Oracle Procedure VARCHAR2 Parameter Size limit - asp.net

Good Morning.
I am facing a very strange problem. I have an Oracle stored procedure which will accept a VARCHAR2 parameter.
From my ASP.NET application, I am calling this stored procedure and passing a comma separated string to this parameter.
The length of the comma separated string is 700 characters (including commas).
Now the problem is Oracle procedure is returning the error "3421: Application uses a value of the wrong type for the current operation".
If I delete some content of the input string and send it to procedure, then it is running successfully.
I read that VARCHAR2 in Oracle accepts a maximum of 4000 characters. I am sending only 700 characters. Still it is not taking it.
I tried to give the size to the procedure parameter. But it is giving compilation error and I read that we can't specify the size to oracle procedure prameter.
Can you please help me in resolving this issue.
Thanks
Srinivas
Input String that is sent to VAR33 in SP_TESTPROC procedure:
195083,195320,195815,196311,196247,196866,197002,197271,197294,197998,198107,
195322,195501,196537,196887,198194,198964,195125,196153,196454,196587,197158,
197082,197277,197482,198110,198312,196586,196403,196428,196510,196694,197075,
197543,198111,198351,195215,196399,197697,198200,198338,196267,195851,196069,
196435,197154,196411,196883,196898,196384,196892,196826,197138,198123,198590,
197384,196383,196438,197044,197831,198917,195787,198199,198120,195874,197155,
197262,197264,197447,198193,195730,196886,196891,196899,197076,198502,196232,
196538,196603,196857,196263,195380,196660,198041,198763,195616,195720,196430,
197559,197836,197844,198015,198666,195777,195951,196433,196795,195843,196398,
196448
create or replace PROCEDURE SP_TESTPROC
(VAR33 IN VARCHAR2 DEFAULT NULL
RC1 IN OUT OMWB_EMULATION.GLOBALPKG.RCT1)
AS
BEGIN
OPEN RC1 FOR
SELECT *
FROM TABLE1 A
INNER JOIN TABLE2 B ON A.ID = B.TABLE1ID
WHERE A.ID IN (select TO_NUMBER(regexp_substr(SPCWKF_CASEASSIGNMASTERQUERY.VAR33,'[^,]+', 1, level)) from dual
connect by regexp_substr(SPCWKF_CASEASSIGNMASTERQUERY.VAR33, '[^,]+', 1, level) is not null);
END SP_TESTPROC;

Try:
create or replace PROCEDURE SP_TESTPROC
(VAR33 IN VARCHAR2 DEFAULT NULL
RC1 IN OUT OMWB_EMULATION.GLOBALPKG.RCT1)
AS
BEGIN
VAR33 := regexp_replace(VAR33, '[^,0-9]', '');
OPEN RC1 FOR
SELECT *
..........
..........
..........
END SP_TESTPROC;
the above will remove all unwanted and "hidden" characters from the string.
For example, if you are calling the procedure in this way in your code:
proc_name('1234,2345,
2345,5432,
4545,7777', ..... )
then the string contains a few hidden line feed characters and some spaces, and these characters are obvioulsy 'not number' - but the procedure is trying to convert them into the number using to_number.
Take a look at this demo:http://sqlfiddle.com/#!4/f270bc/1
CREATE TABLE t(
x varchar(4000)
);
INSERT INTO t VALUES(
'1234,2345,
2345,5432,
4545,7777'
);
select x, dump(x)
from t;
and you will see that a dump of the output contains some 'hidden' charachers (20-space, 10-line feed):
Typ=1 Len=47: 49,50,51,52,44,50,51,52,53,44,10,32,32,32,32,32,32,32,32,50,51,52,53,44,
53,52,51,50,44,10,32,32,32,32,32,32,32,32,52,53,52,53,44,55,55,55,55

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CONCAT(
'CREATE TEMPORARY TABLE aTable (',
'the_id bigint, ',
'the_column varchar(100) ',
') engine=INNODB',
';');
ELSE
SET #SQL_Statement :=
CONCAT(
'CREATE TEMPORARY TABLE aTable (',
'the_id bigint, ',
'the_other_column varchar(100) ',
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DELIMITER ;
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DELIMITER $$
CREATE PROCEDURE GetATable()
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DELIMITER ;
DROP PROCEDURE IF EXISTS GetATable2;
DELIMITER $$
CREATE PROCEDURE GetATable2(_TableType tinyint)
BEGIN
CALL CreateATable( _TableType );
SELECT * FROM aTable;
END$$
DELIMITER ;
/*
Test execution script starts here
*/
-- Just CALL Create for one and Select
CALL CreateATable( 1 );
DESCRIBE aTable;
SELECT * FROM aTable;
CALL CreateATable( 2 );
DESCRIBE aTable;
SELECT * FROM aTable;
-- -> no errors
-- now CALL procedure to Create and Select from two different temp tables
CALL GetATable();
-- -> no errors
-- now CALL procedure to CREATE AND SELECT from ONE temp table definition using a parameter to select
CALL GetATable2(1);
CALL GetATable2(2);
-- Error Code: 1054. Unknown column 'mySchema.aTable.the_column' in 'field list'
I would expect that I can pass a parameter to a stored procedure to generate a temporary table, and return the records of that temporary table. Even if I call that same procedure multiple times with different parameters on the same session.
The actual results are that when the stored procedure is called to generate the temporary table with a different table structure, it returns this error complaining about the column missing from the temporary table created in the previous invocation of that same stored procedure.
Error Code: 1054. Unknown column 'mySchema.aTable.the_column' in 'field list'
The only way I have found to prevent this error is
a. ending the jdbc connection and ending the server session
b. recompiling one of the stored procedures in the call stack
Recompiling is not viable. And ending the session seems unreasonable.
This seems like a defect. But would be interested to find if there is some way to get this to work.
This seems like a bug and you can report it directly to the MariaDB team at MariaDB bugs database.
A temporary solution is to use a prepared statement in the stored procedure GetATable2 (my test on MariaDB 10.3.16 to use EXECUTE IMMEDIATE):
...
CREATE PROCEDURE `GetATable2`(`_TableType` TINYINT)
BEGIN
CALL CreateATable(`_TableType`);
-- SELECT * FROM `aTable`;
EXECUTE IMMEDIATE 'SELECT * FROM `aTable`';
END$$
...
See dbfiddle.

How to convert VARCHAR2 to BLOB inside Oracle 11g PL/SQL after ORA-06502

I have a function, that calculates hash value of big string! First of all I wrote a cursor T1_CUT, which can include variable count of SELECT statements, something like:
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...
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IS
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V_RESULT VARCHAR2(32767);
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...
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...
T1 T1_CUT%ROWTYPE;
TYPE VALUES_T IS TABLE OF VARCHAR2(32767);
L_VALUES VALUES_T;
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WHILE T1_CUT%FOUND
LOOP
EXECUTE IMMEDIATE
T1.TEXT
BULK COLLECT INTO L_VALUES;
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Thanks in advance!
there is a function called utl_raw.cast_to_raw(vc) which transforms a varchar2 into a BLOB value.
However, I recommend to use CLOB to store string values. BLOB has no character semantics at all, i.e., NLS_LANG settings are ignored.
EDIT:
if you want to transform VARCHAR2 to CLOB, simply use TO_CLOB

Entity Framework shows error when called stored procedure

In my project EF calls a stored procedure which is shown below. It returns either 1 or scope identity.
On EF function imports, the stored procedure is listed with a return type of decimal.
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But when if condition of sp satisfies, ef throws error as
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So modify the SQL so that we SELECT instead of RETURN, like so (not forgetting to use CAST):
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[toll_free_phn_prfx_no] = #TollfreePrfxNo and
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Then also CAST the result of SCOPE_IDENTITY() to a decimal:
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Strange SQLite behavior: Not returning results on simple queries

Ok, so I have a basic table called "ledger", it contains fields of various types, integers, varchar, etc.
In my program, I used to use a query with no "from" predicate to collect all of the rows, which of course works fine. But... I changed my code to allow selecting one row at a time using "where acctno = x" (where X is the account number I want to select at the time).
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I am relatively new to SQLite, but I have been using Oracle, MS SQL Server, etc. for years and never seen this type of issue before.
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* Queries using other integer fields also don't work
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Examples:
Query with no WHERE (works fine):
1|0|0|JPY|8|Paid-In Capital|C|X|0|X|0|0||||0|0|0|
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...
Query with WHERE clause: (no results)
sqlite> select * from ledger where acctno=1;
sqlite>
putting quotes around the 1 above changes nothing.
Interestingly enough, "select * from ledger where acctno > 1" returns results! However since it returns ALL results, it's not terrible useful.
I'm sure someone will ask about the table structure, so here goes:
sqlite> .schema ledger
CREATE TABLE "LEDGER" (
"ACCTNO" integer(10,0) NOT NULL,
"drbal" integer(20,0) NOT NULL,
"crbal" integer(20,0) NOT NULL,
"CURRKEY" char(3,0) NOT NULL,
"TEXTKEY" integer(10,0),
"TEXT" VARCHAR(64,0),
"ACCTYPECD" CHAR(1,0) NOT NULL,
"ACCSTCD" CHAR(1,0),
"PACCTNO" number(10,0) NOT NULL,
"CATCD" number(10,0),
"TRANSNO" number(10,0) NOT NULL,
"extrefno" number(10,0),
"UPDATEUSER" VARCHAR(32,0),
"UPDATEDATE" text(8,0),
"UPDATETIME" TEXT(6,0),
"PAYEECD" number(10,0) NOT NULL,
"drbal2" number(10,0) NOT NULL,
"crbal2" number(10,0) NOT NULL,
"delind" boolean,
PRIMARY KEY("ACCTNO"),
CONSTRAINT "fk_curr" FOREIGN KEY ("CURRKEY") REFERENCES "CURRENCY" ("CUR
RKEY") ON DELETE RESTRICT ON UPDATE CASCADE
);
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sqlite> select * from journalhdr where transno=13;
13|Test transaction ATM Withdrawel 20130213|20130223||20130223||
TransNo in that table is also integer (10,0) NOT NULL - this is what makes me thing it is something to do with the values.
Another clue is that the sort order seems to be based on ascii, not numeric:
sqlite> select * from ledger order by acctno;
0|0|0|JPY|11|Root Account|P|X|0|X|0|0|SYSTEM|20121209|150000|0|0|0|
1|0|0|JPY|8|Paid-In Capital|C|X|0|X|0|0||||0|0|0|
10|0|0|USD|20|Sallie Mae|L|X|0|X|0|0|SYSTEM|20121209|153900|0|0|0|
21|0|0|USD|21|Skrill|A|X|0|X|0|0|SYSTEM|20121209|154000|0|0|0|
22|0|0|USD|22|AES|L|X|0|X|0|0|SYSTEM|20121209|154200|0|0|0|
23|0|0|JPY|23|Marui|L|X|0|X|0|0|SYSTEM|20121209|154400|0|0|0|
24|0|0|JPY|24|Amex JP|L|X|0|X|0|0|SYSTEM|20121209|154500|0|0|0|
3|0|0|JPY|13|Mitsubishi Bank Futsuu|A|X|0|X|0|0|SYSTEM|20121209|150000|0|0|0|
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Solved! (sort-of)
The data can be fixed like this:
sqlite> update ledger set acctno = 23 where rowid = 13;
sqlite> select * from ledger where acctno = 25;
25|0|0|JPY|0|Test|L|X|0|X|0|0|SYSTEM|20130224|132500|0|0|0|
Still, if it was stored as strings, then that leave a few questions:
1. Why couldn't I select it as a string using the quotes?
2. How did it get stored as a string since it is a valid integer?
3. How would you go about detecting this problem normally besides noticing bizzarre symptoms?
Although the data would normally be entered by my program, some of it was created by hand using Navicat, so I assume the problem must lie there.
You are victim of SQLite dynamic typing.
Even though SQLite defines system of type affinity, which sets some rules on how input strings or numbers will be converted to actual internal values, but it does NOT prevent software that is using prepared statements to explicitly set any type (and data value) for the column (and this can be different per row!).
This can be shown by this simple example:
CREATE TABLE ledger (acctno INTEGER, name VARCHAR(16));
INSERT INTO ledger VALUES(1, 'John'); -- INTEGER '1'
INSERT INTO ledger VALUES(2 || X'00', 'Zack'); -- BLOB '2\0'
I have inserted second row not as INTEGER, but as binary string containing embedded zero byte. This reproduces your issue exactly, see this SQLFiddle, step by step. You can also execute these commands in sqlite3, you will get the same result.
Below is Perl script that also reproduces this issue
This script creates just 2 rows with acctno having values of integer 1 for first, and "2\0" for second row. "2\0" means string consisting of 2 bytes: first is digit 2, and second is 0 (zero) byte.
Of course, it is very difficult to visually tell "2\0" from just "2", but this is what script below demonstrates:
#!/usr/bin/perl -w
use strict;
use warnings;
use DBI qw(:sql_types);
my $dbh = DBI->connect("dbi:SQLite:test.db") or die DBI::errstr();
$dbh->do("DROP TABLE IF EXISTS ledger");
$dbh->do("CREATE TABLE ledger (acctno INTEGER, name VARCHAR(16))");
my $sth = $dbh->prepare(
"INSERT INTO ledger (acctno, name) VALUES (?, ?)");
$sth->bind_param(1, "1", SQL_INTEGER);
$sth->bind_param(2, "John");
$sth->execute();
$sth->bind_param(1, "2\0", SQL_BLOB);
$sth->bind_param(2, "Zack");
$sth->execute();
$sth = $dbh->prepare(
"SELECT count(*) FROM ledger WHERE acctno = ?");
$sth->bind_param(1, "1");
$sth->execute();
my ($num1) = $sth->fetchrow_array();
print "Number of rows matching id '1' is $num1\n";
$sth->bind_param(1, "2");
$sth->execute();
my ($num2) = $sth->fetchrow_array();
print "Number of rows matching id '2' is $num2\n";
$sth->bind_param(1, "2\0", SQL_BLOB);
$sth->execute();
my ($num3) = $sth->fetchrow_array();
print "Number of rows matching id '2<0>' is $num3\n";
Output of this script is:
Number of rows matching id '1' is 1
Number of rows matching id '2' is 0
Number of rows matching id '2<0>' is 1
If you were to look at resultant table using any SQLite tool (including sqlite3), it will print 2 for second row - they all get confused by trailing 0 inside a BLOB when it gets coerced to string or number.
Note that I had to use custom param binding to coerce type to BLOB and permit null bytes stored:
$sth->bind_param(1, "2\0", SQL_BLOB);
Long story short, it is either some of your client programs, or some of client tools like Navicat which screwed it up.

PL/SQL - comma separated list within IN CLAUSE

I am having trouble getting a block of pl/sql code to work. In the top of my procedure I get some data from my oracle apex application on what checkboxes are checked. Because the report that contains the checkboxes is generated dynamically I have to loop through the
APEX_APPLICATION.G_F01
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I want to then query on that list later and place the v_list on an IN clause like so
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If users is small and user_id doesn't contain commas, you could use:
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I advise you to use a pipelined function that returns a table of NUMBER that you can query directly. For example:
CREATE TYPE tab_number IS TABLE OF NUMBER;
/
CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION string_to_table_num(p VARCHAR2)
RETURN tab_number
PIPELINED IS
BEGIN
FOR cc IN (SELECT rtrim(regexp_substr(str, '[^,]*,', 1, level), ',') res
FROM (SELECT p || ',' str FROM dual)
CONNECT BY level <= length(str)
- length(replace(str, ',', ''))) LOOP
PIPE ROW(cc.res);
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END;
/
You would then be able to build queries such as:
SELECT *
FROM users
WHERE user_id IN (SELECT *
FROM TABLE(string_to_table_num('1,2,3,4,5'));
You can use XMLTABLE as follows
SELECT * FROM users
WHERE user_id IN (SELECT to_number(column_value) FROM XMLTABLE(v_list));
I have tried to find a solution for that too but never succeeded. You can build the query as a string and then run EXECUTE IMMEDIATE, see http://docs.oracle.com/cd/B19306_01/appdev.102/b14261/dynamic.htm#i14500.
That said, it just occurred to me that the argument of an IN clause can be a sub-select:
SELECT * FROM users
WHERE user_id IN (SELECT something FROM somewhere)
so, is it possible to expose the checkbox values as a stored function? Then you might be able to do something like
SELECT * FROM users
WHERE user_id IN (SELECT my_package.checkbox_func FROM dual)
Personally, i like this approach:
with t as (select 'a,b,c,d,e' str from dual)
--
select val
from t, xmltable('/root/e/text()'
passing xmltype('<root><e>' || replace(t.str,',','</e><e>')|| '</e></root>')
columns val varchar2(10) path '/'
)
Which can be found among other examples in Thread: Split Comma Delimited String Oracle
If you feel like swamping in even more options, visit the OTN plsql forums.

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