Re: Help trying to debug this DUMB pl/sql code

From: DA Morgan <damorgan_at_psoug.org>
Date: Mon, 05 Nov 2007 10:59:10 -0800
Message-ID: <1194289146.35087@bubbleator.drizzle.com>

amerar_at_iwc.net wrote:

> On Nov 5, 12:13 pm, "ame..._at_iwc.net" <ame..._at_iwc.net> wrote:

>> Hi,
>>
>> I have a package I'm trying to run through a debugger and find some
>> weird error. The package uses a defined type VARRAY:
>>
>> TYPE IN_STR_ARR IS VARRAY(500) OF VARCHAR2(500);
>>
>> The package has a number of parameters it accepts:
>>
>> PROCEDURE awi_report_php (
>> p_site_id NUMBER,
>> p_i IN OUT IN_STR_ARR,
>> p_o IN OUT IN_STR_ARR,
>> p_v IN OUT IN_STR_ARR,
>> p_columns IN OUT IN_STR_ARR,
>> line OUT TEST_CURSOR,
>> p_str OUT VARCHAR2,
>> p_save_out OUT VARCHAR2,
>> p_save_in VARCHAR2 DEFAULT NULL,
>> p_comp_id VARCHAR2 DEFAULT NULL,
>> p_customer_id VARCHAR2 DEFAULT NULL);
>>
>> Anyhow, if I try to debug with TOAD, I get some error about it not
>> being able to find the TYPE.
>> If I try to debug using SQL Developer, it complains about some 6531
>> error regarding an uninitialized collection.
>>
>> WTF? This thing runs without any debugger (though it has an
>> error).
>>
>> Can anyone think of anything???
>>
>> Thanks!

> 
> 
> 
> Can I add, that I am explicitly assigning values to each of the
> elements.......

You can.

Can I point out that without an Oracle version number and the actual error and the actual code we can't help you?

No package I've ever seen could be debugged by looking at only its parameters.

-- 
Daniel A. Morgan
University of Washington
damorgan_at_x.washington.edu (replace x with u to respond)
Puget Sound Oracle Users Group
www.psoug.org

Received on Mon Nov 05 2007 - 12:59:10 CST