cast and packages don't seem to mix in 8.1.7.4 - .net issues tryi ng to fake a boolean.

From: Duret, Kathy <kduret_at_starkinvestments.com>
Date: Fri, 21 Jan 2005 17:32:53 -0600
Message-ID: <5EAB052DE9A3BD4D84E6AE8EE3CCA7E51E01A7@sneetch.ad.starkinvestments.com>

PROCEDURE BA_TRD_PROC(

	   P_ALL_ROWS_CURSOR out cursorvar,
	   P_START_DATE      in  EV.TRDDATE%type,
	   P_END_DATE        in  EV.TRDDATE%type

)

     is
       begin
          open P_ALL_ROWS_CURSOR for

select 
       cast(nvl(bc.confirm,0) as char(1) )  Confirm
	   , v.*


       , positionXr.eodrate as positionEOd

       , mv.price as mark_price

       , decode(nvl(sb.broker,'P'),'P','Prime','Swap') as prime_swap

       , bc.comments

from ...

When I execute just the select statement... all is well. If I execute it in the package I get:

 a pl/sql error 801 internal error 74030

So I assume this means I can't use cast in packages.

What my problem is Oracle doesn't have a boolean and the user wants me to pass a boolean. .Net doesn't like the confirm defined as a number(1). So I was trying to see if I could pass back a char(1) to see if it would handle this like a boolean.

The user wants to keep his precious package and the poor developer and I are kind of stuck.

Thanks,

Kathy

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