Using Built-in Functions

How do you reference a built in package from within a stored
procedure? I get errors that the package/procedure references
are not defined when compiling the stored procedure. How do I
get these built-ins into my database?
null

Dana Cleverdon (guest) wrote:
: How do you reference a built in package from within a stored
: procedure? I get errors that the package/procedure references
: are not defined when compiling the stored procedure. How do I
: get these built-ins into my database?
Err, you cant, if you mean refering to client side built ins,
text_io etc then you cant use these in DB packages, only native
in forms or in pll. Depending on what you are doing, either move
the package/procedure into your pll or split it between the db
and client elements and implement separate bits in db and pll,
but it all depends on what you are doing.
This is the case in forms 4.5 so I cant imagine that its changed.
Hope this helps.
Cheers
null

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Is it possible to define a relation between two form blocks(db based) ....
I have a master table such as:
table : strdet (cols: ms varchar2(10) , det varchar2(10))
materialized view : mv (cols : det varchar2(10) , sum_a number(5), sum_b number(5))
and data:
strdet
ms                   det
1                     1.1
1                     1.2
1.1                  1.1.1
1.1                  1.1.2
1.1.1               1.1.1.1
e.t.c.
and for the mv
det               sum_a     sum_b
1                   500        300
1.1                100        200
1.2                540        150
e.t.c.
I have tried some versions of relations so as to create a master-detail relation(in reality , the two blocks are connected via ms.det
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Master block
1.1
Detail Block
1.1.1
1.1.2
e.t.c.Is it possible somehow...????
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Thanks ,,,
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int testCharLength = testChar[1] << 16 | testChar[0];
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if (myChars[i + 2] == testChar[2])
for (int j = 1; j < testCharLength; j++)
var c = testChar[7];
if (myChars[i + 2 + j] != testChar[j + 2])
goto endOfCharAnalyses;
countResult++;
endOfCharAnalyses:
continue;
return countResult;

Using SSRS Built in Functions in SharePoint

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---SQL Query W3books Title
---9 March 2015
USE XML_XQUERY
GO
CREATE TABLE W3Books(
BookID INt Primary Key,
Title VARCHAR(30));
INSERT INTO W3Books (BookID, Title)
SELECT x.book.query('BookID'), value('.', 'INT'),
x.book.query('title'), value('.', 'VARCHAR(30)')
FROM (
SELECT CAST(x AS XML)
FROM OPENROWSET(
BULK 'C:\Temp\books1.xml',
SINGLE_BLOB) AS T(x)
) AS T(x)
CROSS APPLY x.nodes('W3Books/book') AS x(book);
SELECT BookID, Title
FROM W3Books;
I got the following error messages:
Msg 195, Level 15, State 10, Line 7
'value' is not a recognized built-in function name.
Msg 156, Level 15, State 1, Line 16
Incorrect syntax near the keyword 'AS'.
I don't know why I got the error of 'value' is not a recognized built-in function name. Please kindly help and tell me what is wrong in my code and how to correct the error.
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(1) I mimicked the xml file and SQL Qeury code of Import XML File to SQL Table in
http://pratchev.blogspot.com/2008/11/import-xml-file-to-sql-table.html. The xml file and the code of this sample worked in my SSMS 2012 program.
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Hi Stan210, Thanks for your nice response.
I corrected my xml file as you pointed out.
I made some changes in some code statements of my SQLQueryW3BookTitle.sql as you instructed:
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---SQL Query W3books Title
---10 March 2015
USE XML_XQUERY
GO
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BookID INt Primary Key,
Title VARCHAR(30));
INSERT INTO W3Books (BookID, Title)
SELECT x.book.value('/BookID[1]', 'INT'),
x.book.value('/title[1]', 'VARCHAR(30)')
FROM (
SELECT CAST(x AS XML)
FROM OPENROWSET(
BULK 'C:\Temp\books1.xml',SINGLE_BLOB) AS T(x)
) AS T(x)
CROSS APPLY x.nodes('bookstore/book') AS x(book);
SELECT BookID, Title
FROM W3Books;
I executed my revised sql and I got the following Message and Results:
Msg 515, Level 16, State 2, Line 6
Cannot insert the value NULL into column 'BookID', table 'XML_XQUERY.dbo.W3Books'; column does not allow nulls. INSERT fails.
The statement has been terminated.
(0 row(s) affected)
Results:
BookID Title
I don't know why I just got the names of columns in Results and the "Cannot insert the value NULL into column 'BookID', table 'XML_XQUERY.dbo.W3Books'; column does not allow nulls, insert fails." in Messages. Please kindly help, advise me
how to correct the errors and respond again.
Many Thanks again,
Scott Chang

Using User Defined Function is SQL

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a decent performance compared to Oracle provided functions?
Any comments are welcome, specially regarding the performance of UDF in sql
and for solutions.
create or replace function f(i in number) return number is
begin
return i;
end;
declare
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l_elapsed number;
n number;
begin
select to_char(sysdate, 'sssssss')
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for i in 1 .. 20 loop
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good to simplify SQL. I keep thinking that it should
be possible somehow to use a function to improve
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have not been able to demonstrate this and there are
notes in Metalink suggesting that this does not
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best regards,
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Attachments:
PlugInWithMathDistributionTest.zip ‏21 KB

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14406487 (11.1.1.6.4 SOA Bundle)
13896993
13088538
Regards Dave
Edited by: DavidGaskell on Mar 14, 2013 10:08 PM

Hi All,
I am also facing the same issue...Experts can you please help us.
hi DavidGaskell, did you find any resolution, if so can you share it with me.....
Thanks,
RR

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