Problems with Pl/Sql JDBC

Question

Hello all ,
I have the following pl/sql function
FUNCTION NEW RETURNS NUMBER(38)
Argument Name Type In/Out Default?
NAME VARCHAR2 IN
PARENT_ID NUMBER(38) IN DEFAULT
ITEM_ID NUMBER(38) IN DEFAULT
LOCALE VARCHAR2 IN DEFAULT
CREATION_DATE DATE IN DEFAULT
CREATION_USER NUMBER(38) IN DEFAULT
CONTEXT_ID NUMBER(38) IN DEFAULT
CREATION_IP VARCHAR2 IN DEFAULT
ITEM_SUBTYPE VARCHAR2 IN DEFAULT
CONTENT_TYPE VARCHAR2 IN DEFAULT
TITLE VARCHAR2 IN DEFAULT
DESCRIPTION VARCHAR2 IN DEFAULT
MIME_TYPE VARCHAR2 IN DEFAULT
NLS_LANGUAGE VARCHAR2 IN DEFAULT
TEXT VARCHAR2 IN DEFAULT
DATA BLOB IN DEFAULT
RELATION_TAG VARCHAR2 IN DEFAULT
IS_LIVE CHAR IN DEFAULT
Now when i want to trigger this function i use the following code in
sqlplus
SQL> variable answer number;
SQL> execute :answer := content_item.new (name => 'k',title => 'k is here', parent_id => 982, description => 'yahoo', content_type => 'wg_tv_program', is_live => 'Y', creation_user => 44, creation_ip => '222' );
As you can see i don't use all argument names . And this works fine
But to do this through jdbc i have the following code
CallableStatement cs = con.prepareCall("{ ? = call content_item.new(?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,? ,?) } ");
cs.registerOutParameter(1, java.sql.Types.INTEGER);
cs.setString(2,"k"); //name
cs.setInt(3, 982); //parent_id
cs.setInt(4,0); //item_id ??
cs.setString(5,"mm"); //locale
cs.setDate(6,null); // Creation_date
cs.setInt(7,44); //Creation User
cs.setInt(8,0); // Context_ID
cs.setString(9,"222"); //creation_ip
cs.setString(10,"nn"); // Item_subtype
cs.setString(11,"wg_tv_program"); //content_Type
cs.setString(12,"Krikor"); //title
cs.setString(13,"hehe"); //description
cs.setString(14,"bb"); // mime_Type
cs.setString(15,"oo"); // nls_type
cs.setString(16,"tt"); // text
cs.setString(17,"ff");
cs.setString(18,"dd");
cs.setString(19,"Y"); //IS_LIVE
cs.execute();
logger.debug("WHAT DO WE HAVE HERE" + cs.getInt(1));
So when the following code is called , i get the following
<Couldn't create Program : ORA-06550: line 1, column 13:
PLS-00306: wrong number or types of arguments in call to 'NEW'
ORA-06550: line 1, column 7:
PL/SQL: Statement ignored
>
And i cannot figure out what i am doing wrong ?
Also is there a way to use the argument names so i won't have to use all the arguments.? how can i use the default values ?
Sorry for the Mass questions
Thank you all

Answer 1

Hello, thank you for your response
I am currenty getting stuck on entering the date Object if i do the following i get this error
cs.setNull(6,java.sql.Types.DATE);//creation_date
<Couldn't create Program : ORA-01400: cannot insert NULL into ("WGBH_ROCKS"."ACS_OBJECTS"."CREATION_DATE")
ORA-06512: at "WGBH_ROCKS.ACS_OBJECT", line 68
ORA-06512: at "WGBH_ROCKS.CONTENT_ITEM", line 138
ORA-06512: at line 1
>
and if i use this
cs.setDate(6,(java.sql.Date)new Date());
where Date is a java util date i get the following
<Couldn't create Program : null>
What would be the rights choice tu use for an oracle date object.
- As to the parameterized names that is only availabes for oracle 10g i'm using 9.2 unfortunatly
and thanks for all the other info .