Article ID: 174679
Article Last Modified on 3/2/2005
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Visual Basic 5.0 Enterprise Edition
- Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0 Enterprise Edition
- Microsoft Open Database Connectivity 2.0
- Microsoft Open Database Connectivity 2.5
This article was previously published under Q174679
SUMMARY
This article demonstrates how to use Visual Basic Enterprise Edition, Remote Data Object (RDO), the Microsoft ODBC Driver for Oracle version 2.0 and higher, and an Oracle PL/SQL package to retrieve resultsets from an Oracle stored procedure.
MORE INFORMATION
With the release of the Microsoft ODBC Driver for Oracle version 2.0 and higher, you can now retrieve resultsets from Oracle stored procedures. By creating Oracle stored procedures that return parameters of type TABLE, you can return row and column data that can then be manipulated and displayed as a resultset. This article uses the example in the Help file for the Microsoft ODBC Driver for Oracle v2.0 and shows how to use that example in Visual Basic.
NOTE: The resultsets created by the Microsoft ODBC Driver for Oracle version 2.0 and 2.5 using Oracle stored procedures are READ ONLY and STATIC. To retrieve a resultset requires that an Oracle Package be created.
Before you can start working with the Visual Basic application, you must create an Oracle package called SimplePackage. SimplePackage is taken from the Help File for Microsoft ODBC Driver for Oracle: Advanced Topics: "Returning Array Parameters from Stored Procedures."
The following package definition and package body for SimplePackage need to be added to your Oracle server either through SQL*Plus or through the Data Tools in Visual Basic 5.0 Enterprise edition:
Step 1
CREATE OR REPLACE PACKAGE SimplePackage AS
TYPE t_id is TABLE of NUMBER(5)
INDEX BY BINARY_INTEGER;
TYPE t_Course is TABLE of VARCHAR2(10)
INDEX BY BINARY_INTEGER;
TYPE t_Dept is TABLE of VARCHAR2(5)
INDEX BY BINARY_INTEGER;
TYPE t_pk1Type1 IS TABLE OF VARCHAR2(100)
INDEX BY BINARY_INTEGER;
TYPE t_pk1Type2 IS TABLE OF NUMBER(5)
INDEX BY BINARY_INTEGER;
PROCEDURE proc1
( o_id OUT t_id,
ao_course OUT t_Course,
ao_dept OUT t_Dept
);
PROCEDURE proc2
(
i_Arg1 IN NUMBER,
ao_Arg2 OUT t_pk1Type1,
ao_Arg3 OUT t_pk1Type2
);
END SimplePackage;
Step 2
CREATE OR REPLACE PACKAGE BODY SimplePackage AS
PROCEDURE proc1
(
o_id OUT t_id,
ao_course OUT t_Course,
ao_dept OUT t_Dept
)
AS
BEGIN
o_id(1):= 200;
ao_course(1) := 'M101';
ao_dept(1) := 'EEE' ;
o_id(2) := 201;
ao_course(2) := 'PHY320';
ao_dept(2) := 'ECE' ;
END proc1;
PROCEDURE proc2
(
i_Arg1 IN NUMBER,
ao_Arg2 OUT t_pk1Type1,
ao_Arg3 OUT t_pk1Type2
)
AS
i NUMBER;
BEGIN
FOR i IN 1 .. i_Arg1 LOOP
ao_Arg2(i) := 'Row Number ' || to_char(i);
END LOOP;
FOR i IN 1 .. i_Arg1 LOOP
ao_Arg3(i) := i;
END LOOP;
END proc2;
END SimplePackage;
Once SimplePackage is loaded and compiled on the Oracle server, you can start working on the Visual Basic application.
Step-by-Step Example
This example project uses a simple form to call the two procedures in the SimplePackage package. Both procedures (Proc1 and Proc2) return arrays (Oracle TABLE data type) that are converted to resultsets by the Microsoft ODBC Driver for Oracle version 2.0 or 2.5. These resultsets are manipulated and displayed in the project using the Remote Data Object. Here are the steps to create the project:
- Open a new project in Visual Basic 5.0 Enterprise edition. Form1 is created by default.
Place the following controls on the form:
Control Name Text/Caption ---------------------------------- Button cmdProc1A Proc1A Button cmdProc1B Proc1B Button cmdProc2A Proc2A Button cmdProc2B Proc2B Text Box txtZero1 Text Box txtZero2 Text Box txtOne1 Text Box txtOne2
NOTE: The text boxes should be laid out in the following grid format:
txtZero1 txtOne1
txtZero2 txtOne2
- From the Tools menu, select the Options item. Click the Default Full Module View option and then click OK. This allows you to view all of the code for this project.
Paste the following code into the General Declarations section of the new form:
Option Explicit Dim Cn As rdoConnection Dim En As rdoEnvironment Dim CPw1 As rdoQuery Dim CPw2 As rdoQuery Dim CPw3 As rdoQuery Dim CPw4 As rdoQuery Dim Rs As rdoResultset Dim Conn As String Dim QSQL As String Private Sub cmdProc1A_Click() Set Rs = CPw1.OpenResultset(rdOpenStatic, rdConcurReadOnly) txtZero1 = Rs(0) txtOne1 = Rs(1) & " " & Rs(2) Rs.MoveNext txtZero2 = Rs(0) txtOne2 = Rs(1) & " " & Rs(2) Rs.Close MsgBox "Done" End Sub Private Sub cmdProc1B_Click() Dim tempOne1 As String Dim tempOne2 As String Set Rs = CPw2.OpenResultset(rdOpenForwardOnly, rdConcurReadOnly) txtZero1 = Rs(0) Rs.MoveNext txtZero2 = Rs(0) Rs.MoreResults tempOne1 = Rs(0) Rs.MoveNext tempOne2 = Rs(0) Rs.MoreResults txtOne1 = tempOne1 & " " & Rs(0) Rs.MoveNext txtOne2 = tempOne2 & " " & Rs(0) Rs.Close MsgBox "Done" End Sub Private Sub cmdProc2A_Click() CPw3(0) = 2 Set Rs = CPw3.OpenResultset(rdOpenForwardOnly, rdConcurReadOnly) txtZero1 = Rs(0) txtOne1 = Rs(1) Rs.MoveNext txtZero2 = Rs(0) txtOne2 = Rs(1) Rs.Close MsgBox "Done" End Sub Private Sub cmdProc2B_Click() CPw4(0) = 2 Set Rs = CPw4.OpenResultset(rdOpenForwardOnly, rdConcurReadOnly) txtZero1 = Rs(0) Rs.MoveNext txtZero2 = Rs(0) Rs.MoreResults txtOne1 = Rs(0) Rs.MoveNext txtOne2 = Rs(0) Rs.Close MsgBox "Done" End Sub Private Sub Form_Load() Conn = "UID=<user ID>;PWD=<password>;"_ & "driver={Microsoft ODBC for Oracle};SERVER=RonOracle;" Set En = rdoEnvironments(0) En.CursorDriver = rdUseOdbc Set Cn = En.OpenConnection("", rdDriverNoPrompt, False, Conn) QSQL = "{call SimplePackage.Proc1({resultset 3, o_id , " _ & "ao_course, ao_dept})}" Set CPw1 = Cn.CreateQuery("", QSQL) QSQL = "{call SimplePackage.Proc1({resultset 3, o_id}, " _ & "{resultset 3, ao_course}, {resultset 3, ao_dept})}" Set CPw2 = Cn.CreateQuery("", QSQL) QSQL = "{call SimplePackage.Proc2(?,{resultset 3, ao_Arg2," _ & " ao_Arg3})}" Set CPw3 = Cn.CreateQuery("", QSQL) QSQL = "{call SimplePackage.Proc2(?,{resultset 3, ao_Arg2}, " _ & "{resultset 3, ao_Arg3})}" Set CPw4 = Cn.CreateQuery("", QSQL) End Sub Private Sub Form_Unload(Cancel As Integer) En.Close End SubRun the project. Note that the array returned by the stored procedure is being turned into an RDO resultset. The code in this example is fairly standard except for the creation and execution of the Oracle stored procedures.
The query objects created in the code each do something a little different. The first one is the simplest and probably the most common way to call this type of stored procedure:QSQL = "{call SimplePackage.Proc1({resultset 3, o_id , " _ & "ao_course, ao_dept})}"Within the call statement, you must supply the keyword RESULTSET followed by the maximum number of rows you will be returning.
NOTE: If you return more than the maximum specified, you get an error. If you return less, everything works fine.
After the resultset keyword and maximum number of rows, this form of the call statement supplies the stored procedure parameter list. Each parameter is actually an array (or Oracle TABLE variable) containing all of the elements for a given column of a resultset. In this example (Proc1), there are three columns in the returning resultset represented by the three arrays o_id, ao_course, and ao_dept.
NOTE: This parameter list needs to appear exactly as it does in the stored procedure.
The next query object does something different:QSQL = "{call SimplePackage.Proc1({resultset 3, o_id}, " _ & "{resultset 3, ao_course}, {resultset 3, ao_dept})}"This form of the call statement is actually creating three resultsets; one for each column in the original (or returning) resultset. Note that you must use the keyword RESULTSET and the maximum number of rows for each resultset. This form of the call statement is actually giving the resultset for each array declared in the parameter list.
The next query object is taking in an input parameter and then returning resultset as before:QSQL = "{call SimplePackage.Proc2(?,{resultset 3, ao_Arg2," & " ao_Arg3})}"Note that not much has changed. An input placeholder (?) has been added to the beginning of the parameter list, where it must be if it is to be used.
The last form of the call statement is the multiple result example from above with an input placeholder added to the parameter list:QSQL = "{call SimplePackage.Proc2(?,{resultset 3, ao_Arg2}, " _ & "{resultset 3, ao_Arg3})}"Once the query object is defined, everything else in the project is standard RDO; setting input and output parameters, moving within the RDO resultsets, and moving between resultsets.
REFERENCES
Help file for Microsoft ODBC Driver for Oracle: Advanced Topics: "Returning Array Parameters from Stored Procedures"
Visual Basic 5.0 Enterprise Documentation: The Guide to Building Client/Server Applications with Visual Basic: Data Access Options: "Remote Data Objects (RDO) - Chapter 11"
For more information on working with RDO 2.0 and Oracle, please click on the article number below to see the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
167225 How To Access an Oracle Database Using RDO
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