String in non-RFC table types

Hello all,
I have a structure that also have two members of ABAP type String (yes, that string, not char255 or so ). When I declare a table type inheriting from that type, everything is quite fine, so it seems table having dyn. Strings is okay as far as I do not want to do RFC with it.
Now, when I create a function module and want to use that table type, the compiler gives me that error message upon syntax check:
>>
when using "WITH HEADER LINE", the line type cannot be a table type
<<
Now, that is no ABAP that I have written but the auto-generator for the include. That line it complains, there is just no definition with a header line. So, is using the String type possible at all? I think this is an error having indirectly to do with it, since I know the difference on table with and without header line/work area and so...
Btw.: this is a 4.7 Release I am talking about.
Thanks and regards,
Timo

Hi,
it is possible:
1. define your structure ZZ_DDIC_STRING with strings in DDIC
2. define a table type ZZ_DDIC_STRING_TAB using this structure ZZ_DDIC_STRING
3. define a RFC FM with Imp/Exp-parameters (not a Table-Param) using this table type ZZ_DDIC_STRING_TAB
4. call the FM:
DATA: lt_string_tab type ZZ_DDIC_STRING_TAB,
      ls_string_tab type line of lt_string_tab.
ls_string_tab-string1 = 'some text'.
ls_string_tab-string2 = 'some more text'.
append ls_string_tab to lt_string_tab.
CALL FUNCTION XYZ
    DESTINATION 'MY_DESTINATION'
    EXPORTING
      I_STRING_TAB = lt_string_tab[]
    IMPORTING
      E_STRING_TAB = lt_string_tab[]
This will work with almost any deep structure too.
Regards,
Juergen
P.S.: pls. post Reward Points if this was usefull! Thanks!

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Table types?

Hi,
What is the use of table types?In which situation we are using the standard table ,sorted table and hashed table?Any body explain with example.
Regards,
Srihitha

Hi
There are 3 types of internal tables.
internal tables can be classified like below.
INDEX NON-INDEX
STANDARD and SORTED HASHED
Standard and sorted use indeces while hashed will not use index.
http://www.sap-img.com/abap/what-are-different-types-of-internal-tables-and-their-usage.htm
declaration:
TYPES: BEGIN OF TY_STUDENT,
SNO TYPE I,
SNAME(5),
END OF TY_STUDENT.
DATA: IT_STUDENT TYPE TABLE OF TY_STUDENT (STANDARD TABLE DECL)
DATA: IT_STUDENT TYPE SORTED TABEL OF TY_STUDENT (SORTED)
DATA: IT_STUDENT TYPE HASHED TABLE OF TY_STUDENT WITH KEY... (HASHED)
TYPES - tabkind
Syntax
... { {STANDARD TABLE}
| {SORTED TABLE}
| {HASHED TABLE}
| {ANY TABLE}
| {INDEX TABLE} } ... .
Effect
Definition of the table type in an internal table.
You can specify the non-generic table types standard table ( STANDARD TABLE), sorted table ( SORTED TABLE), and hashed table (HASHED TABLE), as well as the generic table types ANY TABLE and INDEX TABLE. The addition STANDARD is optional for standard tables.
The non-generic table types determine the internal administration and access type in the ABAP program for an internal table:
Standard tables are managed system-internally by a logical index. New rows are either attached to the table or added at certain positions. The table key or the index identify individual rows.
Sorted tables are managed by a logical index (like standard tables). The entries are listed in ascending order according to table key.
Hashed tables are managed by a hash algorithm. There is no logical index. The entries are not ordered in the memory. The position of a row is calculated by specifying a key using a hash function.
The generic table types define a generic table type that can only be used for typing formal parameters and field symbols:
ANY TABLE includes all table types.
INDEX TABLE includes all standard tables and sorted tables.
Regards
Lalit

Sporadically getting error "string or binary data would be truncated" in SQL server 2008 while inserting in a Table Type object

I am facing a strange SQL exception:-
The code flow is like this:
.Net 4.0 --> Entity Framework --> SQL 2008 ( StoredProc --> Function {Exception})
In the SQL Table-Valued Function, I am selecting a column (nvarchar(50)) from an existing table and (after some filtration using inner joins and where clauses) inserting the values in a Table Type Object having a column (nvarchar(50))
This flow was working fine in SQL 2008 but now all of sudden the Insert into @TableType is throwing  "string or binary data would be truncated" exception.
Insert Into @ObjTableType
Select * From dbo.Table
The max length of data in the source column is 24 but even then the insert statement into nvarchar temp column is failing.
Moreover, the same issue started coming up few weeks back and I was unable to find the root cause, but back then it started working properly after few hours
(issue reported at 10 AM EST and was automatically resolved post 8 PM EST). No refresh activity was performed on the database.
This time however the issue is still coming up (even after 2 days) but is not coming up in every scenario. The data set, for which the error is thrown, is valid and every value in the function is fetched from existing tables.
Due to its sporadic nature, I am unable to recreate it now :( , but still unable to determine why it started coming up or how can i prevent such things to happen again.
It is difficult to even explain the weirdness of this bug but any help or guidance in finding the root cause will be very helpful.
I also Tried by using nvarchar(max) in the table type object but it didn't work.
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BEGIN
TRAN
DECLARE @PID
int = 483
DECLARE @retExcludables
TABLE
    PID
int NOT
NULL,
    ENumber
nvarchar(50)
NOT NULL,
    CNumber
nvarchar(50)
NOT NULL,
    AId
uniqueidentifier NOT
NULL
declare @PSCount int;
select @PSCount =
count('x')
from tblProjSur ps
where ps.PID
= @PID;
if (@PSCount = 0)
begin
return;
end;
declare @ExcludableTempValue table (
        PID
int,
        ENumber
nvarchar(max),
        CNumber
nvarchar(max),
        AId
uniqueidentifier,
        SIds
int,
        SCSymb
nvarchar(10),
        SurCSymb
nvarchar(10)
with SurCSymbs as (
select ps.PID,
               ps.SIds,
               csl.CSymb
from tblProjSur ps
            right
outer join tblProjSurCSymb pscs
on pscs.tblProjSurId
= ps.tblProjSurId
inner join CSymbLookup csl
on csl.CSymbId
= pscs.CSymbId
where ps.PID
= @PID
    AssignedValues
as (
select psr.PID,
               psr.ENumber,
               psr.CNumber,
               psmd.MetaDataValue
as ClaimSymbol,
               psau.UserId
as AId,
               psus.SIds
from PSRow psr
inner join PSMetadata psmd
on psmd.PSRowId
= psr.SampleRowId
inner join MetaDataLookup mdl
on mdl.MetaDataId
= psmd.MetaDataId
inner join PSAUser psau
on psau.PSRowId
= psr.SampleRowId
            inner
join PSUserSur psus
on psus.SampleAssignedUserId
= psau.ProjectSampleUserId
where psr.PID
= @PID
and mdl.MetaDataCommonName
= 'CorrectValue'
and psus.SIds
in (select
distinct SIds from SurCSymbs)
    FullDetails
as (
select asurv.PID,
Convert(NVarchar(50),asurv.ENumber)
as ENumber,
Convert(NVarchar(50),asurv.CNumber)
as CNumber,
               asurv.AId,
               asurv.SIds,
               asurv.CSymb
as SCSymb,
               scs.CSymb
as SurCSymb
from AssignedValues asurv
left outer
join SurCSymbs scs
on    scs.PID
= asurv.PID
and scs.SIds
= asurv.SIds
and scs.CSymb
= asurv.CSymb
--Error is thrown at this statement
insert into @ExcludableTempValue
select *
from FullDetails;
with SurHavingSym as (
select distinct est.PID,
                        est.ENumber,
                        est.CNumber,
                        est.AId
from @ExcludableTempValue est
where est.SurCSymb
is not
null
delete @ExcludableTempValue
from @ExcludableTempValue est
inner join SurHavingSym shs
on    shs.PID
= est.PID
and shs.ENumber
= est.ENumber
and shs.CNumber
= est.CNumber
and shs.AId
= est.AId;
insert @retExcludables(PID, ENumber, CNumber, AId)
select distinct est.PID,
Convert(nvarchar(50),est.ENumber)
ENumber,
Convert(nvarchar(50),est.CNumber)
CNumber,
                        est.AId
from @ExcludableTempValue est
RETURN
ROLLBACK
TRAN
I have tried by converting the columns and also validated the input data set for any white spaces or special characters.
For the same input data, it was working fine till yesterday but suddenly it started throwing the exception.

Remember, the CTE isn't executing the SQL exactly in the order you read it as a human (don't get too picky about that statement, it's at least partly true enough to say it's partly true), nor are the line numbers or error messages easy to read: a mismatch
in any of the joins along the way leading up to your insert could be the cause too. I would suggest posting the table definition/DDL for:
- PSMetadata, in particular PSRowID, but just post it all
- tblProjectSur, in particularcolumns CSymbID and TblProjSurSurID
- cSymbLookup, in particular column CSymbID
- PSRow, in particular columns SampleRowID, PID,
- PSAuser and PSUserSur, in particualr all the USERID and RowID columns
- SurCSymbs, in particular colum SIDs
Also, a diagnostic query along these lines, repeat for each of your tables, each of the columns used in joins leading up to your insert:
Select count(asurv.sid) as count all
, count(case when asurv.sid between 0 and 9999999999 then 1 else null end) as ctIsaNumber
from SurvCsymb
The sporadic nature would imply that the optimizer usually chooses one path to the data, but sometimes others, and the fact that it occurs during the insert could be irrelevant, any of the preceding joins could be the cause, not the data targeted to be inserted.

In RFC, no row types are allowed that contain table types or reference type

Hi,
I want to use an internal table in a Remote enabled function module (RFC). Is there any way to pass a table in a RFC?
kind regards,
Jonas

Hello Jonas,
Your subject line states correctly. You cannot pass tables as IMPORT/EXPORT params using a table type.
You have to use the TABLES param, pass the internal table with type spec. LIKE against the dictionary structure you have created.(As suggested by Vikranth)
BR,
Suhas

Using Table types in RFC

Hi All,
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Also please let me know how the performance of the RFC is effected if we use Tables tab.
Thanks,
Ravee..

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I hope that this helps,
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Transfer an internal table with non char data type to an application server

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select rsnum aprio maufnr lead_aufnr
from afko into table gt_afko.
IF gv_error = 'X'.
EXIT.
ELSE.
<b>DATA: Lv_string type ty_afko.</b>
loop at gt_afko into wa_afko.
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<b> move wa_afko to lv_string.</b>
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endloop.
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                        CHANGING      p_error TYPE c.
Data: lv_file(25) type c.
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ABAP Table Type in RFC Callable Object in GP

Hi Experts,
I have created a RFC in ABAP that has as one of its export parameters a table type. I am trying to call this RFC in my GP process. So I created the external service callable object as required. However, when I look at the output parameters for the callable object, the table type is not shown as a list (the is list column is not checked for this parameter).
Do you know if ABAP table types is supported/recognized by GP as a list? or is this a limitation?
Any help is welcomed!
Thanks in advance.
Robert

Hi Aneel,
You can try the following:
e.g.
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oParam4.Rows.Add
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next j
Regards,
ScriptMan

Table type in import parameter in rfc function module

Hi we don't have the table type in our system which exist in the other system which is the import parameter of the rfc function module.so how can we pass the parameter. shell we create the same table type in our system also.it is a table type for a deep structure.

Hello,
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Se11 structure with se11 table type included

Hi ABAP Gurus,
in order to pass a complex datastructure by RFC I want to create a new structure via SE11 which includes in addition to some normal fields an field which represents a table of a certain type. Therefore I created a table type and tried to include that in the structure definition but without success. Any ideas of how I can create such a 'non-flat' structure in the ABAP dictionary ?
I know that such a thing can be declared as a type in ABAP, but I'm not sure if I can do it in the dictionary.
Any reply is very appreciated,
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Hi,
You can insert structure into the table, and vice versa is not possible.
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Is there table type object in PL/SQL?

Hi.
What I'm trying to do is, according to the some conditions, aggregate data as an object type( I am not sure that there's a similar thing)
There are 5-6 conditions. then at last join those table type object.
FYI, Here is an example
Company will give bonus to a person who meet these conditions
1. Salary is less than 1000$ - salary table
2. More than 5 persons in his family - staff table
3. gross sale is over 10000$
In PL/SQL Package, I'll get those data as an object type and join those object just like in-line query.
select emp_no
from sal_tbl , staff_tbl, sale_tbl
where sal_tbl = staff_tbl
and sal_tbl = sale_tbl
In my opinion I can get employee list who get bonus. because they meet all conditions.
Reason why bonus condition will be updated continuously. I want to make them easy to maintanence. what if I need to add new conditions. Just add a new procedure that calculate new result and pass as an table type object.
select emp_no
from sal_tbl , staff_tbl, sale_tbl, new_tbl*
where sal_tbl = staff_tbl
and sal_tbl = sale_tbl
and sal_tbl = new_tbl*
Is there any thing just like what I think?
Thanks in advance
Message was edited by: me
allbory
I have read Oracle user guide - Collection, Record, and Cursor. But I can't get anything that I want.
Give me some clues

> In PL/SQL Package, I'll get those data as an object type and join those object just like
in-line query.
Not the best of ideas. If I'm getting what you're saying, you want to use the following approach:
SQL> create or replace type TStrings as table of varchar2(4000);
2 /
Type created.
SQL>
SQL>
SQL> create or replace procedure BadIdea( collection TStrings ) is
2 minVal string(4000);
3 maxVal string(4000);
4 begin
5 -- in the procedure we now run SQLs against the collection
6 select
7 MIN( column_value ) into minVal
8 from TABLE( collection );
9
10 select
11 MAX( column_value ) into maxVal
12 from TABLE( collection );
13 end;
14 /
Procedure created.
SQL> show errors
No errors.
SQL>
SQL>
SQL> -- and then we call this procedure to do our "SQL" processing for us
SQL> declare
2 list TStrings;
3 begin
4 select
5 object_name bulk collect into list
6 from user_objects;
7
8 BadIdea( list );
9 end;
10 /
PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.A collection of objects resides in (non-sharable and expensive) PL/SQL memory. Running SQL, requires the PL/SQL engine copying the data to the SQL engine into a structure and format that the SQL engine will understand.
This is slow. This is expensive. This does not scale.
It makes little sense to copy data from the very fast and hot and good and scalable db buffer cache into an expensive memory structure in the PGA and then run SQLs against that.
> Reason why bonus condition will be updated continuously. I want to make them easy
to maintanence. what if I need to add new conditions. Just add a new procedure that
calculate new result and pass as an table type object.
The way I read your SQL, your new_tbl* requires dynamic SQL. Which means you also need to dynamically cater for the correct column names to join on, to filter on, and to select from.
Also not the best of ideas. Dynamic SQL like that requires a lot of code to deal correctly with bind variables. Lot of exception handling as there can easily be run-time errors as the code itself that is executed in turn creates new dynamic code to execute.
If this is to be truly dynamic, then one approach would be that each rule needs to be executable as a SQL or PL/SQL block. Each rule needs to have an input like an employee number. Each rule needs to returns a boolean like value, saying whether the rule has passed or failed.
Only when all the rules have been passed, can the bonus be allocated.
This will deal fine with the "dynamic rule" requirement. Performance wise and scalability wise.. it may not be the best of ideas. 10 dynamic and very slow and expensive rules, could very well be rewritten as a one very fast and very cheap static SQL statement.
Anyway, the dynamic rule approach can look something like the following:
SQL> create or replace type TBonusRule is object
2 (
3 result# char(1),
4 member function Passed return boolean
5 )
6 not final;
7 /
Type created.
SQL> show errors
No errors.
SQL>
SQL>
SQL> create or replace type body TBonusRule is
2 member function Passed return boolean is
3 begin
4 return( UPPER(self.result#) = 'Y' );
5 end;
6 end;
7 /
Type body created.
SQL> show errors
No errors.
SQL>
SQL>
SQL> create or replace type TBonusSQLRule under TBonusRule
2 (
3 constructor function TBonusSQLRule( empNo number, sqlStatement varchar2 ) return self as result
4 ) final;
5 /
Type created.
SQL> show errors
No errors.
SQL>
SQL>
SQL> create or replace type body TBonusSQLRule is
2 constructor function TBonusSQLRule( empNo number, sqlStatement varchar2 ) return self as result is
3 begin
4 execute immediate sqlStatement
5 into self.result#
6 using IN empNo;
7
8 return;
9 end;
10
11 end;
12 /
Type body created.
SQL> show errors
No errors.
SQL>
SQL> set serveroutput on
SQL> declare
2 rule1 TBonusSQLRule;
3 rule2 TBonusSQLRule;
4 empNo number;
5 begin
6 empNo := 7369; -- we process employee 7369
7
8 -- we apply bonus rule 1 that check if the employee is a clerk (of course,
9 -- we could be reading these rules from a rules table - this example simply
10 -- creates them dynamically)
11 rule1 := new TBonusSQLRule( empNo, 'select ''Y'' from emp where empno = :0 and job=''CLERK''' );
12
13 if rule1.Passed then
14 DBMS_OUTPUT.put_line( 'Rule 1. PASSED' );
15 else
16 DBMS_OUTPUT.put_line( 'Rule 1. FAILED' );
17 end if;
18
19 -- rule 2 can for example check if the employee has been working for at least 5 years for the
20 -- company
21 rule2 := new TBonusSQLRule( empNo, 'select ''Y'' from emp where empno = :0 and (SYSDATE-hiredate)>5*365' );
22
23 if rule2.Passed then
24 DBMS_OUTPUT.put_line( 'Rule 2. PASSED' );
25 else
26 DBMS_OUTPUT.put_line( 'Rule 2. FAILED' );
27 end if;
28
29 end;
30 /
Rule 1. PASSED
Rule 2. PASSED
PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.
SQL>
PL/SQL rules can in a similar fashion be subclassed from the base/asbtract class. And rules can be persisted in a table too.
But even though I did this example to illustrate just how flexible Oracle can be, I would personally think hard before using the above approach myself.
Why?
Because rules 1 and 2 resulted in two SQLs being fired. A single SQL could have done the job.
2 SQLs were used for a single employee. I can use a single SQL to find ALL employees that matches the rule criteria.
So... not very scalable and not very fast.

ORA-22905: cannot access rows from a non-nested table item

Hi All,
This is the overview of the query used in the package.
select ename,empno,sal,deptno from
(select deptno from dept) a,
(select ename,empno,sal from emp1) b
where empno in (select * from table (pkg1.fun1('empno')))
and a.deptno=b.deptno
union
select ename,empno,sal,deptno from
(select deptno from dept) c,
(select ename,empno,sal from emp2) d
where empno in (select * from table (pkg1.fun1('empno')))
and c.deptno=d.deptno
Here the pkg1.fun1 will convert the string ('empno') into table form. ('empno') is the input parameter to the package and is a string of emp numbers.
compilation is successful. when this is executed the below error pops up
"ORA-22905: cannot access rows from a non-nested table item"
Is there any problem with the table function which i am using in this query
could anyone guide me to the solution.
Thanks All

I have used
CREATE OR REPLACE
type tab_num as table of number;
select * from table (cast(pkg1.fun1('empno')) as tab_num))
This throws an error during compilation itself
"PL/SQL: ORA-00932: inconsistent datatypes:expected number got varchar2

Stored procedure and function - return table type

Hello again :)
I have one simple question :) Maybe on this forum the question was asked, but I found only similar question and they didn't help me.
It's possible return in Stored Function (with StoredProcedureFunction) as result return TABLE type? Or return table type with output parametr with Stored Procedure? Or instead of the table return the db object, but it is similar problem:)
Now, I can using db types TABLES or DB OBJECTS as INPUT parameters with call stored functions or procedures, for example:
I have this simple db object:
create or replace type BUFFER_DATA_R as object( detail VARCHAR2(4000 ))
And this simple table:
CREATE OR REPLACE TYPE BUFFER_DATA_T IS TABLE OF BUFFER_DATA_R
I create simple domain class object:
*public class DMBufferDataStruct {*
public String bufferData;
And I mapped in java with ObjectRelationalDataTypeDescriptor:
ObjectRelationalDataTypeDescriptor descriptor = new ObjectRelationalDataTypeDescriptor();
descriptor.setJavaClass(DMBufferDataStruct.class);
descriptor.setTableName("BUFFER_DATA_T");
descriptor.setStructureName("BUFFER_DATA_R");
descriptor.setPrimaryKeyFieldName("DETAIL");
descriptor.addFieldOrdering("DETAIL");
descriptor.addDirectMapping("bufferData", "DETAIL");
and join to server session ...
Well, i using this doimain class object as input parametr wih stored procedure call:
ObjectRelationalDatabaseField ordf = new ObjectRelationalDatabaseField("");
ordf.setSqlType(Types.STRUCT);
spCall.addNamedArgument(key, key,
Types.ARRAY,
"BUFFER_DATA_T",
ordf);
query.addArgument(key);
args.add(paramsInputs.get(key));
in paramsInputs is Vector of DMBufferDataStruct...
Well, this work fine!
But I can not figure, how to return this table from output parameters of stored procedure or as a return value from stored function?
Example of exceptions:
The number of arguments provided to the query for execution does not match the number of arguments in the query definition. - return as output parameter
PLS-00382: expression is of wrong type - used as result from stored function
So, my question is: Is possible return this table type from stored procedure or function? And if YES, how can I set output argument for call?
Thx advance!
Sorry for my English! :)
Best regards, KLD

Your question is: what is faster PL/SQL or PL/SQL? And the answer is: it is PL/SQL of course!
As a general rule, you use a function when you return exactly one result: a number or a string or (more complex) instance of an object type or REF CURSOR or PL/SQL collection.
You use a procedure when:
a) you just do the job and return no result
b) you return multiple results - you can use multiple IN/OUT or OUT parameters
Imagine you have to write a program unit that performs a partitioned table maintenance by adding a partition.
You can implement this unit:
a) if you want return a "status code" (0 on successful completion or non-zero in case of error) then you should use a function
b) if you want no "status code" (in case of error an exception is raised that is handled outside of the program unit) then you should use a procedure
c) if you want "status code", name of tablespace where a partition was created (assume you program is so complex that it can choose different tablespaces based on metadata and free space available) and free space in that tablespace after the creation of a new partition then you should use a procedure with 3 OUT parameters.
But these are good programming practices that can be applied to (almost) any 3rd generation programming language, not only PL/SQL.

Order by on a non-base table field

I want to order by on a non-base table field in a form. Can any body help how to do this in a form.
Thanks

Ramesh,
I am not sure of ver 4.5. But in v6i, I did something similar.
What I did was :-
1. Based the Block's datasource on a stored procedure and
not TABLE
I'm not sure if it can be achieved in 4.5. First check if the block data source can be based on a stored procedure.
Here's a sample code of what i did :-
/* Description : Using a stored procedure as a block datasource.
Author : Shailender Mehta
Create Or Replace PACKAGE my_datasource Is
/* Shailender Mehta */
TYPE outrec is RECORD (comp_id tbgp_gl_detail.comp_id%Type
,cc_id tbgp_gl_detail.cc_id%Type
,journal_no tbgp_gl_detail.journal_no%Type
,account_code tbgp_gl_detail.account_code%Type
,debit_amt tbgp_gl_detail.debit_amt%Type
,credit_amt tbgp_gl_detail.credit_amt%Type
,sort_order Number(1)
TYPE outcur is REF CURSOR RETURN outrec;
PROCEDURE outquery (resultset In Out outcur
,p_journalno In Number);
END;
Create Or Replace PACKAGE BODY my_datasource IS
PROCEDURE outquery(resultset In Out outcur
,p_journalno In Number)
Is
BEGIN
OPEN resultset FOR
SELECT comp_id
, cc_id
, journal_no
, account_code
, debit_amt
, credit_amt
, Decode(substr(account_code,6,1), 'g', 1,
'd', 2,
'b', 3,
'h', 4,
'f', 5,
'a', 6,
'c', 7, 8) sort_order
FROM tbgp_gl_detail
WHERE journal_no = p_journalno
ORDER BY 7;
END;
END;
Use the Block Data Wizard, which will guide you step by step what next to be done.
In my example, I'm sorting the resultset by the 6th character of the string Account Code.
In your case, you could join the main table by the one used in your POST-Query in the stored procedure and sort the resultset.
- Shailender -

I can't pass empty string as column of Table Valued Parameter.

Hello.
I have stored procedure which accept TVP with columns of 'sql_variant' type. And I have C++ application which call this stored procedure.
When i pass some non-empty string as sql_variant from my application - all works fine.
But when I need to pass empty string ("") as sql_variant - I get following error:
"OLEDB hr = 0x80040e14
#0: OLEDB provider error 3621 "The statement has been terminated."
#1: OLEDB provider error 8062 "The data for the table-valued parameter 1 doesn't conform to the table type of the parameter."
#2: OLEDB provider error 8046 "The incoming tabular data stream (TDS) remote procedure call (RPC) protocol stream is incorrect. Table-valued parameter 0 (""), row 1, column 1: The supplied length is not valid for data type sql_variant.
Check the source data for invalid lengths. An example of an invalid length is data of nchar type with an odd length in bytes."
Could you please help me deal with that issue?
Thanks,
Vitaliy

Dear Vitaliy,
Thank you for your question.
Based on my understanding of your question, the issue is related with passing SQL_VARIANT data type in C++ application using Microsoft OLE DB Provider.
As we can see from http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms173829(v=sql.100).aspx:
ODBC does not fully support sql_variant. Therefore, queries of sql_variant columns are returned as binary data when you use Microsoft OLE DB Provider for ODBC (MSDASQL). For example, a sql_variant column that contains the character string data 'PS2091'
is returned as 0x505332303931.
According to above statement, as you are using OLEDB provider for ODBC with sql_variant in your application, it is not fully support. Seems there are some conversion failure within the Stored Procedure calling. You may consider to adjust your application
slightly to use other commonly supported data types which also fits your application requirements.
I listed some more information regarding sql_variant below for your reference:
A column of type sql_variant may contain rows of different data types such as int, binary and char values.
A sql_variant data type must first be cast to its base data type value
before participating in operations such as addition and subtraction. You can find the conversion details in "Comparings sql_variant Values" part.
Below types of values cannot be stored by using sql_variant:
varchar(max)
varbinary(max)
nvarchar(max)
xml
text
ntext
image
timestamp
sql_variant
geography
hierarchyid
geometry
User-defined types
Hope it will be helpful.
Thank you!
Best Regards,
SQL Team - MSFT

How to populate internal table( varaible of ABAP table type) in Excel VBA?

Hi,
I am trying to update a database table from excel using a VBA Macro.
I am able to connect to SAP and able to read data from SAP using a RFC. Similarly after updating certain values, i want to update a table in SAP.
Below are the steps I am doing apart from basic settings.
Getting the reference of the SAP TABLE type from RFC fucntion module
' Call RFC
Set MyFunc = R3.Add("UPDATE_TVARVC_VIA_RFC")
' Get reference and Values TVARVC
Set oParam4 = MyFunc.Tables("TVARVC")
   2. Loop over the active cells and populate oParam4
          " add values as below
    oParam4.Rows.Add
    oParam4.Value(1, "NAME") = ..................
    oParam4.Value(1, "TYPE") = ..................
    oParam4.Value(1, "NUMB") = ..................
Do it for all columns in the table line.
My query is how to identify active cells and make the above code dynamic in step 2.
Thanks in Advance,
Best,
Aneel

Hi Aneel,
You can try the following:
e.g.
for j = 1 to ActiveCell.SpecialCells(11).Column
oParam4.Rows.Add
if j=1 then oParam4.Value(j, "NAME") = ActiveSheet.Cells(1,j).Value
if j=2 then oParam4.Value(j, "TYPE") = ActiveSheet.Cells(1,j).Value
if j=3 then oParam4.Value(j, "NUMB") = ActiveSheet.Cells(1,j).Value
next j
Regards,
ScriptMan

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