Trying to execute a STP which has TABLE TYPES.

Question

Hi,
I wrote a program with the below specification inside a pkg :
pl/sql varray declaration inside the pkg,
TYPE varray_tnb IS TABLE OF CHAR(10) INDEX BY BINARY_INTEGER;
TYPE varray_act_cd IS TABLE OF CHAR(15) INDEX BY BINARY_INTEGER;
TYPE varray_sts_cd IS TABLE OF CHAR(10) INDEX BY BINARY_INTEGER;
TYPE varray_sts_txt IS TABLE OF CHAR(250) INDEX BY BINARY_INTEGER;
PROCEDURE re_STP_u(
a_order_num IN re.nbr_order%TYPE,
a_tnb IN varray_tnb,
a_action_code IN varray_act_cd,
a_status_code IN varray_sts_cd,
a_status_txt IN varray_sts_txt);
When I try to run a test script to test if the above STP, I get the below error:
DECLARE
TYPE V_TNB iS TABLE OF CHAR(10) INDEX BY BINARY_INTEGER;
TYPE V_ACT iS TABLE OF CHAR(15) INDEX BY BINARY_INTEGER;
TYPE V_STS iS TABLE OF CHAR(10) INDEX BY BINARY_INTEGER;
TYPE V_TXT iS TABLE OF CHAR(250) INDEX BY BINARY_INTEGER;
a_OrdN rehome_migration_ord.nbr_order%TYPE := '789';
a_tnb V_TNB := V_TNB(7192340129,7192340128);
a_ac V_ACT := V_ACT('ACT CDE','BGE CDE');
a_sc V_STS := V_STS('INITIATED','INITIATED');
a_st V_TXT := V_TXT('TExt for Status','status text');
begin
tds_upd_pkg.re_STP_u(a_OrdN,a_tnb,a_ac,a_sc,a_st);
exception
WHEN OTHERS THEN
RAISE;
end;
ORA-06550: line 7, column 16:
PLS-00222: no function with name 'V_TNB' exists in this scope
ORA-06550: line 7, column 7:
PL/SQL: Item ignored
ORA-06550: line 8, column 15:
PLS-00222: no function with name 'V_ACT' exists in this scope
ORA-06550: line 8, column 6:
PL/SQL: Item ignored
ORA-06550: line 9, column 15:
PLS-00222: no function with name 'V_STS' exists in this scope
ORA-06550: line 9, column 6:
PL/SQL: Item ignored
ORA-06550: line 10, column 15:
PLS-00222: no function with name 'V_TXT' exists in this scope
ORA-06550: line 10, column 6:
PL/SQL: Item ignored
ORA-06550: line 12, column 44:
PLS-00320: the declaration of the type of this expression is incomplete or
malformed
ORA-06550: line 12, column 1:
PL/SQL: Statement ignored
Can somebody look at the script and see where I am wrong.
If I do not assign any value to the varray variables I am able to go past the above error and getting "PLS-00306: wrong number or types of arguments in call to..".

Answer 1

I can't recall the exact wording Oracle uses but you are mixing the two different types of Collections that Oracle allows. One is where Oracle manages the size of the entry for you automatically. The other is where you have to .EXTEND the collection to increase the number of entries. Using "INDEX BY BINARY_INTEGER" tells Oracle to automanage the collection size. "V_TNB(7192340129,7192340128)" can only be used on those collections where you manage the size. See my modified example that doesn't error out until line 10 (a_sc) with the errors you listed. Note what I commented out on line 2, line 9, and added on lines 13 and 14 to replace line 9.
DECLARE
  TYPE V_TNB iS TABLE OF CHAR(10); -- INDEX BY BINARY_INTEGER;
  TYPE V_ACT iS TABLE OF CHAR(15) INDEX BY BINARY_INTEGER;
  TYPE V_STS iS TABLE OF CHAR(10) INDEX BY BINARY_INTEGER;
  TYPE V_TXT iS TABLE OF CHAR(250) INDEX BY BINARY_INTEGER;
  a_OrdN VARCHAR2(3) := '789';
  a_tnb V_TNB := V_TNB(7192340129,7192340128);
  a_ac V_ACT;-- := V_ACT('ACT CDE','BGE CDE');
  a_sc V_STS := V_STS('INITIATED','INITIATED');
  a_st V_TXT := V_TXT('TExt for Status','status text');
begin
  a_ac(1) := 'ACT CDE';
  a_ac(2) := 'BGE CDE';
  NULL;
end;Here is the Oracle documentation I was thinking of. http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/B19306_01/appdev.102/b14261/collections.htm#sthref1153