Mostly I avoid table variables as input parameters for a stored procedure. Because I do not know how to handle them, but in this case I have no other option. I have a requirement where hundreds of records will be passed on to database from Oracle Agile PLM. What I have to do is to populate a table from the input records/list. For accomplishing this I have developed an object type and then a table type out of that object type.
CREATE OR REPLACE TYPE TEST_USER.MD_TYPE AS OBJECT
(QUERY_REF VARCHAR2 (1000 BYTE),
COL_NAME VARCHAR2 (100 BYTE),
COL_LENGTH VARCHAR2 (50 BYTE),
COL_SEQ NUMBER)
/
CREATE OR REPLACE TYPE TEST_USER.MD_TYPE_TABLE AS TABLE OF MD_TYPE
/
Stored Procedure:
CREATE OR REPLACE PROCEDURE SP_TEST2
(
P_MD_TABLE IN MD_TYPE_TABLE,
p_success OUT number
)
IS
BEGIN
INSERT INTO MDATA_TABLE
(
QUERY_REF ,
COL_NAME ,
COL_LENGTH ,
COL_SEQ
)
SELECT ea.*
FROM TABLE(P_MD_TABLE) ea;
p_success :=1;
EXCEPTION
WHEN OTHERS THEN
p_success := -1;
END SP_TEST2;
The problem is I do not know how to populate the table MDATA_TABLE from the incoming data. And the procedure compiles without any errors. I have not tested this procedure.
Any help please.