Positional Notation vs Named Notation

Question

Hello,
Can we use named notation while calling a stored procedure in Oracle 9i SQL*PLUS?
Can we use named notation while calling a stored function from a SQL statement in Oracle 9i SQL*PLUS?
Thanks much,
Manoja

Answer 1

Easy enough to test.
SQL> CREATE PROCEDURE p (p_one IN VARCHAR2 DEFAULT 'One',
  2                      p_two IN VARCHAR2 DEFAULT 'TWO') AS
  3  BEGIN
  4     DBMS_OUTPUT.Put_Line ('p_one is '||p_one||' and p_two is '||p_two);
  5  END;
  6  /
Procedure created.
SQL> exec p(p_one => 'Not one');
p_one is Not one and p_two is TWO
PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.
SQL> exec p(p_two => 'Not two');
p_one is One and p_two is Not two
PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.
SQL> CREATE FUNCTION f (p_one IN VARCHAR2 DEFAULT NULL,
  2                     p_two IN VARCHAR2 DEFAULT NULL) RETURN VARCHAR2 AS
  3  BEGIN
  4     IF p_one IS NULL THEN
  5        RETURN p_two;
  6     ELSIf p_two IS NULL THEN
  7        RETURN p_one;
  8     END IF;
  9  END;
10  /
Function created.
SQL> SELECT f(p_one => 'One') from dual;
SELECT f(p_one => 'One') from dual
ERROR at line 1:
ORA-00907: missing right parenthesis
SQL> SELECT f(p_one => NULL, p_two => 'Two') FROM dual;
SELECT f(p_one => NULL, p_two => 'Two') FROM dual
ERROR at line 1:
ORA-00907: missing right parenthesis
SQL> SELECT f(NULL, 'Two') FROM dual;
F(NULL,'TWO')
TwoSo, yes and no.
TTFN
John