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Bug #11550 Cannot return a NULL as out parameter of a stored procedure
Submitted: 2001-06-19 03:58 UTC Modified: 2002-08-13 22:55 UTC
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From: g dot giunta at libero dot it Assigned:
Status: Not a bug Package: Oracle related
PHP Version: 4.0.4pl1 OS: Windows 95; SCO Openserver 5.0.5
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 [2001-06-19 03:58 UTC] g dot giunta at libero dot it 
Returning a NULL value as an OUT parameter of a stored procedure (oracle 7.3.4 both client & server) I get the following error from a call to ora_exec: 

ORA-01405: fetched column value is NULL -- 
while processing OCI function OEXEC/OEXN 

I've checked the parameter is correctly bound to a php global variable. 

I tried defining the same parameter both as OUT and IN_OUT, to no avail. 

I also tried calling the same exact procedure using oci_ functions instead of ora_, and everything works! (Unfortunately my web server is sitting on a sco box, so I'm doomed to use oracle 7.3.4 in production...) 

Looking at the description of the error in oracle manuals, I think this could be a pbl in the use of pro*C (well, whatever the php oracle extension is written with), but I might be wrong

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 [2002-08-13 22:55 UTC] kalowsky@php.net 
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 [2004-06-15 10:31 UTC] mga at nrd dot lt 
The same problem with PHP ver. 4.2.2
Deep analysis shows that ora_exec fails when at least one return parameter was null or empty string.
Solution which works:
For example:
I had procedure: getLEInfo(:i_LECode, :o_LEName, :o_LEAddress, :o_AddInfo)
Parameter o_AddInfo value in most case were empty string.
So when I execute query like this "begin getLEInfo(:i_LECode, :o_LEName, :o_LEAddress, :o_AddInfo);end;"
I got ORA-01405.

But the query bellow works without problem:
"declare LEName varchar2(100); LEAddress varchar2(100); AddInfo varchar2(100); begin getLEInfo(:i_LECode, LEName, :o_LEAddress, :o_AddInfo); :o_LEName := nvl(LEName, ' '); :o_LEAddress:= nvl(LEAddress, ' '); :o_AddInfo := nvl(AddInfo, ' '); end;"

Maybe it is too straight solution, but it works.

Marius

P.S. if return value is empty, this solution produces ' ' value, so trim it or just keep in mind :)

Marius
 [2004-06-15 10:33 UTC] mga at nrd dot lt 
Sorry, mistake in sql query, there is correct query:
"declare LEName varchar2(100); LEAddress varchar2(100); AddInfo
varchar2(100); begin getLEInfo(:i_LECode, LEName, LEAddress,
AddInfo); :o_LEName := nvl(LEName, ' '); :o_LEAddress:=
nvl(LEAddress, ' '); :o_AddInfo := nvl(AddInfo, ' '); end;"
 
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