Stored procedure - insert clob obj - error msg: ORA-01460: unimplemented

Question

Hi all,
I have a situation where I want to insert a clob object to my local table via a stored procedure. The clob object stores large amount of text. The clob data is populated from retrieving content in an external text file. When executing an insert statement in c# code, the information was inserted successfully. when executing the stored procedure to insert the information, i always get "ORA-01460: unimplemented or unreasonable conversion requested". I use ReadToEnd() from StreamReader class to retrieve the context of the external text file. Does anyone know why Oracle behaves this way? Thanks for helping in advance.
TABLE DEFINITION FOR CLOB_TEST
Name       Type         Nullable Default Comments
PKG_NAME   VARCHAR2(50) Y                        
PKG_DESC   CLOB         Y                        
PKG_FAM_ID NUMBER       Y                        
STORED PROCEDURE
procedure InsertTempReleaseTable(p_name        in varchar2,
                                   p_description in clob,
                                   p_fam_id      number) is
  begin
    insert into clob_test
      (pkg_name, pkg_desc, pkg_fam_id)
    values
      (p_name, p_description, p_fam_id);
  end InsertTempReleaseTable;
RETRIEVE CONTENT FROM A TEXT FILE
public string GetTextFileContents(string path)
            using (StreamReader sr = new StreamReader(path))
                  return (sr.ReadToEnd());
C# INVOKE STORED PROCEDURE TO INSERT
using (OracleCommand cmd = (OracleCommand)database.GetStoredProcCommand("pkg_sptbuildstatus.InsertTempReleaseTable"))
                cmd.Parameters.Add("p_name", OracleType.VarChar, 255).Value = obj.PackageName;  // string  
                cmd.Parameters.Add("p_description", OracleType.Clob).Value = obj.ChangeDescription; // string
                cmd.Parameters.Add("p_fam_id", OracleType.Number).Value = obj.FamilyId; // int
                database.ExecuteNonQuery(cmd);
            }Edited by: user8976335 on Jan 11, 2010 4:28 PM
Edited by: user8976335 on Jan 11, 2010 4:59 PM
Edited by: user8976335 on Jan 11, 2010 4:59 PM
Edited by: user8976335 on Jan 12, 2010 10:48 AM

Answer 1

It's possible it doesn't like the name of your variables (being the same as the table), it's good practice to not do that.
Much better would be.
procedure InsertTempReleaseTable
   p_name in varchar2,
   p_description in clob,
   p_fam_id number
is
begin
   insert into clob_test
      (name, description, fam_id)
   values
      (p_name, p_description, p_fam_id);
end InsertTempReleaseTable;Your Oracle version is typically of immense help.
select * from v$version;Also, using the tags will keep the formatting of your code.
If this isn't any help, can you post a working example of your example ? Where the code breaks (which call).
Edited by: Tubby on Jan 11, 2010 3:50 PM
Edited by: Tubby on Jan 11, 2010 3:51 PM