20.24 GET_PARAMETER Functions

These functions returns a SQL parameter value. Typically used to retrieve values for OUT binds of an executed SQL or PL/SQL statement.

Syntax

FUNCTION GET_PARAMETER_VARCHAR2(
    p_parameters      IN t_parameters,
    p_name            IN VARCHAR2 ) RETURN VARCHAR2;

FUNCTION GET_PARAMETER_NUMBER(
    p_parameters      IN t_parameters,
    p_name            IN VARCHAR2 ) RETURN NUMBER;

FUNCTION GET_PARAMETER_DATE(
    p_parameters      IN t_parameters,
    p_name            IN VARCHAR2 ) RETURN DATE;

FUNCTION GET_PARAMETER_TIMESTAMP(
    p_parameters      IN t_parameters,
    p_name            IN VARCHAR2 ) RETURN TIMESTAMP;

FUNCTION GET_PARAMETER_TIMESTAMP_TZ(
    p_parameters      IN t_parameters,
    p_name            IN VARCHAR2 ) RETURN TIMESTAMP WITH TIME ZONE;

FUNCTION GET_PARAMETER_TIMESTAMP_LTZ(
    p_parameters      IN t_parameters,
    p_name            IN VARCHAR2 ) RETURN TIMESTAMP WITH LOCAL TIME ZONE;

FUNCTION GET_PARAMETER_CLOB(
    p_parameters      IN t_parameters,
    p_name            IN VARCHAR2 ) RETURN CLOB;

FUNCTION GET_PARAMETER_INTERVAL_D2S(
    p_parameters      IN t_parameters,
    p_name            IN VARCHAR2 ) RETURN INTERVAL DAY TO SECOND;

FUNCTION GET_PARAMETER_INTERVAL_Y2M(
    p_parameters      IN t_parameters,
    p_name            IN VARCHAR2 ) RETURN INTERVAL YEAR TO MONTH;

Parameters

Table 20-22 GET_PARAMETER Function Parameters

Parameter	Description
p_parameters	SQL parameter array.
p_name	Parameter name.

Returns

Parameter value