PL/SQL array bind output variable

Question

I've been trying to learn how to pass an array to an pl/sql script. Getting the data into the db seems to be working fine, but I would like to know if there was a problem inserting the data. More specifically, I would like to know THE SPECIFIC ROW that caused the problem.
pl/sql code:
create or replace procedure pp (
          v_out      out number,
          v_listtype in repair_codes.listtype%type,
v_repaircode in repair_codes.repaircode%type
is
begin
insert into repair_codes (listtype, repaircode) values (v_listtype,v_repaircode);
     v_out:=1;
commit;
     --just setting up test variable for now     
end;
vb.code:
Dim cmd As New OracleCommand("pp", dbConn)
cmd.CommandType = CommandType.StoredProcedure
cmd.ArrayBindCount = 3
Dim al(2) As String
Dim ar(2) As String
al(0) = "JOE1"
al(1) = "JOE2"
al(2) = "JOE3"
ar(0) = "TEST1"
ar(1) = "TEST2"
ar(2) = "TEST3456789"
Dim out As New OracleParameter("v_out", OracleDbType.Varchar2, 20)
out.Direction = ParameterDirection.Output
cmd.Parameters.Add(out)
Dim listtype As New OracleParameter("v_listtype", OracleDbType.Varchar2)
listtype.Value = al
cmd.Parameters.Add(listtype)
Dim repaircode As New OracleParameter("v_repaircode", OracleDbType.Varchar2)
repaircode.Value = ar
cmd.Parameters.Add(repaircode)
dbConn.Open()
Try
cmd.ExecuteNonQuery()
Catch ex As OracleException ' catches only Oracle errors
ex = ex
Select Case ex.Number
Case 1
MessageBox.Show("Error attempting to insert duplicate data.")
Case 12545
MessageBox.Show("The database is unavailable.")
Case Else
MessageBox.Show("Database error: " & ex.Message.ToString())
Dim wha = ex.Errors(0).ArrayBindIndex 'always '0'
End Select
Finally
dbConn.Close()
End Try
error:
OracleParameter.ArrayBindSize is invalid
Code above will work if I remove everything about the 'output' variable
To test I would like to put in data for a column that is too large, have all other rows inserted, but return the row that had bad data. Thanks for any thoughts on this-

Answer 1

I have a similar issue, i.e. the pl/sql table type as out parameter is causing probleml in one API related to Oracle Applications. I have singled this problem out by creating wrappers and testing them against BPEL process. Now as soon as I put an out parameter with pl/sql table in my wrapper, I start getting errors. Why the invoke even care about what is in output while calling the API? How can I get rid of it. I am not able to pin point where exactly you made the changes. Could you please share some more info or possibly share the BAD and GOOD code.
We will probably get away with this by creating just a wrapper that would have NO out parameter as PL/SQL table as I don't think we need it anyway.
Still want to know what is the issue here as we would like to avoid any custom wrapper creation?
Shobhit
Message was edited by:
Shobhit.Kapila