calling oracle PL/SQL function in java - Invalid column type error

Question

I want to call a plsql function from java class but that function (isValidPeriod) return a boolean datat type and JDBC doesn\'t support it

Answer 1

Due to a restriction in the OCI layer, the JDBC drivers do not support the passing of BOOLEAN parameters to PL/SQL stored procedures. The java boolean type does not match with the PL/SQl boolean type. The Oracle documentation indicates that BOOLEAN is a PL/SQL type only, and there is no mapping between the "java.lang.Boolean" class and the PL/SQL BOOLEAN data type.

So I am afraid you may have to change your database PL/SQL function to return an integer instead

or

just create a wrapper: function isValidPeriodInt(<params>) return integer is begin <call isValidPeriod and return 1 on true, 0 on false> end;

Answer 2

Starting in the 12.2 version of the JDBC-thin driver, there is native support for the PLSQL BOOLEAN type.

For IN parameters you would do:

CallableStatement cstmt = conn.prepareCall(sql);
// Make the driver send the Java "false" boolean as a PLSQL BOOLEAN type:
cstmt.setObject(2, false, OracleTypes.PLSQL_BOOLEAN);
...
cstmt.execute();
...

and for OUT parameters you do:

CallableStatement cstmt = conn.prepareCall(sql);
// The driver should expect a PLSQL BOOLEAN type for the first OUT argument
// of the PLSQL procedure:
cstmt.registerOutParameter(1, OracleTypes.PLSQL_BOOLEAN);
cstmt.execute();
...
boolean likeTrump = cstmt.getBoolean(1);

Answer 3

There is a simple workaround for that restriction, which does not require a wrapper function, simply wrap the boolean function itself in a CASE statement and use an Integer for binding:

stmt = conn.prepareCall(
          "BEGIN"
        + " ? := CASE WHEN (myBooleanFuncInOracle()) "
        + "       THEN 1 "
        + "       ELSE 0"
        + "      END;"
        + "END;");

stmt.registerOutParameter(1, Types.INTEGER);

// exec
stmt.execute();

// get boolean from Integer
boolean myBool = (stmt.getInt(1) == 1);

Very useful if you can't or don't want to change your function or even can't create a wrapper function, i.e. in legacy DBs.