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Sorry and very good point. In this case, the question applies to OUT OR
IN OUT parameters.
RF
Robert G. Freeman - Oracle8i OCP
Oracle DBA Technical Lead
CSX Midtier Database Administration
The Cigarette Smoking Man: Anyone who can appease a man's conscience can take his freedom away from him.
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Sent: Wednesday, March 06, 2002 3:43 AM
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Parameter that are defined as IN _are_ copied in. To avoid this and pass data by reference, use NOCOPY. NOCOPY is a compiler directive witch may or may not be followed by the compiler.
regards
Torben Holm
http://www.miracleas.dk
Khedr, Waleed writes:
> So the answer is none of the above.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> Sent: Tuesday, March 05, 2002 5:48 PM
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>
>
> You did not specify in, out or in out, so the default is: IN.
>
> Parameters that are defined as IN don't get copied but are referenced
> (passed by reference).
>
> Regards,
>
> Waleed
>
> (I hope I'm right!)
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> Sent: Tuesday, March 05, 2002 4:48 PM
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>
>
> Riddle me this Batman.....
>
> Assume Oracle9i...
>
> assume you have a table thusly defined:
>
> Table Name: TEST
> col_1 number
> col_2 varchar2(200)
>
> And now a procedure defined thusly:
>
> create or replace procedure blah_blah
> ( p_in_one test.col_2%type )
>
> Now, here is the question, how much memory will p_in_one have allocated to
> it within PL/SQL?? Is the answer:
>
> a. 200 bytes
> b. 2000 bytes
> c. 4000 bytes
> d. It will be defined based on the size of the data actually being passed
> into the parameter of the PL/SQL procedure
> e. None of the above.
>
> I'm currious what your answers will be... ;-)
>
>
> Robert G. Freeman - Oracle8i OCP
> Oracle DBA Technical Lead
> CSX Midtier Database Administration
>
> The Cigarette Smoking Man: Anyone who can appease a man's conscience can
> take his freedom away from him.
>
>
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