About Procedures

hi,
I have to written a stored procedure, which accepts 2 IN parameters.
Upon the complete execution of the procedure, I want to return a status.
I tried to have a OUT - formal parameter.

From the calling program, How do i get back the value that is stored in the
OUT variable.

Also I have a problem, how to execute a stored procedure, when it has OUT parameter.
I tried to exec ute with
SQL> exec my_proc('name', age, ' ')
The 2 IN parameters are Name and age,
OUT parameter is status. Initial it is null. How do I execute it;
Badrinath

For an out parameter you need a variable.

In SQL*Plus:
VAR my_var VARCHAR2(10)
EXEC my_proc('name', age, :my_var)

Hi,
What If I want to read the out parameter after executing the procedure.
I need to call this procedure from a diff procedure and have to get the
out put parameter.
How do I do it;
badrinath

Hi,

At SQL prompt just say

PRINT

Good luck

Quote:

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Originally posted by badrinathn
Hi,
What If I want to read the out parameter after executing the procedure.
I need to call this procedure from a diff procedure and have to get the
out put parameter.
How do I do it;
badrinath

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Hi

1. as i said u have to say

PRINT VARIABLE NAME

while giving the variable name do not use " : " sign.

2. If u r calling this procedure inside another procedure then , u need to use a local varible of same type as of Out Parameter and while calling the procedure u need to use the folling syntax e.g

proc1('xyz',getage);

Where xyz is literal value and getage is a locally declared variable.

moreover u can also use a packaged variable for this purpose.

Good luck

pramathesh