CREATE OR REPLACE TYPE string_varray AS VARRAY(500) OF VARCHAR2(4000);

  PROCEDURE save_multiple_values
  (
     array_values  IN string_varray
  );

  @avals = qw(this is a test);

  $sql = 'BEGIN my_package.save_multiple_values(:array_vals); END;';

  my $stmt = $dbh->prepare ($sql);

  $stmt->bind_param_array(":array_vals", \@avals);
  $stmt->execute;

DBD::Oracle::st bind_param_array failed: Can't use named placeholder ':array_vals' for non-driver supported bind_param_array [for Statement "BEGIN my_package.save_multiple_values(:array_vals); END;" with ParamValues: :array_vals=undef] at ./demo.pl line 58.
DBD::Oracle::st execute failed: ORA-01008: not all variables bound (DBD ERROR: OCIStmtExecute) [for Statement "BEGIN my_package.save_multiple_values(:array_vals); END;" with ParamValues: :array_vals=undef] at ./demo.pl line 59.

DBD::Oracle::VERSION=1.16
DBI::VERSION=1.46