Comments on: Wrap a cursor function http://blog.mclaughlinsoftware.com/2010/03/07/wrap-a-cursor-function/ Michael McLaughlin's Technical Blog Sat, 04 Sep 2010 17:08:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: maclochlainn http://blog.mclaughlinsoftware.com/2010/03/07/wrap-a-cursor-function/comment-page-1/#comment-17810 maclochlainn Mon, 08 Mar 2010 19:34:47 +0000 http://blog.mclaughlinsoftware.com/?p=3584#comment-17810 The OCI only supports a single dimension PL/SQL-only collection (the old PL/SQL Tables from Oracle 8i documentation). There's no record support in the OCI and it has been on the request queue for more than 5 years. I wouldn't hold my breath. You can pass a collection of PL/SQL scalar collections in parallel. I actually put an example of that in the Oracle Database 10g Express Edition PHP Programming book. It's not a downloadable code set because it shipped with a CD, but I'll fix that and post the code tonight. Then, I'll update this note with the files you'll want to look at. The OCI only supports a single dimension PL/SQL-only collection (the old PL/SQL Tables from Oracle 8i documentation). There’s no record support in the OCI and it has been on the request queue for more than 5 years. I wouldn’t hold my breath.

You can pass a collection of PL/SQL scalar collections in parallel. I actually put an example of that in the Oracle Database 10g Express Edition PHP Programming book. It’s not a downloadable code set because it shipped with a CD, but I’ll fix that and post the code tonight. Then, I’ll update this note with the files you’ll want to look at.

]]> By: Gauss http://blog.mclaughlinsoftware.com/2010/03/07/wrap-a-cursor-function/comment-page-1/#comment-17807 Gauss Mon, 08 Mar 2010 19:11:45 +0000 http://blog.mclaughlinsoftware.com/?p=3584#comment-17807 Thanks so much Maclochlainn, you are a kind person! :) I've had something like that already and refined a little more with this article. Now I'm able to pass the ref cursor to other PL function but I still have a question. Is it possible to output a PL/SQL-only collection (created from the package-level record structure that mimics an SQL object type) as a ref cursor so that it could be handled by Java? I know that functions like 'Table' only work with SQL objects so I haven't had success as to open a ref cursor for a collection with the function Table. What I'm about to try is to pass the collection to Java and read it with Oracle libraries instead than working with a result set. Anyway I still wonder if it's possible to output a ref cursor to avoid this. BTW, I'm using Oracle 9.2.0.4.0. Thanks again! Thanks so much Maclochlainn, you are a kind person! :)

I’ve had something like that already and refined a little more with this article.

Now I’m able to pass the ref cursor to other PL function but I still have a question. Is it possible to output a PL/SQL-only collection (created from the package-level record structure that mimics an SQL object type) as a ref cursor so that it could be handled by Java?

I know that functions like ‘Table’ only work with SQL objects so I haven’t had success as to open a ref cursor for a collection with the function Table. What I’m about to try is to pass the collection to Java and read it with Oracle libraries instead than working with a result set. Anyway I still wonder if it’s possible to output a ref cursor to avoid this.

BTW, I’m using Oracle 9.2.0.4.0.

Thanks again!

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