Stored procedure with database link with "from table(...)"

Question

Hi guys,
I've been told I can't create views on a database by the design team and so have to use this stored procedure to obtain the values.
select HAN_ID, HAN_DS, GLOBAL_IN, LOCAL_IN
from table(cast(ODADMIN.ODP00002_QUERY.Execute001@DBLINK(11312,'EN') as
ODADMIN.ODP00002_001_Array@DBLINK)) WHERE LOCAL_IN = 'Y';I've been told that it works when you remove the database links (so on the actual database) when you remove the cast part. I've tried it with my link and with/without the cast part but it doesn't work. With the example above I get the error: ORA-00907: missing right parenthesis.
When I remove the CAST-AS and the additional parenthesis it brings i get the error: ORA-00904: "ODADMIN"."ODP00002_QUERY"."EXECUTE001": invalid identifier
When I do table( *"* ODADMIN.ODP00002_QUERY.Execute001@MWW_DEV(11312,'EN') *"* )... -- wrapping the call in speech marks I get: ORA-00972: identifier is too long
Anyone see what's wrong? Thanks for any help.
Mike

Answer 1

Hi Ben,
Asking now. By a view I mean one local to the database; I could create one on APEX but then I use the database link twice instead of just 1.
His reasoning Ben:
Firstly, Maintenance. We will have to maintain additional views (at additional code). Secondly, if the view has a JOIN, then you can't update through it (without complexities). If we have to get the View to pass the data to a Procedure (that's a pain). Also, standards..
All update occur via either a Procedure, or a Base view, across over 1000 tables
That's the standard, and doing things differently is costly long term
People will not know how it works, it will have to be explained, maintained..etc.
If the Application has the Business Rules, then updates via Base Views, that's a more standard way of developing. Also, if you update via this view, you'll update multiple rows in one call, which is in-effficient if only ONE row needs to change. Therefore, single row updates from the Application is more efficient
The procedure is as follows:
--SET SERVEROUTPUT ON
DECLARE
nPBusLoc       NUMBER(5):=11312;
sPHanId        VARCHAR2(3):='SB1';
sPLngId        VARCHAR2(2):='EN';
sPDesc         VARCHAR2(30);
sPAllowAlloc   VARCHAR2(1);
sPShowEnq      VARCHAR2(1);
sPAllowDel     VARCHAR2(1);
sPShowScan     VARCHAR2(1);
sPGlobalLocal  VARCHAR2(1);
sPReturnCd     VARCHAR2(2);
sPReturnTx     VARCHAR2(100);                  
BEGIN
ODADMIN.ODP00001.getHandlingCodes
                       (nPBusLoc    --  IN   NUMBER
                      ,sPHanId      -- IN   VARCHAR2
                      ,sPLngId      -- IN   VARCHAR2
                      ,sPDesc       -- OUT  VARCHAR2
                      ,sPAllowAlloc -- OUT  VARCHAR2
                      ,sPShowEnq    -- OUT  VARCHAR2
                      ,sPAllowDel   -- OUT  VARCHAR2
                      ,sPShowScan   -- OUT  VARCHAR2
                      ,sPGlobalLocal-- OUT  VARCHAR2
                      ,sPReturnCd   -- OUT  VARCHAR2
                      ,sPReturnTx   -- OUT  VARCHAR2                                    
DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE('nPBusLoc                 = '||nPBusLoc              );
DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE('sPHanId                  = '||sPHanId               );
DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE('sPLngId                  = '||sPLngId               );
DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE('sPDesc                   = '||sPDesc                );
DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE('sPAllowAlloc             = '||sPAllowAlloc          );
DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE('sPShowEnq                = '||sPShowEnq             );
DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE('sPAllowDel               = '||sPAllowDel            );
DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE('sPShowScan               = '||sPShowScan            );
DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE('sPGlobalLocal            = '||sPGlobalLocal         );
DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE('sPReturnCd               = '||sPReturnCd            );
DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE('sPReturnTx               = '||sPReturnTx            );
END;
/Mike
Edited by: Dird on 27-Aug-2009 01:50