Using DBMS_SQL getting ORA-29255

Question

Sort of new to DBMS_SQL - as I've been using NDS for almost everything to this point.
However - I have a situation where I'm selecting data that requires a predicate of multiple values for a single column (i.e. column in (:v1)) where :v1 is a list of values. I was using bind_array to set the values for :v1. However - I get the error above.
The SQL returns mutiple rows so - define array is being used to indicate what column should be returned to what array.
I understand based on the error message that they can't be used together. So- my question is - when using a SQL statement that requires "columnA IN (multiple_values)" how are you supposed to bind those using DBMS_SQL?
Any help is appreciated!!

Answer 1

Thanks... Code is below...
You can see where the vspccat is a predicate and - we're trying to get the multiple values 'bound' to the SQL. However - the sql also returns multiple rows (hence the 'define array' to get the return values).
We're using DBMS_SQL over NDS simply because (as isn't illustrated in the example below - which I was using just to get the concept working in an example to use moving forward with the actual code I will need to write) I'm needing to use multiple varrying predicates depending on the situation and - this is a cleaner way to handle that - rather than tracking what's been dynamically written and - handling it with every possible scenario in many different executes (with the different 'using's' attached).
Your help is appreciated!
DECLARE
col1    NUMBER(9,0);
col2    VARCHAR2(15);
col3    VARCHAR2(15);
col4    VARCHAR2(60);
col5    DATE;
col6    DATE;
col7    VARCHAR2(6);
col8    NUMBER(9,0);
col9    VARCHAR2(1);
spc_cat_array   DBMS_SQL.VARCHAR2_TABLE;
col1_array      DBMS_SQL.NUMBER_TABLE;
col2_array      DBMS_SQL.VARCHAR2_TABLE;
col3_array      DBMS_SQL.VARCHAR2_TABLE;
col4_array      DBMS_SQL.VARCHAR2_TABLE;
col5_array      DBMS_SQL.DATE_TABLE;
col6_array      DBMS_SQL.DATE_TABLE;
col7_array      DBMS_SQL.VARCHAR2_TABLE;
col8_array      DBMS_SQL.NUMBER_TABLE;
col9_array      DBMS_SQL.VARCHAR2_TABLE;
p_spc_cat   VARCHAR2(15) := '03';
p_status    VARCHAR2(6)  := 'APPROV';
src_cur  INTEGER;
dest_cur INTEGER;
ignore   INTEGER;
fdbk     INTEGER;
l_sql   VARCHAR2(1000);
dest_rec    VARCHAR2(500);
BEGIN
    spc_cat_array(1) := '03';
    spc_cat_array(2) := '09';    
    spc_cat_array(3) := '35';
    l_sql := ' SELECT *' ||
                  ' FROM (SELECT maint_id, NULL AS ica_price_rule, spc_category, description,' ||
                               ' effective_date, term_date, status,' ||
                               ' seq_ica_spc_pr_whole AS sequence_id, update_type' ||
                          ' FROM ica_spc_pr_whole_hdr_wrk' ||
                            ' WHERE spc_category IN (:vspccat)' ||
                            ' AND status = :vstatus  ' ||
                            ' AND term_date IS NULL' ||
                         ' UNION ALL' ||
                        ' SELECT NULL AS maint_id, NULL AS ica_price_rule, spc_category,' ||
                               ' description, effective_date, term_date, status,' ||
                               ' seq_ica_spc_pr_whole AS sequence_id, NULL AS update_type' ||
                          ' FROM ica_spc_pr_whole_hdr live'  ||
                            ' WHERE spc_category IN (:vspccat)' ||
                            ' AND status = :vstatus  ' ||
                            ' AND term_date IS NULL' ||
                           ' AND NOT EXISTS (SELECT spc_category' ||
                                             ' FROM ica_spc_pr_whole_hdr_wrk wrk' ||
                                            ' WHERE wrk.spc_category = live.spc_category)) a';
    -- open cursor on source table
  src_cur := dbms_sql.open_cursor;
  -- parse the SELECT statement
  dbms_sql.parse(src_cur, l_sql, dbms_sql.NATIVE);
  -- Bind Variables
--  DBMS_SQL.BIND_VARIABLE (src_cur, ':vspccat', p_spc_cat);
  DBMS_SQL.BIND_ARRAY (src_cur, ':vspccat', spc_cat_array);
  DBMS_SQL.BIND_VARIABLE (src_cur, ':vstatus', p_status);
  -- define the column type
  dbms_sql.define_array(src_cur, 1, col1_array, 5, 1);
  dbms_sql.define_array(src_cur, 2, col2_array, 5, 1);
  dbms_sql.define_array(src_cur, 3, col3_array, 5, 1);
  dbms_sql.define_array(src_cur, 4, col4_array, 5, 1); 
  dbms_sql.define_array(src_cur, 5, col5_array, 5, 1);
  dbms_sql.define_array(src_cur, 6, col6_array, 5, 1);
  dbms_sql.define_array(src_cur, 7, col7_array, 5, 1);
  dbms_sql.define_array(src_cur, 8, col8_array, 5, 1);
  dbms_sql.define_array(src_cur, 9, col9_array, 5, 1);
  ignore := dbms_sql.execute(src_cur);
  if dbms_sql.fetch_rows(src_cur) > 0  then
          dbms_sql.column_value( src_cur, 1, col1_array);
          dbms_sql.column_value( src_cur, 2, col2_array);
          dbms_sql.column_value( src_cur, 3, col3_array);
          dbms_sql.column_value( src_cur, 4, col4_array);
          dbms_sql.column_value( src_cur, 5, col5_array);
          dbms_sql.column_value( src_cur, 6, col6_array);
          dbms_sql.column_value( src_cur, 7, col7_array);
          dbms_sql.column_value( src_cur, 8, col8_array);
          dbms_sql.column_value( src_cur, 9, col9_array);         
      end if;
    dbms_output.put_line(col3_array(1));
  dbms_sql.close_cursor(src_cur);
end;