Support for PL/SQL Record

Question

We have a procedure in a package,this procedure makes use of a Record Type.
In BPEL, whiile creating the partner link, when we are trying to access this procedure we get the following error.
"WSDLException:faultCode=OTHER_ERROR:Database type is either not supported or is not implemented.
Parameter L_ECO_REC is of type SAN_REC_TYPE which is either not supported or not an implemented data type.
Check to ensure that the type of the parameter is one of the supported datatypes or that there is a collection or user defined type definition representing this type defined in the database.contact oracle support if error is not fixable."
Also please find below the package specification and body:
CREATE OR REPLACE package eco_pack is
TYPE San_Rec_Type IS RECORD
( Eco_Name VARCHAR2(10)
, Change_Notice_Prefix VARCHAR2(10)
, Change_Notice_Number NUMBER
, Organization_Code VARCHAR2(3)
PROCEDURE sandeep(l_eco_rec IN eco_pack.San_Rec_Type);
end;
CREATE OR REPLACE package body eco_pack is
PROCEDURE createeco(l_eco_rec IN eco_pack.San_Rec_Type) AS
BEGIN
INSERT
INTO ag_log
VALUES(1, 'ECO name is' || l_eco_rec.eco_name, 1);
COMMIT;
END;
end;
Does BPEl support PL/SQL Record Type, if so how ?
Thanks,
Shivram
.

Answer 1

PL/SQL types like RECORD, BOOLEAN and TABLE are not supported in the DB adapter with the current BPEL PM release (as the error message indicates). You can use JPublisher manually to generate an OBJECT type that corresponds with the RECORD. JPublisher will also create a wrapper and conversion APIs to convert between the two. You would then call the wrapper API which takes the OBJECT and then calls the underlying PL/SQL that takes the RECORD.
With the 10.1.2 Phase 2 release of BPEL PM, the DB adapter does all of this for you from within the design time wizard. JPublisher is invoked silently under the covers, the SQL that gets generated is automatically loaded into the database schema. That will create the OBJECT type, wrapper and conversion APIs. An XSD is generated for the wrapper API. Your partner link will invoke the wrapper, not the original API.
Note also that support for BOOLEAN and TABLE was also added. JPublisher generates wrapper APIs that substitute appropriate types for these parameters (e.g. INTEGER for BOOLEAN, Nested Table for TABLE).