PL/SQL vs. Java stored procedures.

After learning about PL/SQL I have to admit it looks ugly to me. Is there any concrete reasons why PL/SQL should be used over Java for stored procedures. I understand that PL/SQL is native to Oracle and procedures written in PL/SQL would probably out perform Java procedures, but what if performance was not the most critical issue. Looking at PL/SQL makes me think it would be hard to maintain.
Thanks in advance.

Hi
There is a common mis-understanding here. 2008 will be the last year oracle is going to support Developer in Client server mode. Oracle does not claim to discontinue Developer, They are currently working on Developer Rel9i, which is truely a multi tiered archtecture. PLSQL will live as long as Oracle database lives.
PLSQL is simple yet powerful language, it is getting better with each version. With the new 9i release, it is truely object oriented like any OO language like Java/C etc. Further you can override methods in Objects and override them in C, Java, PLSQL etc. What this means is that you can have a parent Object and have some method x implemented in PLSQL, you can then inherit another object from the parent object and override the same method x, this time you can write the method x in java or C. No other language can offer this feature. Further PLSQL also provides you with dynamic typing, like most other OO languages. These are some of the features of PLSQL.
And ofcourse, the language you choose is purely a matter of choice. If you are going to write a database-centric application, PLSQL might be a right choice as it facilitates many things for us like exception handling, transaction etc.
If you are writing a generic application that can interact with any database, then java might be a right choice as you and encapsulate the information in the language.
HTH
Arvind Balaraman

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cd.setCN_FIRST_NAME(name);
return cd;
Then I declared the call spec for A.returnObject() as
FUNCTION returnObject(name varchar2) return contactrecord
AS LANGUAGE JAVA
NAME 'package1.A.returnObject(java.lang.String) return package1.ContactDetails';
Then I tried to call the function returnObject through JDBC calls from a class in another VM.
When I access the object returned by the function, I get a null object.
Here is the Client code:
CallableStatement cs = null;
ResultSet rs = null;
try
cs = conn.prepareCall("{ ? = call returnObject(?) }");
java.util.Map map = conn.getTypeMap();
map.put("ADMIN.CONTACTRECORD", Class.forName("package1.ContactDetails"));
conn.setTypeMap(map);
cs.registerOutParameter(1, OracleTypes.STRUCT, "ADMIN.CONTACTRECORD");
cs.setString(2, "John Doe" );
cs.execute();
ContactDetails cd = (ContactDetails)cs.getObject(1);
System.out.println("contact first name is:-"+cd.getCN_FIRST_NAME()); //Null Pointer here..cd is null....:(
if (cs != null) cs.close();
catch(Exception e)
e.printStackTrace();
Although If I try to access the same function from a pl/sql block, I am able
to access the contactrecord fields.
What could be wrong ..???
I could not find any error with the object mapping, as it works perfectly when I interact directly from my VM to the DB,
without going thru the aurora VM.
I am using a OCI driver to connect to the DB via JDBC.
Thanx in advance for any help at all.
-sk

Shahid,
I too have had bad luck in many cases with the automatic translation of Java types to PL/SQL and back. I think the SYS package on the PL/SQL side which handles some of the conversion is DBMS_PICKLER (there are equivalent Java classes which do the same in that world and seem to execute automagically when a conversion is needed). You might want to double-check the data type mappings against the DOC on OTN to make sure they map 1-1. Also make sure the permissions are granted against your objects to whoever is executing them, etc. Very often, I've resorted to passing simple scalar types between the two languages as in some cases the results with complex types are inconsistent.
Sorry this isn't much help,
-Dan
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Debug PL/SQL and Java in the Oracle Database

Java Stored Procedure in EXECUTE IMMEDIATE

Hi,
I need advice for the following.
I'm on Oracle 11g R2. I'm testing application in Oracle 11gR1 and R2 and Oracle Express.
Purpose is to generate XML reports.
I have PLSQL Stored Procedure which does that, but since there is bug in Oracle11gR2 related to XMLTRANSFORM I have and Java Stored Procedure which is workaround. They are both compiled, valid etc.
Java class is :
import java.io.PrintWriter;
import java.io.Writer;
import oracle.xml.parser.v2.DOMParser;
import oracle.xml.parser.v2.XMLDocument;
import oracle.xml.parser.v2.XSLProcessor;
import oracle.xml.parser.v2.XSLStylesheet;
* This class is used as Java stored procedure
* There is a bug on Oracle11gR2, related to the limitation on the number of style sheet instructions
* This stored procedure is workaround when PLSQL code can not be used.
* File must not have package, otherwise is wrongly compiled in DB
public class JavaXslt {
     public static void XMLTtransform(oracle.sql.CLOB xmlInput,oracle.sql.CLOB xslInput,oracle.sql.CLOB output) throws Exception{
          DOMParser parser;
          XMLDocument xml;
          XMLDocument xsldoc;
          try{
               parser = new DOMParser();
               parser.parse(xmlInput.getCharacterStream());
               xml = parser.getDocument();
               parser.parse(xslInput.getCharacterStream());
               xsldoc = parser.getDocument();
               XSLProcessor processor = new XSLProcessor();
               XSLStylesheet xsl = processor.newXSLStylesheet(xsldoc);
               Writer w = output.setCharacterStream(1L);
               PrintWriter pw = new PrintWriter(w);
               processor.processXSL(xsl, xml, pw);
          }catch (Exception ex){
               throw ex;
PROCEDURE Java_XmlTransform (xml CLOB, xslt CLOB, output CLOB) AS LANGUAGE JAVA
NAME 'JavaXslt.XMLTtransform(oracle.sql.CLOB, oracle.sql.CLOB, oracle.sql.CLOB)';
I'm calling Java stored procedure from PLSQL Stored procedure (if it is Oracle11gR2) like that :
Java_Proc.Java_XmlTransform(inputXML, xslt, res);
So till here everything works ok. XSLT as applied and output XML (res) is OK.
But when Oracle Express is used Java is out of the question, so there is no Java stored procedure. Howewer PLSQL Stored procedure is still needed.
So I had to put call to Java Stored procedure in EXECUTE IMMEDIATE statement in order to compile to PLSQL package.
But when I do that :
EXECUTE IMMEDIATE 'BEGIN Java_Proc.Java_XmlTransform (:1, :2, :3); END;' USING inputXML, xslt, res;
result value CLOB (res) has zero length...
What am I missing? Should i set return value to Java class?
Hope my explanations are clear though.
Thanks

Hi odie_63,
Thanks for quick response.
I didn't clearly explained.
When using Oracle 11gR1 and Oracle Express I'm using only PLSQL Procedure.
When using Oracle 11gR2 i have to use Java Stored procedure because there is documented bug in R2.
That's why i have to use EXECUTE IMMEDIATE. I don't know which version is the client DB and whether there is or no Java procedures.
I did tried
EXECUTE IMMEDIATE 'BEGIN Java_Proc.Java_XmlTransform (:1, :2, :3); END;' USING IN inputXML, IN xslt, OUT res; and the result was ORA-06537: OUT bind variable bound to an IN position
When using IN OUT for last parameter i.e.
EXECUTE IMMEDIATE 'BEGIN Java_Proc.Java_XmlTransform (:1, :2, :3); END;' USING IN inputXML, IN xslt, IN OUT res;
there is no exception, but still DBMS_LOB.getlength(res) = 0
Thanks

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