Trying to pass array to stored procedure in a loop using bind variable

Question

All,
I'm having trouble figuring out if I can do the following:
I have a stored procedure as follows:
create procedure enque_f826_utility_q (inpayload IN f826_utility_payload, msgid out RAW) is
enqopt dbms_aq.enqueue_options_t;
mprop dbms_aq.message_properties_t;
begin
dbms_aq.enqueue(queue_name=>'f826_utility_queue',
enqueue_options=>enqopt,
message_properties=>mprop,
payload=>inpayload,
msgid=>msgid);
end;
The above compiles cleanly.
The first parameter "inpayload" a database type something like the following:
create or replace type f826_utility_payload as object
2 (
3 YEAR NUMBER(4,0),
4 MONTH NUMBER(2,0),
83 MUSTHAVE CHAR(1)
84 );
I'd like to call the stored procedure enque_f826_utility_q in a loop passing to it
each time, new values in the inpayload parameter.
My questions are:
First, I'm not sure in php, how to construct the first parameter which is a database type.
Can I just make an associative array variable with the keys of the array the same as the columns of the database type shown above and then pass that array to the stored procedure?
Second, is it possible to parse a statement that calls the enque_f826_utility_q procedure using bind variables and then execute the call to the stored procedure in a loop passing new bind variables each time?
I've tried something like the following but it's not working:
$conn = oci_pconnect (....);
$stmt = "select * from f826_utility";
$stid = oci_parse($conn, $sqlstmt);
$r = oci_execute($stid, OCI_DEFAULT);
$row = array();
$msgid = "";
$enqstmt = "call enque_f826_utility_q(:RID,:MID)";
$enqstid = oci_parse($conn, $sqlstmt);
oci_bind_by_name($enqstid, ":RID", $row); /* line 57 */
oci_bind_by_name($enqstid, ":MID", $msgid);
while ($row = oci_fetch_array($stid, OCI_RETURN_NULLS+OCI_ASSOC))
++$rowcnt;
if (! oci_execute($enqstid)) /* line 65 */
echo "Error";
exit;
When I run this, I get the following:
PHP Notice: Array to string conversion in C:\Temp\enqueue_f826_utility.php on l
ine 57
Entering loop to process records from F826_UTIITY table
PHP Notice: Array to string conversion in C:\Temp\enqueue_f826_utility.php on l
ine 65
PHP Warning: oci_execute(): ORA-06553: PLS-306: wrong number or types of argume
nts in call to 'ENQUE_F826_UTILITY_Q' in C:\Temp\enqueue_f826_utility.php on lin
e 65
PHP Notice: Undefined variable: msgnum in C:\Temp\enqueue_f826_utility.php on l
ine 68
Error during oci_execute of statement select * from F826_UTILITY
Exiting!

Answer 1

Thanks for the reply.
I took a look at this article. What it appears to describe is
a calling a stored procedure that takes a collection type which is an array.
Does anyone from Oracle know if I can pass other database type definitions to a stored procedure from PHP?
I have a type defined in my database similar to the following which is not
an array but a record of various fields. This type corresponds to a payload
of an advanced queue payload type. I have a stored procedure which will take as it's input, a payload type of this structure and then enqueue it to a queue.
So I want to be able to pass a database type similar to the following type definition from within PHP. Can anyone from Oracle verify whether or not this is possible?
create or replace type f826_utility_payload as object
YEAR NUMBER(4,0),
MONTH NUMBER(2,0),
UTILITY_ID NUMBER(10,0),
SUBMIT_FAIL_BY VARCHAR2(30),
MUSTHAVE CHAR(1)
);