There are standard (oracle supplied) predefined types like: DBMS_SQL.NUMBER_TABLE DBMS_SQL.DATE_TABLE DBMS_SQL.VARCHAR2_TABLE
Igor Neyman, OCP DBA [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- Original Message ----- To: "Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, January 15, 2002 2:05 PM > They are possible, all right, with forall statement > and/or with passing an array as a parameter. How many > of your procedures do actually use that feature? Are you sure > that the guy who has tested the difference between prepared > SQL and PL/SQL procedure has done the necessary coding in order > to compare apples to apples. > Second, do not confuse array binds with passing an array. > To pass an array, you have to define a type, define parameter > of that type and pass the array as an object type. Not very intuitive > or simple. > > -----Original Message----- > Sent: Tuesday, January 15, 2002 12:40 PM > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L > > > You must be using Oracle 8.0 or earlier. Bulk/array binds are possible in > PL/SQL (stored procedures) starting with Oracle 8i > > -----Original Message----- > Sent: Tuesday, January 15, 2002 11:40 AM > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L > > > The reason for that is the fact that with prepared statements you > can do array binds while that isn't possible with the stored procedures. > I don't like this kind of comparisons. I judge on case by case basis. > > > -----Original Message----- > Sent: Tuesday, January 15, 2002 10:55 AM > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L > > > We have done some preliminary testing and found prepared statements about > 20% faster than stored procedures. We inserted 200,000 records at a time > (28-50 columns in a table ) using stored procedures and then used prepared > statements for the same dataset. Both of them were called from java using > JDBC thin drivers and interestingly found prepared statements faster. > Similarly, deletes were also about 15%-20% faster using prepared statements. > For some reasons, updates to the same tables gave almost identical > performance. > > Rakesh > > -- > Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com > -- > Author: Rakesh Gupta > INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Fat City Network Services -- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858) 538-5051 > San Diego, California -- Public Internet access / Mailing Lists > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message > to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in > the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L > (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). 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You may > also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing). -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: Igor Neyman INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858) 538-5051 San Diego, California -- Public Internet access / Mailing Lists -------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).
