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CALL procedure

This procedure builds a deferred call to a remote procedure.

Syntax

DBMS_DEFER.CALL (
   schema_name       IN   VARCHAR2,
   package_name      IN   VARCHAR2,
   proc_name         IN   VARCHAR2,
   arg_count         IN   NATURAL,
   { nodes           IN   node_list_t 
   | group_name      IN   VARCHAR2 :=''});

Note:
This procedure is overloaded. The nodes and group_name parameters are mutually exclusive.

Parameters

Table 8-2 CALL Procedure Parameters

Parameter	Description
schema_name	Name of the schema in which the stored procedure is located.
package_name	Name of the package containing the stored procedure. The stored procedure must be part of a package. Deferred calls to standalone procedures are not supported.
proc_name	Name of the remote procedure to which you want to defer a call.
arg_count	Number of parameters for the procedure. You must have one call to `DBMS_DEFER`.`datatype_ARG` for each of these parameters. Note: You must include all of the arguments for the procedure, even if some of the parameters have defaults.
nodes	A PL/SQL table of fully qualified database names to which you want to propagate the deferred call. The table is indexed starting at position 1 and ending when a `NULL` entry is found, or the `NO_DATA_FOUND` exception is raised. The data in the table is case insensitive. This argument is optional.
group_name	Reserved for internal use.

Exceptions

Table 8-3 CALL Procedure Exceptions

Exception	Description
ORA-23304 (malformedcall)	Previous call was not correctly formed.
ORA-23319	Parameter value is not appropriate.
ORA-23352	Destination list (specified by `nodes` or by a previous `DBMS_DEFER`.`TRANSACTION` call) contains duplicates.