Assuming an object in PL/SQL on Oracle: 
CREATE OR REPLACE TYPE myObj
AS OBJECT (
   Col1  number,
   Col2  varchar(2),
   Col3  timestamp,
   ...
   Col57 number
);

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(Why an object? Because OCI programming doesn't allow PL/SQL RECORD type. ;)

And now here's what I'd LIKE to run. Is anything like this possible? I need to call a package function that takes IN this object. How can I bind perl variables to the PL/SQL object? I'm using PL/SQL to get at a package/function in the database. This function does post-processing on the object (which really just represents a row of data). We're all trying to avoid 57 bind variables. :) 

my $sql = "
DECLARE
  in_row  myObj;
  retcode number;
BEGIN
  :retcode := Otherpackage.Function(:in_row);
END;
";

my $sth = $dbh->prepare($sql) ...

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My main question is... how do I bind a list or hash to :in_row in the $dbh->bind_param(":in_row", \%hash, ...);

-ArchFool

In reply to Objects in PL/SQL in DBD::Oracle by archfool

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