RE: output parameter/pl-sql table type

>----- ------- Original Message ------- -----
>From: "Basavaraja, Ravindra"
><Ravindra.Basavaraja_at_t-mobile.com>
>To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
><ORACLE-L_at_fatcity.com>
>Sent: Wed, 01 Oct 2003 18:09:42
>
>I have a package Spec that has a types defined as
>
>TYPE FIRSTNAMETABLE IS TABLE OF
>V_CUS.FIRSTNAME%TYPE INDEX BY
>BINARY_INTEGER;
>TYPE LASTNAMETABLE IS TABLE OF
>V_CUS.LASTNAME%TYPE INDEX BY
>BINARY_INTEGER;

[snip]
>Procedure GETUSER
> ( pMSISDN IN
>VSTR_Customer.MSISDN%TYPE,
> oFirstName OUT
>FIRSTNAMETABLE,
> oLastName OUT
>LASTNAMETABLE,

[snip}
>I get the following error
>SQL> /
>dbms_output.put_line(myFirstName);
>*
>ERROR at line 24:
>ORA-06550: line 24, column 1:
>PLS-00306: wrong number or types of arguments in
>call to 'PUT_LINE'
>ORA-06550: line 24, column 1:
>PL/SQL: Statement ignored
>
>
>HOW DO I GET THIS WORKING.I TRIED DECLARING
>VARIABLE OF TABLETYPE AND TO
>PRINT IN SQLPLUS BUT I STILL
>THE SAME ERROR PLS-00306.
>

Function dbms_output.put_line takes a scalar as parameter, not an array. You must loop from 1 to .last and call put_line for each element.

Regards,

Stephane Faroult
Oriole

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