Calling a Function in a Database

A function is essentially a stored procedure that returns a result. This example demonstrates how to call functions with IN, OUT, and IN/OUT parameters.
CallableStatement cs; try { // Call a function with no parameters; the function returns a VARCHAR // Prepare the callable statement cs = connection.prepareCall("{? = call myfunc}"); // Register the type of the return value cs.registerOutParameter(1, i); // Execute and retrieve the returned value cs.execute(); String retValue = cs.getString(1); // Call a function with one IN parameter; the function returns a VARCHAR cs = connection.prepareCall("{? = call myfuncin(?)}"); // Register the type of the return value cs.registerOutParameter(1, Types.VARCHAR); // Set the value for the IN parameter cs.setString(2, "a string"); // Execute and retrieve the returned value cs.execute(); retValue = cs.getString(1); // Call a function with one OUT parameter; the function returns a VARCHAR cs = connection.prepareCall("{? = call myfuncout(?)}"); // Register the types of the return value and OUT parameter cs.registerOutParameter(1, Types.VARCHAR); cs.registerOutParameter(2, Types.VARCHAR); // Execute and retrieve the returned values cs.execute(); retValue = cs.getString(1); // return value String outParam = cs.getString(2); // OUT parameter // Call a function with one IN/OUT parameter; the function returns a VARCHAR cs = connection.prepareCall("{? = call myfuncinout(?)}"); // Register the types of the return value and OUT parameter cs.registerOutParameter(1, Types.VARCHAR); cs.registerOutParameter(2, Types.VARCHAR); // Set the value for the IN/OUT parameter cs.setString(2, "a string"); // Execute and retrieve the returned values cs.execute(); retValue = cs.getString(1); // return value outParam = cs.getString(2); // IN/OUT parameter } catch (SQLException e) { }

Comments

13 Mar 2010 - 10:08am by Anonymous (not verified)

it's really helpful.

30 Mar 2010 - 11:05pm by bug22 (not verified)

This is exactly what i was looking for... Thanks a load...

19 May 2010 - 12:12am by Anonymous (not verified)

this is does not work for DB2
anyway, thanks a lot.

13 Jul 2010 - 5:21am by Frankline (not verified)

Thanks a lot. This has really helped me from a potential headache.

21 Jul 2010 - 2:12pm by Llamar funcion desde java (not verified)

// Call a function with one IN parameter; the function returns a VARCHAR
cs = connection.prepareCall("{? = call myfuncin(?)}");

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