Like variables of other common data types, variables of the record type can also be passed as parameters to subprograms.
Example: Create and call a subprogram with record type parameters
The following example defines variables of the record type in two ways:
r_ware1 TYPE_WARE;
r_ware2 ware%ROWTYPE;
The SELECT INTO statement shows two methods for assigning values to the record variables. The two variables have the same structure, and can be assigned with values as follows: r_ware1 := r_ware2;.
Finally, the variables of the record type are passed as parameters to the subprogram.
obclient> CREATE TABLE ware (
w_id int
, w_ytd decimal(12,2)
, w_tax decimal(4,4)
, w_name varchar(10)
, w_street_1 varchar(20)
, w_street_2 varchar(20)
, w_city varchar(20)
, w_state char(2)
, w_zip char(9)
, unique(w_name, w_city)
, primary key(w_id)
);
Query OK, 0 rows affected
obclient> INSERT INTO ware VALUES(1, 1200, .1868, 'W_NAME_1', 'jTNkXKWXOdh',
'lf9QXTXXGoF04IZBkCP7', 'srRq15uvxe5', 'GQ', 506811111);
Query OK, 1 row affected
obclient> INSERT INTO ware VALUES(2, 1200, .0862, 'W_NAME_2', 'xEdT1jkENtbLwoI1Zb0',
'NT0j4RCQ4OqrS', 'vlwzndw2FPrO', 'XR', 063311111);
Query OK, 1 row affected
obclient> CREATE OR REPLACE PACKAGE pkg_ware_mgmt as
TYPE TYPE_WARE IS RECORD(
w_id ware.w_id%TYPE
,w_ytd ware.w_ytd%TYPE
,w_tax ware.w_tax%TYPE
,w_name ware.w_name%TYPE
,w_street_1 ware.w_street_1%TYPE
,w_street_2 ware.w_street_2%TYPE
,w_city ware.w_city%TYPE
,w_state ware.w_state%TYPE
,w_zip ware.w_zip%TYPE
);
PROCEDURE sp_record_print(p_w_id IN ware.w_id%type);
END;
/
Query OK, 0 rows affected
obclient> CREATE OR REPLACE PACKAGE BODY pkg_ware_mgmt
AS
PROCEDURE sp_record_print_by_record(p_record IN TYPE_WARE)
AS
BEGIN
dbms_output.put_line('Print a record :');
dbms_output.put_line('W_ID : ' || p_record.w_id
|| ', W_YTD : ' || p_record.w_ytd
|| ', W_TAX : ' || p_record.w_tax
|| ', W_NAME : ' || p_record.w_name
|| ', W_STREET_1 : ' || p_record.w_street_1
|| ', W_STREET_2 : ' || p_record.w_street_2
|| ', W_CITY : ' || p_record.w_city
|| ', W_STATE : ' || p_record.w_state
|| ', W_ZIP : ' || p_record.w_zip )
;
dbms_output.put_line('');
END;
PROCEDURE sp_record_print(p_w_id IN ware.w_id%TYPE )
IS
r_ware1 TYPE_WARE;
r_ware2 ware%ROWTYPE;
BEGIN
SELECT "W_ID","W_YTD","W_TAX","W_NAME","W_STREET_1","W_STREET_2","W_CITY","W_STATE","W_ZIP"
INTO r_ware1.w_id, r_ware1.w_ytd, r_ware1.w_tax, r_ware1.w_name, r_ware1.w_street_1, r_ware1.w_street_2, r_ware1.w_city, r_ware1.w_state, r_ware1.w_zip
FROM ware
WHERE w_id = p_w_id;
sp_record_print_by_record(r_ware1);
SELECT "W_ID","W_YTD","W_TAX","W_NAME","W_STREET_1","W_STREET_2","W_CITY","W_STATE","W_ZIP"
INTO r_ware2
FROM ware
WHERE w_id = p_w_id + 1;
r_ware1 := r_ware2;
sp_record_print_by_record(r_ware1);
EXCEPTION
WHEN OTHERS THEN
dbms_output.put_line('Raise an unknown exception !');
END ;
END;
/
Query OK, 0 rows affected
obclient> CALL pkg_ware_mgmt.sp_record_print(1);
Query OK, 0 rows affected
Print a record :
W_ID : 1, W_YTD : 1200, W_TAX : .1868, W_NAME : W_NAME_1, W_STREET_1 : jTNkXKWXOdh, W_STREET_2 : lf9QXTXXGoF04IZBkCP7, W_CITY : srRq15uvxe5, W_STATE : GQ, W_ZIP : 506811111
Print a record :
W_ID : 2, W_YTD : 1200, W_TAX : .0862, W_NAME : W_NAME_2, W_STREET_1 : xEdT1jkENtbLwoI1Zb0, W_STREET_2 : NT0j4RCQ4OqrS, W_CITY : vlwzndw2FPrO, W_STATE : XR, W_ZIP : 063311111