Oracle DBMS_SQL
Version 11.1
 
General
Note: DMBS_SQL is the traditional form of dynamic SQL in Oracle.

For most purposes native dynamic sql (NDS) will suffice but there are some things the DBMS_SQL package does that can not be done any other way. This page emphasizes those areas where there is no substitute.
Source {ORACLE_HOME}/rdbms/admin/dbmssql.sql
First Available 7.3.4
Constants
Name Data Type Value
v6 INTEGER 0
native INTEGER 1
v7 INTEGER 2

Defined Data Types
General Types
TYPE desc_rec IS RECORD (
col_type binary_integer := 0,
col_max_len binary_integer := 0,
col_name varchar2(32) := '',
col_name_len binary_integer := 0,
col_schema_name varchar2(32) := '',
col_schema_name_len binary_integer := 0,
col_precision binary_integer := 0,
col_scale binary_integer := 0,
col_charsetid binary_integer := 0,
col_charsetform binary_integer := 0,
col_null_ok boolean := TRUE);

TYPE desc_rec2 IS RECORD (
col_type binary_integer := 0,
col_max_len binary_integer := 0,
col_name varchar2(32767) := '',
col_name_len binary_integer := 0,
col_schema_name varchar2(32) := '',
col_schema_name_len binary_integer := 0,
col_precision binary_integer := 0,
col_scale binary_integer := 0,
col_charsetid binary_integer := 0,
col_charsetform binary_integer := 0,
col_null_ok boolean := TRUE);

TYPE desc_tab IS TABLE OF desc_rec
INDEX BY binary_integer;

TYPE desc_tab2 IS TABLE OF desc_rec2
INDEX BY binary_integer;

TYPE varchar2a IS TABLE OF VARCHAR2(32767)
INDEX BY binary_integer;

TYPE varchar2s IS TABLE OF VARCHAR2(256)
INDEX BY binary_integer;

Bulk SQL Types
TYPE bfile_table IS TABLE OF bfile
INDEX BY binary_integer;

TYPE binary_double_table IS TABLE OF binary_double
INDEX BY binary_integer;

TYPE binary_float_table IS TABLE OF binary_float
INDEX BY binary_integer;

TYPE blob_table IS TABLE OF blob
INDEX BY binary_integer;

TYPE clob_table IS TABLE OF clob
INDEX BY binary_integer;

TYPE date_table IS TABLE OF date
INDEX BY binary_integer;

TYPE interval_day_to_second_table IS TABLE OF
dsinterval_unconstrained INDEX BY binary_integer;

TYPE interval_year_to_MONTH_Table IS TABLE OF
yminterval_unconstrained
INDEX BY binary_integer;

TYPE number_table IS TABLE OF NUMBER
INDEX BY binary_integer;

TYPE time_table IS TABLE OF time_unconstrained
INDEX BY binary_integer;

TYPE time_with_time_zone_Table IS TABLE OF TIME_TZ_UNCONSTRAINED INDEX BY binary_integer;

TYPE timestamp_table IS TABLE OF timestamp_unconstrained
INDEX BY binary_integer;

TYPE timestamp_with_ltz_table IS TABLE OF
TIMESTAMP_LTZ_UNCONSTRAINED
INDEX BY binary_integer;

TYPE urowid_table IS TABLE OF urowid
INDEX BY binary_integer;

TYPE timestamp_with_time_zone_table IS TABLE OF
TIMESTAMP_TZ_UNCONSTRAINED
INDEX BY binary_integer;

TYPE varchar2_table IS TABLE OF VARCHAR2(2000)
INDEX BY binary_integer;
Dependencies SELECT name
FROM dba_dependencies
WHERE referenced_name = 'DBMS_SQL'
UNION
SELECT referenced_name
FROM dba_dependencies
WHERE name = 'DBMS_SQL';
Exceptions
Error Code Reason
ORA-06562 Inconsistent types: Raised by procedure "column_value" or "variable_value" if the type of out argument where to put the requested value is different from the type of the value

Flow
--
--                      -----------
--                    | open_cursor |
--                      -----------
--                           |
--                           |
--                           v
--                         -----
--          ------------>| parse |
--          |              -----
--          |                |
--          |                | ---------
--          |                v          |
--          |           --------------  |
--          |-------->| bind_variable | |
--          |     ^     -------------   |
--          |     |           |         |
--          |      -----------|         |
--          |                 |<--------
--          |                 v
--          |               query?---------- yes ---------
--          |                 |                           |
--          |                no                           |
--          |                 |                           |
--          |                 v                           v
--          |              -------                  -------------
--          |----------->| execute |            ->| define_column |
--          |              -------             |    -------------
--          |                 |------------    |          |
--          |                 |            |    ----------|
--          |                 v            |              v
--          |           --------------     |           -------
--          |       ->| variable_value |   |  ------>| execute |
--          |      |    --------------     | |         -------
--          |      |          |            | |            |
--          |       ----------|            | |            |
--          |                 |            | |            v
--          |                 |            | |        ----------
--          |                 |<-----------  |----->| fetch_rows |
--          |                 |              |        ----------
--          |                 |              |            |
--          |                 |              |            v
--          |                 |              |  -----------------
--          |                 |              | | column_value    |
--          |                 |              | | variable_value  |
--          |                 |              |  -----------------
--          |                 |              |            |
--          |                 |<--------------------------
--          |                 |
--           -----------------|
--                            |
--                            v
--                       ------------
--                     | close_cursor |
--                       ------------
--
 
BIND_ARRAY

Binds a given value to a given collection

Overload 1
dbms_sql.BIND_ARRAY(
c      IN INTEGER,
name   IN VARCHAR2,
n_tab  IN NUMBER_TABLE);
conn scott/tiger

DECLARE
 stmt          VARCHAR2(200);
 dept_no_array dbms_sql.number_table;
 c             NUMBER;
 dummy         NUMBER;
BEGIN
  dept_no_array(1) := 10; dept_no_array(2) := 20;
  dept_no_array(3) := 30; dept_no_array(4) := 40;
  dept_no_array(5) := 30; dept_no_array(6) := 40;
  stmt := 'delete from emp where deptno = :dept_array';
  c := dbms_sql.open_cursor;
  dbms_sql.parse(c, stmt, dbms_sql.NATIVE);
  dbms_sql.bind_array(c, ':dept_array', dept_no_array, 1, 4);
  dummy := dbms_sql.execute(c);
  dbms_sql.close_cursor(c);

EXCEPTION
  WHEN OTHERS THEN
    IF dbms_sql.is_open(c) THEN
      dbms_sql.close_cursor(c);
    END IF;
    RAISE;
END;
/
Overload 2 dbms_sql.bind_array (
c       IN INTEGER,
name    IN VARCHAR2,
c_tab  IN VARCHAR2_TABLE);
TBD
Overload 3 dbms_sql.bind_array (
c       IN INTEGER,
name    IN VARCHAR2,
d_tab  IN DATE_TABLE);
TBD
Overload 4 dbms_sql.bind_array (
c       IN INTEGER,
name    IN VARCHAR2,
bl_tab IN BLOB_TABLE);
TBD
Overload 5 dbms_sql.bind_array (
c       IN INTEGER,
name    IN VARCHAR2,
cl_tab IN CLOB_TABLE);
TBD
Overload 6 dbms_sql.bind_array (
c       IN INTEGER,
name    IN VARCHAR2,
bf_tab IN BFILE_TABLE);
TBD
Overload 7 dbms_sql.bind_array (
c       IN INTEGER,
name    IN VARCHAR2,
n_tab  IN NUMBER_TABLE,
index1 IN INTEGER,
index2 IN INTEGER);
TBD
Overload 8 dbms_sql.bind_array (
c       IN INTEGER,
name    IN VARCHAR2,
c_tab  IN VARCHAR2_TABLE,
index1 IN INTEGER,
index2 IN INTEGER);
TBD
Overload 9 dbms_sql.bind_array (
c       IN INTEGER,
name    IN VARCHAR2,
d_tab  IN DATE_TABLE,
index1 IN INTEGER,
index2 IN INTEGER);
TBD
Overload 10 dbms_sql.bind_array (
c       IN INTEGER,
name    IN VARCHAR2,
bl_tab  IN BLOB_TABLE,
index1 IN INTEGER,
index2 IN INTEGER);
TBD
Overload 11 dbms_sql.bind_array (
c       IN INTEGER,
name    IN VARCHAR2,
cl_tab  IN CLOB_TABLE,
index1 IN INTEGER,
index2 IN INTEGER);
TBD
Overload 12 dbms_sql.bind_array (
c       IN INTEGER,
name    IN VARCHAR2,
bf_tab IN BFILE_TABLE,
index1 IN INTEGER,
index2 IN INTEGER);
TBD
Overload 13 dbms_sql.bind_array(
c      IN INTEGER,
name   IN VARCHAR2,
ur_tab IN UROWID_TABLE);
TBD
Overload 14 dbms_sql.bind_array (
c      IN INTEGER,
name   IN VARCHAR2,
ur_tab IN UROWID_TABLE,
index1 IN INTEGER,
index2 IN INTEGER);
TBD
Overload 15 dbms_sql.bind_array (
c      IN INTEGER,
name   IN VARCHAR2,
tm_tab IN TIME_TABLE);
TBD
Overload 16 dbms_sql.bind_array (
c       IN INTEGER,
name    IN VARCHAR2,
tm_tab IN TIME_TABLE,
index1 IN INTEGER,
index2 IN INTEGER);
TBD
Overload 17 dbms_sql.bind_array (
c       IN INTEGER,
name    IN VARCHAR2,
tms_tab IN TIMESTAMP_TABLE);
TBD
Overload 18 dbms_sql.bind_array (
c       IN INTEGER,
name    IN VARCHAR2,
tms_tab IN TIMESTAMP_TABLE
index1  IN INTEGER,
index2  IN INTEGER);
TBD
Overload 19 dbms_sql.bind_array (
c        IN INTEGER,
name     IN VARCHAR2,
ttz_tab IN TIME_WITH_TIME_ZONE_TABLE);
TBD
Overload 20 dbms_sql.bind_array (
c        IN INTEGER,
name     IN VARCHAR2,
ttz_tab IN TIME_WITH_TIME_ZONE_TABLE,
index1  IN INTEGER,
index2  IN INTEGER);
TBD
Overload 21 dbms_sql.bind_array (
c         IN INTEGER,
name      IN VARCHAR2,
tstz_tab IN TIMESTAMP_WITH_TIME_ZONE_TABLE);
TBD
Overload 22 dbms_sql.bind_array (
c         IN INTEGER,
name      IN VARCHAR2,
tstz_tab IN TIMESTAMP_WITH_TIME_ZONE_TABLE,
index1   IN INTEGER,
index2   IN INTEGER);
TBD
Overload 23 dbms_sql.bind_array (
c         IN INTEGER,
name      IN VARCHAR2,
tstz_tab IN TIMESTAMP_WITH_LTZ_TABLE);
TBD
Overload 24 dbms_sql.bind_array (
c         IN INTEGER,
name      IN VARCHAR2,
tstz_tab IN TIMESTAMP_WITH_LTZ_TABLE,
index1   IN INTEGER,
index2   IN INTEGER);
TBD
Overload 25 dbms_sql.bind_array (
c        IN INTEGER,
name     IN VARCHAR2,
iym_tab IN INTERVAL_YEAR_TO_MONTH_TABLE);
TBD
Overload 26 dbms_sql.bind_array (
c        IN INTEGER,
name     IN VARCHAR2,
iym_tab IN INTERVAL_YEAR_TO_MONTH_TABLE,
index1  IN INTEGER,
index2  IN INTEGER);
TBD
Overload 27 dbms_sql.bind_array (
c        IN INTEGER,
name     IN VARCHAR2,
ids_tab IN INTERVAL_DAY_TO_SECOND_TABLE);
TBD
Overload 28 dbms_sql.bind_array (
c        IN INTEGER,
name     IN VARCHAR2,
ids_tab IN INTERVAL_DAY_TO_SECOND_TABLE,
index1  IN INTEGER,
index2  IN INTEGER);
TBD
Overload 29 dbms_sql.bind_array (
c         IN INTEGER,
name      IN VARCHAR2,
bflt_tab IN BINARY_FLOAT_TABLE);
TBD
Overload 30 dbms_sql.bind_array (
c         IN INTEGER,
name      IN VARCHAR2,
bflt_tab IN BINARY_FLOAT_TABLE,
index1  IN INTEGER,
index2  IN INTEGER);
TBD
Overload 31 dbms_sql.bind_array (
c         IN INTEGER,
name      IN VARCHAR2,
bdbl_tab IN BINARY_DOUBLE_TABLE);
TBD
Overload 32 dbms_sql.bind_array (
c         IN INTEGER,
name      IN VARCHAR2,
bdbl_tab IN BINARY_DOUBLE_TABLE,
index1  IN INTEGER,
index2  IN INTEGER);
TBD
 
BIND_VARIABLE

Binds a given value to a given variable

Overload 1
dbms_sql.bind_variable(
c     IN INTEGER,
name  IN VARCHAR2,
value IN NUMBER);
conn scott/tiger

SELECT COUNT(*) FROM emp;

CREATE OR REPLACE PROCEDURE demo(salary IN NUMBER) AS
 cursor_name    INTEGER;
 rows_processed INTEGER;
BEGIN
  cursor_name := dbms_sql.open_cursor;
  dbms_sql.parse(cursor_name, 'DELETE FROM emp WHERE sal > :x',
dbms_sql.NATIVE);
  dbms_sql.bind_variable(cursor_name, ':x', salary);
  rows_processed := dbms_sql.execute(cursor_name);
  dbms_sql.close_cursor(cursor_name);
EXCEPTION
  WHEN OTHERS THEN
    dbms_sql.close_cursor(cursor_name);
END demo;
/

exec demo(30001)

SELECT COUNT(*) FROM emp;

rollback;
Overload 2 dbms_sql.bind_variable(
c     IN INTEGER,
name  IN VARCHAR2,
value IN VARCHAR2 CHARACTER SET ANY_CS);
TBD
Overload 3 dbms_sql.bind_variable(
c              IN INTEGER,
name           IN VARCHAR2,
value          IN VARCHAR2 CHARACTER SET ANY_CS,
out_value_size IN INTEGER);
TBD
Overload 4 dbms_sql.bind_variable (
c     IN INTEGER,
name  IN VARCHAR2,
value IN DATE);
TBD
Overload 5 dbms_sql.bind_variable(
c     IN INTEGER,
name  IN VARCHAR2,
value IN BLOB);
TBD
Overload 6 dbms_sql.bind_variable(
c     IN INTEGER,
name  IN VARCHAR2,
value IN CLOB CHARACTER SET ANY_CS);
TBD
Overload 7 dbms_sql.bind_variable (
c     IN INTEGER,
name  IN VARCHAR2,
value IN BFILE);
TBD
Overload 8 dbms_sql.bind_variable(
c     IN INTEGER,
name  IN VARCHAR2,
value IN UROWID);
TBD
Overload 9 dbms_sql.bind_variable(
c     IN INTEGER,
name  IN VARCHAR2,
value IN TIME_UNCONSTRAINED);
TBD
Overload 10 dbms_sql.bind_variable(
c     IN INTEGER,
name  IN VARCHAR2,
value IN TIMESTAMP_UNCONSTRAINED);
TBD
Overload 11 dbms_sql.bind_variable(
c     IN INTEGER,
name  IN VARCHAR2,
value IN TIME_TZ_UNCONSTRAINED);
TBD
Overload 12 dbms_sql.bind_variable(
c     IN INTEGER,
name  IN VARCHAR2,
value IN TIMESTAMP_TZ_UNCONSTRAINED);
TBD
Overload 13 dbms_sql.bind_variable(
c     IN INTEGER,
name  IN VARCHAR2,
value IN TIMESTAMP_LTZ_UNCONSTRAINED);
TBD
Overload 14 dbms_sql.bind_variable(
c     IN INTEGER,
name  IN VARCHAR2,
value IN YMINTERVAL_UNCONSTRAINED);
TBD
Overload 15 dbms_sql.bind_variable(
c     IN INTEGER,
name  IN VARCHAR2,
value IN DSINTERVAL_UNCONSTRAINED);
TBD
Overload 16 dbms_sql.bind_variable(
c     IN INTEGER,
name  IN VARCHAR2,
value IN BINARY_FLOAT);
TBD
Overload 17 dbms_sql.bind_variable(
c     IN INTEGER,
name  IN VARCHAR2,
value IN BINARY_DOUBLE);
TBD
Overload 18 dbms_sql.bind_variable(
c     IN INTEGER,
name  IN VARCHAR2,
value IN <ADT_1>);
TBD
Overload 19 dbms_sql.bind_variable(
c     IN INTEGER,
name  IN VARCHAR2,
value IN REF <ADT_1>);
TBD
Overload 20 dbms_sql.bind_variable(
c     IN INTEGER,
name  IN VARCHAR2,
value IN <TABLE_1>);
TBD
Overload 21 dbms_sql.bind_variable(
c     IN INTEGER,
name  IN VARCHAR2,
value IN <VARRAY_1>);
TBD
Overload 22 dbms_sql.bind_variable(
c     IN INTEGER,
name  IN VARCHAR2,
value IN <OPAQUE_1>);
TBD
 
BIND_VARIABLE_CHAR
Binds a given value to a given variable

Overload 1
dbms_sql.bind_variable_char(
c     IN INTEGER,
name  IN VARCHAR2,
value IN CHAR CHARACTER SET ANY_CS);
See bind_variable demo
Overload 2 dbms_sql.bind_variable_char(
c              IN INTEGER,
name           IN VARCHAR2,
value          IN CHAR CHARACTER SET ANY_CS,
out_value_size IN INTEGER);
TBD
 
BIND_VARIABLE_RAW
Binds a given value to a given variable

Overload 1
dbms_sql.bind_variable_raw(
c     IN INTEGER,
name  IN VARCHAR2,
value IN RAW);
See bind_variable demo
Overload 2 dbms_sql.bind_variable_raw(
c              IN INTEGER,
name           IN VARCHAR2,
value          IN RAW,
out_value_size IN INTEGER);
TBD
 
BIND_VARIABLE_ROWID
Binds a given value to a given variable

Overload 1
dbms_sql.bind_variable_rowid(
c     IN INTEGER,
name  IN VARCHAR2,
value IN ROWID);
See bind_variable demo
Overload 2 dbms_sql.bind_variable_rowid(
c              IN INTEGER,
name           IN VARCHAR2,
value          IN ROWID,
out_value_size IN INTEGER);
TBD
 
CLOSE_CURSOR
Closes cursor and free memory dbms_sql.close_cursor(c IN OUT INTEGER);
See is_open demo
 
COLUMN_VALUE
Returns value of the cursor element for a given position in a cursor

Overload 1
dbms_sql.column_value
c        IN  INTEGER,
position IN  INTEGER,
value    OUT NUMBER);
See final demo
Overload 2 dbms_sql.column_value(
c         IN  INTEGER,
position  IN  INTEGER,
value     OUT VARCHAR2 CHARACTER SET ANY_CS);
TBD
Overload 3 dbms_sql.column_value(
c        IN  INTEGER,
position IN  INTEGER,
value    OUT DATE);
TBD
Overload 4 dbms_sql.column_value(
c        IN  INTEGER,
position IN  INTEGER,
value    OUT BLOB);
TBD
Overload 5 dbms_sql.column_value(
c        IN  INTEGER,
position IN  INTEGER,
value    OUT CLOB CHARACTER SET ANY_CS);
TBD
Overload 6 dbms_sql.column_value (
c        IN  INTEGER,
position IN  INTEGER,
value    OUT BFILE);
TBD
Overload 7 dbms_sql.column_value(
c             IN  INTEGER,
position      IN  INTEGER,
value         OUT NUMBER,
column_error  OUT NUMBER,
actual_length OUT INTEGER);
TBD
Overload 8 dbms_sql.column_value(
c             IN  INTEGER,
position      IN  INTEGER,
value         OUT VARCHAR2 CHARACTER SET ANY_CS,
column_error  OUT NUMBER,
actual_length OUT INTEGER);
TBD
Overload 9 dbms_sql.column_value(
c             IN  INTEGER,
position      IN  INTEGER,
value         OUT DATE,
column_error  OUT NUMBER,
actual_length OUT INTEGER);
TBD
Overload 10 dbms_sql.column_value(
c        IN     INTEGER,
position  IN     INTEGER,
n_tab    IN OUT NOCOPY NUMBER_TABLE);
TBD
Overload 11 dbms_sql.column_value(
c        IN     INTEGER,
position IN     INTEGER,
c_tab    IN OUT NOCOPY VARCHAR2_TABLE);
TBD
Overload 12 dbms_sql.column_value(
c        IN     INTEGER,
position IN     INTEGER,
d_tab    IN OUT NOCOPY DATE_TABLE);
TBD
Overload 13 dbms_sql.column_value(
c        IN     INTEGER,
position IN     INTEGER,
bl_tab   IN OUT NOCOPY BLOB_TABLE);
TBD
Overload 14 dbms_sql.column_value(
c        IN     INTEGER,
position IN     INTEGER,
cl_tab   IN OUT NOCOPY CLOB_TABLE);
TBD
Overload 15 dbms_sql.column_value (
c        IN     INTEGER,
position IN     INTEGER,
bf_tab   IN OUT NOCOPY BFILE_TABLE);
TBD
Overload 16 dbms_sql.column_value (
c        IN  INTEGER,
position IN  INTEGER,
value    OUT UROWID);
TBD
Overload 17 dbms_sql.column_value (
c        IN     INTEGER,
position IN     INTEGER,
ur_tab   IN OUT NOCOPY UROWID_TABLE);
TBD
Overload 18 dbms_sql.column_value (
c        IN  INTEGER,
position IN  INTEGER,
value    OUT TIME_UNCONSTRAINED);
TBD
Overload 19 dbms_sql.column_value(
c        IN     INTEGER,
position IN     INTEGER,
tm_tab   IN OUT NOCOPY TIME_TABLE);
TBD
Overload 20 dbms_sql.column_value (
c        IN  INTEGER,
position IN  INTEGER,
value    OUT TIMESTAMP_UNCONSTRAINED);
TBD
Overload 21 dbms_sql.column_value(
c        IN     INTEGER,
position IN     INTEGER,
tms_tab  IN OUT NOCOPY TIMESTAMP_TABLE);
TBD
Overload 22 dbms_sql.column_value(
c        IN  INTEGER,
position IN  INTEGER,
value    OUT TIME_TZ_UNCONSTRAINED);
TBD
Overload 23 dbms_sql.column_value(
c        IN     INTEGER,
position IN     INTEGER,
ttz_tab  IN OUT NOCOPY TIME_WITH_TIME_ZONE_TABLE);
TBD
Overload 24 dbms_sql.column_value(
c        IN  INTEGER,
position IN  INTEGER,
value    OUT TIMESTAMP_TZ_UNCONSTRAINED);
TBD
Overload 25 dbms_sql.column_value(
c        IN     INTEGER,
position IN     INTEGER,
tstz_tab IN OUT NOCOPY TIMESTAMP_WITH_TIME_ZONE_TABLE);
TBD
Overload 26 dbms_sql.column_value(
c        IN  INTEGER,
position IN  INTEGER,
value    OUT TIMESTAMP_LTZ_UNCONSTRAINED);
TBD
Overload 27 dbms_sql.column_value(
c        IN     INTEGER,
position IN     INTEGER,
tstz_tab IN OUT NOCOPY TIMESTAMP_WITH_LTZ_TABLE);
TBD
Overload 28 dbms_sql.column_value(
c        IN  INTEGER,
position IN  INTEGER,
value    OUT YMINTERVAL_UNCONSTRAINED);
TBD
Overload 29 dbms_sql.column_value(
c        IN     INTEGER,
position IN     INTEGER,
iym_tab  IN OUT NOCOPY INTERVAL_YEAR_TO_MONTH_TABLE);
TBD
Overload 30 dbms_sql.column_value(
c        IN  INTEGER,
position IN  INTEGER,
value    OUT DSINTERVAL_UNCONSTRAINED);
TBD
Overload 31 dbms_sql.column_value(
c        IN     INTEGER,
position IN     INTEGER,
ids_tab  IN OUT NOCOPY INTERVAL_DAY_TO_SECOND_TABLE);
TBD
Overload 32 dbms_sql.column_value(
c        IN  INTEGER,
position IN  INTEGER, 
value    OUT BINARY_FLOAT);
TBD
Overload 33 dbms_sql.column_value(
c        IN     INTEGER,
position IN     INTEGER,
bflt_tab IN OUT NOCOPY BINARY_FLOAT_TABLE);
TBD
Overload 34 dbms_sql.column_value(
c        IN  INTEGER,
position IN  INTEGER, 
value    OUT BINARY_DOUBLE);
TBD
Overload 35 dbms_sql.column_value(
c        IN     INTEGER,
position IN     INTEGER,
bdbl_tab IN OUT NOCOPY BINARY_DOUBLE_TABLE);
TBD
Overload 36 dbms_sql.column_value(
c        IN  INTEGER,
position IN  BINARY_INTEGER,
value    OUT "<ADT_1>");
TBD
Overload 37 dbms_sql.column_value(
c        IN  INTEGER,
position IN  BINARY_INTEGER,
value    OUT REF "<ADT_1>");
TBD
Overload 38 dbms_sql.column_value(
c        IN  INTEGER,
position IN  BINARY_INTEGER,
value    OUT "<TABLE_1>");
TBD
Overload 39 dbms_sql.column_value(
c        IN  INTEGER,
position IN  BINARY_INTEGER,
value    OUT "<VARRAY_1>");
TBD
Overload 40 dbms_sql.column_value(
c        IN  INTEGER,
position IN  BINARY_INTEGER,
value    OUT "<OPAQUE_1>");
TBD
 
COLUMN_VALUE_CHAR
Returns value of the cursor element for a given position in a cursor

Overload 1
dbms_sql.column_value_char(
c        IN  INTEGER,
position IN  INTEGER,
value    OUT CHAR CHARACTER SET ANY_CS);
See column_value in final demo
Overload 2 dbms_sql.column_value_char(
c             IN  INTEGER,
position      IN  INTEGER,
value         OUT CHAR CHARACTER SET ANY_CS,
column_error  OUT NUMBER,
actual_length OUT INTEGER);
TBD
 
COLUMN_VALUE_LONG
Returns a selected part of a LONG column, that has been defined using DEFINE_COLUMN_LONG dbms_sql.column_value_long(
c            IN  INTEGER,
position     IN  INTEGER,
length       IN  INTEGER,
offset       IN  INTEGER,
value        OUT VARCHAR2,
value_length OUT INTEGER);
See column_value in final demo
 
COLUMN_VALUE_RAW
Returns value of the cursor element for a given position in a cursor

Overload 1
dbms_sql.column_value_raw(
c        IN  INTEGER,
position IN  INTEGER,
value    OUT RAW);
See column_value in final demo
Overload 2 dbms_sql.column_value_raw(
c             IN  INTEGER,
position      IN  INTEGER,
value         OUT RAW,
column_error  OUT NUMBER,
actual_length OUT INTEGER);
TBD
 
COLUMN_VALUE_ROWID
Undocumented

Overload 1
dbms_sql.column_value_rowid(
c               IN  INTEGER,
position        IN  INTEGER,
value           OUT ROWID);
See column_value in final demo
Overload 2 dbms_sql.column_value_rowid(
c             IN  INTEGER,
position      IN  INTEGER,
value         OUT ROWID,
column_error  OUT NUMBER,
actual_length OUT INTEGER);
TBD
 
DEFINE_ARRAY

Defines a collection to be selected from the given cursor, used only with SELECT statements

Overload 1
dbms_sql.define_array(
c         IN INTEGER,
position  IN INTEGER,
n_tab     IN NUMBER_TABLE,
cnt       IN INTEGER,
lower_bnd IN INTEGER);
DECLARE
 c     NUMBER;
 d     NUMBER;
 n_tab dbms_sql.number_table;
 indx  NUMBER := -10;
BEGIN
  c := dbms_sql.open_cursor;
  dbms_sql.parse(c,'select n from t order by 1',dbms_sql.NATIVE);

  dbms_sql.define_array(c, 1, n_tab, 10, indx);

  d := dbms_sql.execute(c);

  LOOP
    d := dbms_sql.fetch_rows(c);
    dbms_sql.column_value(c, 1, n_tab);
    exit when d != 10;
  END LOOP;

  dbms_sql.close_cursor(c);
EXCEPTIONS
  WHEN OTHERS THEN
    IF dbms_sql.is_open(c) THEN
      dbms_sql.close_cursor(c);
    END IF;
    RAISE;
END;
/
Overload 2 dbms_sql.define_array (
c           IN INTEGER,
position    IN INTEGER,
c_tab       IN VARCHAR2_TABLE,
cnt         IN INTEGER,
lower_bound IN INTEGER);
TBD
Overload 3 dbms_sql.define_array (
c           IN INTEGER,
position    IN INTEGER,
d_tab       IN DATE_TABLE,
cnt         IN INTEGER,
lower_bound IN INTEGER);
TBD
Overload 4 dbms_sql.define_array (
c           IN INTEGER,
position    IN INTEGER,
bl_tab      IN BLOB_TABLE,
cnt         IN INTEGER,
lower_bound IN INTEGER);
TBD
Overload 5 dbms_sql.define_array (
c           IN INTEGER,
position    IN INTEGER,
cl_tab      IN CLOB_TABLE,
cnt         IN INTEGER,
lower_bound IN INTEGER);
TBD
Overload 6 dbms_sql.define_array (
c           IN INTEGER,
position    IN INTEGER,
bf_tab      IN BFILE_TABLE,
cnt         IN INTEGER,
lower_bound IN INTEGER);
TBD
Overload 7 dbms_sql.define_array (
c           IN INTEGER,
position    IN INTEGER,
ur_tab      IN UROWID_TABLE,
cnt         IN INTEGER,
lower_bound IN INTEGER);
TBD
Overload 8 dbms_sql.define_array(
c           IN INTEGER,
position    IN INTEGER,
tm_tab      IN TIME_TABLE,
cnt         IN INTEGER,
lower_bound IN INTEGER);
TBD
Overload 9 dbms_sql.define_array(
c           IN INTEGER,
position    IN INTEGER,
tms_tab     IN TIMESTAMP_TABLE,
cnt         IN INTEGER,
lower_bound IN INTEGER);
TBD
Overload 10 dbms_sql.define_array(
c           IN INTEGER,
position    IN INTEGER,
ttz_tab     IN TIME_WITH_TIME_ZONE_TABLE,
cnt         IN INTEGER,
lower_bound IN INTEGER);
TBD
Overload 11 dbms_sql.define_array(
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DEFINE_COLUMN
Defines a column to be selected from the given cursor, used only with SELECT statements

Overload 1
dbms_sql.define_column (
c        IN INTEGER,
position IN INTEGER,
column   IN NUMBER)
See final demo
Overload 2 dbms_sql.define_column (
c           IN INTEGER,
position    IN INTEGER,
column      IN VARCHAR2 CHARACTER SET ANY_CS,
column_size IN INTEGER);
TBD
Overload 3 dbms_sql.define_column (
c           IN INTEGER,
position    IN INTEGER,
column      IN DATE);
TBD
Overload 4 dbms_sql.define_column (
c           IN INTEGER,
position    IN INTEGER,
column      IN BLOB);
TBD
Overload 5 dbms_sql.define_column (
c           IN INTEGER,
position    IN INTEGER,
column      IN CLOB);
TBD
Overload 6 dbms_sql.define_column (
c           IN INTEGER,
position    IN INTEGER,
column      IN BFILE);
TBD
Overload 7 dbms_sql.define_column (
c           IN INTEGER,
position    IN INTEGER,
column      IN UROWID);
TBD
Overload 8 dbms_sql.define_column(
c           IN INTEGER,
position    IN INTEGER,
column      IN TIME_UNCONSTRAINED);
TBD
Overload 9 dbms_sql.define_column(
c           IN INTEGER,
position    IN INTEGER,
column      IN TIMESTAMP_UNCONSTRAINED);
TBD
Overload 10 dbms_sql.define_column(
c         IN INTEGER,
position  IN INTEGER,
column    IN TIME_TZ_UNCONSTRAINED);
TBD
Overload 11 dbms_sql.define_column(
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Overload 12 dbms_sql.define_column(
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Overload 13 dbms_sql.define_column(
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Overload 14 dbms_sql.define_column(
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Overload 15 dbms_sql.define_column(
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Overload 20 dbms_sql.define_column(
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Overload 21 dbms_sql.define_column(
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DEFINE_COLUMN_CHAR
Undocumented dbms_sql.define_column_char(
c           IN INTEGER,
position    IN INTEGER,
column      IN CHAR CHARACTER SET ANY_CS,
column_size IN INTEGER);
See define_column in final demo
 
DEFINE_COLUMN_LONG
Defines a LONG column to be selected from the given cursor, used only with SELECT statements dbms_sql.define_column_long(c IN INTEGER, position IN INTEGER);
See define_column in final demo
 
DEFINE_COLUMN_RAW
Undocumented dbms_sql.define_column_raw(
c           IN INTEGER,
position    IN INTEGER,
column      IN RAW,
column_size IN INTEGER);
See define_column in final demo
 
DEFINE_COLUMN_ROWID
Undocumented dbms_sql.define_column_rowid(
c        IN INTEGER,
position IN INTEGER,
column   IN ROWID);
See define_column in final demo
 
DESCRIBE_COLUMNS

Describes the columns for a cursor opened and parsed through DBMS_SQL
dbms_sql.describe_columns(
c       IN  INTEGER,
col_cnt OUT INTEGER,
desc_t  OUT DESC_TAB);
DECLARE
 c       NUMBER;
 d       NUMBER;
 col_cnt PLS_INTEGER;
 f       BOOLEAN;
 rec_tab dbms_sql.desc_tab;
 col_num NUMBER;

PROCEDURE print_rec(rec in dbms_sql.desc_rec) IS
BEGIN
  dbms_output.new_line;
  dbms_output.put_line('col_type = ' || rec.col_type);
  dbms_output.put_line('col_maxlen = ' || rec.col_max_len);
  dbms_output.put_line('col_name = ' || rec.col_name);
  dbms_output.put_line('col_name_len = ' || rec.col_name_len);
  dbms_output.put_line('col_schema_name= ' || rec.col_schema_name);
  dbms_output.put_line('col_schema_name_len= ' || rec.col_schema_name_len);
  dbms_output.put_line('col_precision = ' || rec.col_precision);
  dbms_output.put_line('col_scale = ' || rec.col_scale);
  dbms_output.put('col_null_ok = ');

  IF (rec.col_null_ok) THEN
    dbms_output.put_line('True');
  ELSE
    dbms_output.put_line('False');
  END IF;
END;


BEGIN
  c := dbms_sql.open_cursor;
  dbms_sql.parse(c,'select * from scott.bonus',dbms_sql.NATIVE);
  d := dbms_sql.execute(c);
  dbms_sql.describe_columns(c, col_cnt, rec_tab);

/*
Following loop could simply be for j in 1..col_cnt loop.
Here we are simply illustrating some of the PL/SQL table features.
*/

  col_num := rec_tab.first;

  IF (col_num IS NOT NULL) THEN
    LOOP
      print_rec(rec_tab(col_num));
      col_num := rec_tab.next(col_num);
    EXIT WHEN (col_num is null);
    END LOOP;
  END IF;

  dbms_sql.close_cursor(c);
END;
/
 
DESCRIBE_COLUMNS2
Describes the specified column, an alternative method fixing a bug dbms_sql.describe_columns2(
c         IN  INTEGER,
col_cnt   OUT INTEGER,
desc_tab2 OUT DESC_TAB2);
TBD
 
DESCRIBE_COLUMNS3 (new 11g)
Describes the specified column, an alternative method dbms_sql.describe_columns2(
c       IN  INTEGER,
col_cnt OUT INTEGER,
desc_t  OUT DESC_TAB3);
TBD
 
EXECUTE

Execute dynamic SQL cursor
dbms_sql.execute(c IN INTEGER) RETURN INTEGER;
DECLARE
 sqlstr  VARCHAR2(50);
 tCursor PLS_INTEGER;
 RetVal  NUMBER;
BEGIN
  sqlstr := 'DROP SYNONYM my_synonym';
  tCursor := dbms_sql.open_cursor;
  dbms_sql.parse(tCursor, sqlstr, dbms_sql.NATIVE);
  RetVal := dbms_sql.execute(tCursor);
  dbms_sql.close_cursor(tCursor);
END;
/
 
EXECUTE_AND_FETCH
Executes a given cursor and fetch rows dbms_sql.execute_and_fetch(
c     IN INTEGER,
exact IN BOOLEAN DEFAULT FALSE)
RETURN INTEGER;
Combine demo w/ last_row_count and last_row_id demos
 
FETCH_ROWS
Fetches a row from a given cursor dbms_sql.fetch_rows(c IN INTEGER) RETURN INTEGER;
See final demo
 
IS_OPEN

Determine whether a  cursor is open
dbms_sql.is_open(c IN INTEGER) RETURN BOOLEAN;
set serveroutput on

DECLARE
 tCursor PLS_INTEGER;
BEGIN
  tCursor := dbms_sql.open_cursor;

  IF dbms_sql.is_open(tCursor) THEN
    dbms_output.put_line('1-OPEN');
  ELSE
    dbms_output.put_line('1-CLOSED');
  END IF;

  dbms_sql.close_cursor(tCursor);

  IF dbms_sql.is_open(tCursor) THEN
    dbms_output.put_line('2-OPEN');
  ELSE
    dbms_output.put_line('2-CLOSED');
  END IF;
END;
/
 
LAST_ERROR_POSITION
Returns byte offset in the SQL statement text where the error occurred dbms_sql.last_error_position RETURN INTEGER;
TBD
 
LAST_ROW_COUNT
Returns cumulative count of the number of rows fetched dbms_sql.last_row_count RETURN INTEGER;
TBD
 
LAST_ROW_ID
Returns ROWID of last row processed dbms_sql.last_row_id RETURN ROWID;
TBD
 
LAST_SQL_FUNCTION_CODE
Returns SQL function code for statement dbms_sql.last_sql_function_code RETURN INTEGER;
TBD
 
OPEN_CURSOR
Open dynamic SQL cursor and return cursor ID number of new cursor

Overload 1
dbms_sql.open_cursor RETURN INTEGER;
See is_open demo
Overload 2 dbms_sql.open_cursor ??? HELP
TBD
 
PARSE

Parse statement

Overload 1
dbms_sql.parse(
c             IN INTEGER,
statement     IN VARCHAR2,
language_flag IN INTEGER);
CREATE SYNONYM test_syn FOR dual;

SELECT *
FROM test_syn;

SELECT synonym_name
FROM user_synonyms;

DECLARE
  sqlstr  VARCHAR2(50);
  tCursor PLS_INTEGER;
BEGIN
  sqlstr := 'DROP SYNONYM test_syn';
  tCursor := dbms_sql.open_cursor;
  dbms_sql.parse(tCursor, sqlstr, dbms_sql.NATIVE);
  dbms_sql.close_cursor(tCursor);
END;
/

SELECT synonym_name
FROM user_synonyms;
-- with returning clause

CREATE OR REPLACE PROCEDURE single_row_insert(c1 NUMBER, c2 NUMBER, r OUT NUMBER) IS
 c NUMBER;
 n NUMBER;
BEGIN
  c := dbms_sql.open_cursor;

  dbms_sql.parse(c, 'INSERT INTO tab VALUES (:bnd1, :bnd2) ' ||
  'returning c1*c2 into :bnd3', 2);

  dbms_sql.bind_variable(c, 'bnd1', c1);
  dbms_sql.bind_variable(c, 'bnd2', c2);
  dbms_sql.bind_variable(c, 'bnd3', r);

  n := dbms_sql.execute(c);

  dbms_sql.variable_value(c, 'bnd3', r); -- get value of outbind
  dbms_sql.close_cursor(c);
END single_row_insert;
/
Overload 2 dbms_sql.parse(
c             IN INTEGER,
statement     IN VARCHAR2A,
lb            IN INTEGER,
ub            IN INTEGER,
lfflg         IN BOOLEAN,
language_flag IN INTEGER);
TBD
Overload 3 dbms_sql.parse(
c             IN INTEGER,
statement     IN VARCHAR2S,
lb            IN INTEGER,
ub            IN INTEGER,
lfflg         IN BOOLEAN,
language_flag IN INTEGER); 
TBD
Overload 4 dbms_sql.parse(
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Overload 5 dbms_sql.parse(
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Overload 6 dbms_sql.parse(
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Overload 7 dbms_sql.parse(
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Overload 8 dbms_sql.parse(
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Overload 9 dbms_sql.parse(
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Overload 10 dbms_sql.parse(
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Overload 11 dbms_sql.parse(
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Overload 12 dbms_sql.parse(
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TO_CURSOR_NUMBER
Takes a REF CURSOR generated by TO_REFCURSOR and returns its handle. dbms_sql.rc in out sys_refcursor) RETURN INTEGER;
TBD
 
TO_REFCURSOR
Takes a DBMS_SQL OPENed, PARSEd, and EXECUTEd cursor
and transforms/migrates it into a  PL/SQL manageable REF CURSOR.
dbms_sql.cursor_number IN OUT INTEGER) RETURN SYS_REFCURSOR;
TBD
 
VARIABLE_VALUE
Returns value of named variable for given cursor

Overload 1
dbms_sql.variable_value(
c     IN  INTEGER,
name  IN  VARCHAR2,
value OUT NUMBER);
TBD
Overload 2 dbms_sql.variable_value(
c     IN  INTEGER,
name  IN  VARCHAR2,
value OUT VARCHAR2 CHARACTER SET ANY_CS);
TBD
Overload 3 dbms_sql.variable_value(
c     IN  INTEGER,
name  IN  VARCHAR2,
value OUT DATE);
TBD
Overload 4 dbms_sql.variable_value(
c     IN  INTEGER,
name  IN  VARCHAR2,
value OUT BLOB);
TBD
Overload 5 dbms_sql.variable_value(
c     IN  INTEGER,
name  IN  VARCHAR2,
value OUT CLOB CHARACTER SET ANY_CS);
TBD
Overload 6 dbms_sql.variable_value(
c     IN  INTEGER,
name  IN  VARCHAR2,
value OUT BFILE);
TBD
Overload 7 dbms_sql.variable_value(
c     IN  INTEGER,
name  IN VARCHAR2,
value IN NUMBER_TABLE);
TBD
Overload 8 dbms_sql.variable_value(
c     IN  INTEGER,
name  IN VARCHAR2,
value IN VARCHAR2_TABLE);
TBD
Overload 9 dbms_sql.variable_value(
c     IN  INTEGER,
name  IN VARCHAR2,
value IN DATE_TABLE);
TBD
Overload 10 dbms_sql.variable_value(
c     IN  INTEGER,
name  IN VARCHAR2,
value IN BLOB_TABLE);
TBD
Overload 11 dbms_sql.variable_value(
c     IN  INTEGER,
name  IN VARCHAR2,
value IN CLOB_TABLE);
TBD
Overload 12 dbms_sql.variable_value(
c     IN  INTEGER,
name  IN VARCHAR2,
value IN BFILE_TABLE);
TBD
Overload 13 dbms_sql.variable_value(
c     IN  INTEGER,
name  IN  VARCHAR2,
value OUT UROWID);
TBD
Overload 14 dbms_sql.variable_value(
c     IN         INTEGER,
name  IN         VARCHAR2,
value OUT NOCOPY UROWID_TABLE);