Re: Referencing Items Indirectly in PL/SQL

Hi John,

Not really.

I think the main answer is that doing so tends to breach the object nature of functions and procedures. This has long been an arquement against name_in and copy in that non-plsql object names usually have to be embedded in what otherwise would be abstract code. [unless you use more than one layer of abstraction].

This makes , for instance, migration to server-side difficult.

Given that PLSQL can return values and pass values as IN OUT , can I be rude and ask why you need to use the equivalent of NAME_IN and COPY?

regards

Rod Corderey

Lane Associates
Lane_Associates_at_Compuserve.com
http://www.Lane-Associates.com

Dept IT wrote:
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> Can this be done??
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> i.e.
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> In Form 4.5 you can use NAME_IN and COPY, is this sort of thing possible in
> PL/SQL??
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> Replies to john.luck_at_it.camcnty.gov.uk
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> Thanks!
Received on Mon Apr 27 1998 - 14:14:29 CEST