE OF c1%ROWTYPE INDEX BY BINARY_INTEGER;
rec1 addressT;
BEGIN
OPEN c1;
FETCH c1 BULK COLLECT INTO rec1 LIMIT 500;
FOR i IN 1..rec1.count LOOP
rec1(i).state := 'US'
insert_address(rec1(i));
exit when c1%notfound;
END LOOP;
CLOSE c1;
return TRUE;
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VALUES (in_address.header,
in_address.street,
in_address.city,
in_address.state);
COMMIT;
END insert_address;
END work address;
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Both address and work_address_table contain the same 4 columns with the same data types.Are you 100% sure about this?
SQL> declare
cursor c1
is
    select 1 deptno, dummy dname, 'Loc' location from dual;
type addresst is table of c1%rowtype
    index by binary_integer;
rec1   addresst;
procedure p (d dept%rowtype)
as
begin
    dbms_output.put_line(d.dname);
end p;
begin
rec1 (1).dname := 'z';
p (rec1 (1));
end;
z
PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.but changing just the first column of the cursor:
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cursor c1
is
    select 'xy' deptno, dummy dname, 'Loc' location from dual;
type addresst is table of c1%rowtype
    index by binary_integer;
rec1   addresst;
procedure p (d dept%rowtype)
as
begin
    dbms_output.put_line(d.dname);
end p;
begin
rec1 (1).dname := 'z';
p (rec1 (1));
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ORA-06550: line 20, column 3:
PLS-00306: wrong number or types of arguments in call to 'P'
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All,
I'm having trouble figuring out if I can do the following:
I have a stored procedure as follows:
create procedure enque_f826_utility_q (inpayload IN f826_utility_payload, msgid out RAW) is
enqopt dbms_aq.enqueue_options_t;
mprop dbms_aq.message_properties_t;
begin
dbms_aq.enqueue(queue_name=>'f826_utility_queue',
enqueue_options=>enqopt,
message_properties=>mprop,
payload=>inpayload,
msgid=>msgid);
end;
The above compiles cleanly.
The first parameter "inpayload" a database type something like the following:
create or replace type f826_utility_payload as object
2 (
3 YEAR NUMBER(4,0),
4 MONTH NUMBER(2,0),
83 MUSTHAVE CHAR(1)
84 );
I'd like to call the stored procedure enque_f826_utility_q in a loop passing to it
each time, new values in the inpayload parameter.
My questions are:
First, I'm not sure in php, how to construct the first parameter which is a database type.
Can I just make an associative array variable with the keys of the array the same as the columns of the database type shown above and then pass that array to the stored procedure?
Second, is it possible to parse a statement that calls the enque_f826_utility_q procedure using bind variables and then execute the call to the stored procedure in a loop passing new bind variables each time?
I've tried something like the following but it's not working:
$conn = oci_pconnect (....);
$stmt = "select * from f826_utility";
$stid = oci_parse($conn, $sqlstmt);
$r = oci_execute($stid, OCI_DEFAULT);
$row = array();
$msgid = "";
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oci_bind_by_name($enqstid, ":RID", $row); /* line 57 */
oci_bind_by_name($enqstid, ":MID", $msgid);
while ($row = oci_fetch_array($stid, OCI_RETURN_NULLS+OCI_ASSOC))
++$rowcnt;
if (! oci_execute($enqstid)) /* line 65 */
echo "Error";
exit;
When I run this, I get the following:
PHP Notice: Array to string conversion in C:\Temp\enqueue_f826_utility.php on l
ine 57
Entering loop to process records from F826_UTIITY table
PHP Notice: Array to string conversion in C:\Temp\enqueue_f826_utility.php on l
ine 65
PHP Warning: oci_execute(): ORA-06553: PLS-306: wrong number or types of argume
nts in call to 'ENQUE_F826_UTILITY_Q' in C:\Temp\enqueue_f826_utility.php on lin
e 65
PHP Notice: Undefined variable: msgnum in C:\Temp\enqueue_f826_utility.php on l
ine 68
Error during oci_execute of statement select * from F826_UTILITY
Exiting!

Thanks for the reply.
I took a look at this article. What it appears to describe is
a calling a stored procedure that takes a collection type which is an array.
Does anyone from Oracle know if I can pass other database type definitions to a stored procedure from PHP?
I have a type defined in my database similar to the following which is not
an array but a record of various fields. This type corresponds to a payload
of an advanced queue payload type. I have a stored procedure which will take as it's input, a payload type of this structure and then enqueue it to a queue.
So I want to be able to pass a database type similar to the following type definition from within PHP. Can anyone from Oracle verify whether or not this is possible?
create or replace type f826_utility_payload as object
YEAR NUMBER(4,0),
MONTH NUMBER(2,0),
UTILITY_ID NUMBER(10,0),
SUBMIT_FAIL_BY VARCHAR2(30),
MUSTHAVE CHAR(1)
);

How to pass value in array to another procedure?

Hello.
I have created application by Developer form9i.
And I have some problem about passing value in array to another procedure.
My code is :
PROCEDURE p_add_array (col_no in number,
col_val in varchar2) IS
type xrecord is record(col number,vcol varchar2(1000));
xrec xrecord;
type varraytype is varying array(42) of xrecord;
xvartab varraytype := varraytype();
alert number;
BEGIN
set_application_property(cursor_style,'busy');
xrec.col := col_no;
xrec.vcol := col_val;
xvartab.extend(1);
xvartab(col) := xrec;
EXCEPTION
when others then
set_application_property(cursor_style,'default');
alert := f_show_alert('!Error ORA-'||
to_char(DBMS_ERROR_CODE)||' '||
substr(DBMS_ERROR_TEXT,1,240),
'al_stop');
END;
And I want to have
PROCEDURE p_print_arrey is
BEGIN
END;
So how to bring value of xvartab( ) in p_add_array to use in p_print_array?
Anybody please help me solve this ploblem.

Hi,
Instead of declaring the array locally within the procedure (i.e. p_add_array), define it in the package specification (i.e. Under Program Units).
-- Shailender Mehta --

Pass an array of a user defined class to a stored procedure in java

Hi All,
I am trying to pass an array of a user defined class as an input parameter to a stored procedure. So far i have done the following:
Step 1: created an object type.
CREATE TYPE department_type AS OBJECT (
DNO NUMBER (10),
NAME VARCHAR2 (50),
LOCATION VARCHAR2 (50)
Step 2: created a varray of the above type.
CREATE TYPE dept_array1 AS TABLE OF department_type;
Step 3:Created a package to insert the records.
CREATE OR REPLACE PACKAGE objecttype
AS
PROCEDURE insert_object (d dept_array);
END objecttype;
CREATE OR REPLACE PACKAGE BODY objecttype
AS
PROCEDURE insert_object (d dept_array)
AS
BEGIN
FOR i IN d.FIRST .. d.LAST
LOOP
INSERT INTO department
VALUES (d (i).dno,d (i).name,d (i).location);
END LOOP;
END insert_object;
END objecttype;
Step 4:Created a java class to map the columns of the object type.
public class Department
private double DNO;
private String Name;
private String Loation;
public void setDNO(double DNO)
this.DNO = DNO;
public double getDNO()
return DNO;
public void setName(String Name)
this.Name = Name;
public String getName()
return Name;
public void setLoation(String Loation)
this.Loation = Loation;
public String getLoation()
return Loation;
Step 5: created a method to call the stored procedure.
public static void main(String arg[]){
try{
Department d1 = new Department();
d1.setDNO(1); d1.setName("Accounts"); d1.setLoation("LHR");
Department d2 = new Department();
d2.setDNO(2); d2.setName("HR"); d2.setLoation("ISB");
Department[] deptArray = {d1,d2};
OracleCallableStatement callStatement = null;
DBConnection dbConnection= DBConnection.getInstance();
Connection cn = dbConnection.getDBConnection(false); //using a framework to get connections
ArrayDescriptor arrayDept = ArrayDescriptor.createDescriptor("DEPT_ARRAY", cn);
ARRAY deptArrayObject = new ARRAY(arrayDept, cn, deptArray); //I get an SQLException here
callStatement = (OracleCallableStatement)cn.prepareCall("{call objecttype.insert_object(?)}");
((OracleCallableStatement)callStatement).setArray(1, deptArrayObject);
callStatement.executeUpdate();
cn.commit();
catch(Exception e){
System.out.println(e.toString());
I get the following exception:
java.sql.SQLException: Fail to convert to internal representation
My question is can I pass an array to a stored procedure like this and if so please help me reslove the exception.
Thank you in advance.

OK I am back again and seems like talking to myself. Anyways i had a talk with one of the java developers in my team and he said that making an array of structs is not much use to them as they already have a java bean/VO class defined and they want to send an array of its objects to the database not structs so I made the following changes to their java class. (Again hoping some one will find this useful).
Setp1: I implemented the SQLData interface on the department VO class.
import java.sql.SQLData;
import java.sql.SQLOutput;
import java.sql.SQLInput;
import java.sql.SQLException;
public class Department implements SQLData
private double DNO;
private String Name;
private String Location;
public void setDNO(double DNO)
this.DNO = DNO;
public double getDNO()
return DNO;
public void setName(String Name)
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public String getName()
return Name;
public void setLocation(String Location)
this.Location = Location;
public String getLoation()
return Location;
public void readSQL(SQLInput stream, String typeName)throws SQLException
public void writeSQL(SQLOutput stream)throws SQLException
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stream.writeString(this.Name);
stream.writeString(this.Location);
public String getSQLTypeName() throws SQLException
return "DOCCOMPLY.DEPARTMENT_TYPE";
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public static void main(String arg[]){
try{
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d1.setDNO(1);
d1.setName("CPM");
d1.setLocation("LHR");
Department d2 = new Department();
d2.setDNO(2);
d2.setName("Admin");
d2.setLocation("ISB");
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OracleCallableStatement callStatement = null;
DBConnection dbConnection= DBConnection.getInstance();
Connection cn = dbConnection.getDBConnection(false);
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ARRAY deptArrayObject = new ARRAY(arrayDept, cn, deptArray);
callStatement = (OracleCallableStatement)cn.prepareCall("{call objecttype.insert_array_object(?)}");
((OracleCallableStatement)callStatement).setArray(1, deptArrayObject);
callStatement.executeUpdate();
cn.commit();
catch(Exception e){
System.out.println(e.toString());
and it started working no more SQLException. (The changes to the department class were done manfully but they tell me JPublisher would have been better).
Regards,
Shiraz

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oracle.sql.ARRAY c)
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String[] b,
String[] c)
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create or replace procedure CALL_DOSTUFF(a varchar2,
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c STR_ARRAY)
as
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oracle.sql.ARRAY,
oracle.sql.ARRAY)';
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