Problem sending a value to pls/ql procedure

Question

Hi
i have a weirdly probelm in my MDB.
I will try to explain the problem below.
I have an MDB that recives an XML and retrieves a vlue from XMl and sends it to a pl/sql procedure for processing and storing it.
String input = ixml.getParent();
cs = connection.prepareCall("begin custom.get_activity_children(?); end;");
cs.setString(1, input);
cs.setQueryTimeout(TIME_OUT);
cs.execute();
it is done in the below manner
the pl/sql receives this and call an API method get children
proceudure get_children (input varchar2) IS
result tabtype;
Begin
insert into Test values(input);
schema.get_children_api(input,result);
insert into Test values(result.count );
insert into Children_id values (result(1));
END;
Test table carried values "12345" and "0". Also note that input value was received correctly by pl/sql procedure.
This being the situation the messages received in the MDB has a valid input value but it still returns the result.count as 0.
So ib tested it in another way,
i wrote a stand alone pl/sql procedure like below,
DECLARE
input varchar2 := '12345';
result tabtype;
Begin
insert into Test values(input);
schema.get_children_api(input,result);
insert into Test values(result.count );
insert into Children_id values (result(1));
END;
Test table carried values "12345" and "0".
but here i get the correct out put and result is set to 1.

Answer 1

The question isn't all that clear to me.
But myself I never rely on 'count' values returned from the API.
The only sure thing is that it either threw an exception or it didn't. Other than that you must structure your SQL such that it returns results if you need them.