This article demonstrates how to fill a DataSet object with the resultset from an Oracle stored procedure. The DataSet object is central to supporting disconnected, distributed data scenarios with ADO.NET. The DataSet is a memory-resident representation of data that provides a consistent, relational programming model regardless of the data source. The DataSet represents a complete set of data, including related tables, constraints, and relationships among the tables.

Requirements

The following list outlines the recommended hardware, software, network infrastructure, and service packs that you need:

• Microsoft Windows XP, Windows 2000, or Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack 6a
• Microsoft Data Access Components (MDAC) 2.6 or later
• Oracle 8.0 Server or later
• Microsoft Visual Studio .NET
• Oracle Client installed on the client computer

This article assumes that you are familiar with the following topics:

• Data definition language (DDL) queries in Oracle
• Visual Basic .NET syntax
• ActiveX Data Objects (ADO)

Steps to Create Package in Oracle Database

1. Use the following code to create a table named Person:

   CREATE TABLE person
             (ssn     NUMBER(9) PRIMARY KEY,
              fname   VARCHAR2(15),
              lname   VARCHAR2(20));
   
            INSERT INTO person VALUES(555662222,'Sam','Goodwin');
   
            INSERT INTO person VALUES(555882222,'Kent','Clark');
   
            INSERT INTO person VALUES(666223333,'Sally','Burnett');
   
            COMMIT;
   					

2. Use the following code to create the package header:

   CREATE OR REPLACE PACKAGE packperson
            AS
                TYPE tssn is TABLE of  NUMBER(10)
                INDEX BY BINARY_INTEGER;
                TYPE tfname is TABLE of VARCHAR2(15)
                INDEX BY BINARY_INTEGER;
                TYPE tlname is TABLE of VARCHAR2(20)
                INDEX BY BINARY_INTEGER;
   
                PROCEDURE allperson
                        (ssn    OUT     tssn,
                         fname  OUT     tfname,
                         lname  OUT     tlname);
              
             END packperson;
             / 
   					

3. Use the following code to create the package body:

   CREATE OR REPLACE PACKAGE BODY packperson
            AS
   
            PROCEDURE allperson
                        (ssn    OUT     tssn,
                         fname  OUT     tfname,
                         lname  OUT     tlname)
            IS
                CURSOR person_cur IS
                        SELECT ssn, fname, lname
                        FROM person;
   
                percount NUMBER DEFAULT 1;
   
            BEGIN
                FOR singleperson IN person_cur
                LOOP
                        ssn(percount) := singleperson.ssn;
                        fname(percount) := singleperson.fname;
                        lname(percount) := singleperson.lname;
                        percount := percount + 1;
                END LOOP;
            END;
   
            END;
            / 
   					

Steps to Create Visual Basic .NET Application

1. Create a new Visual Basic .NET Windows application. Form1 is added to the application by default.
2. Drag a DataGrid control and a Button control, and drop the controls onto Form1. DataGrid1 and Button1 are added to Form1 by default.
3. Add the following code as the first line in the Code window:

   Imports System.Data.OleDb
   					

4. Add the following code in the Button1_Click event:

   Dim cnOra As New OleDbConnection("Provider=MSDAORA;Data Source=myOracleServer;" & _
                                    "user id=myUID;password=myPWD;Persist Security info=False;")
   
           Dim cmdPerson As New OleDbCommand _
           ("{call packPerson.allPerson({resultset 3, ssn, fname, lname})}", cnOra)
           cmdPerson.CommandType = CommandType.Text
   
           Dim daPerson As New OleDbDataAdapter(cmdPerson)
   
           cnOra.Open()
   
           Dim ds As New DataSet()
           Try
               daPerson.Fill(ds, "Persons")
               Me.DataGrid1.DataSource = ds.Tables("Persons")
           Catch ex As Exception
               MsgBox(ex.Message)
           End Try
   
           cnOra.Close()
   					

5. Modify the OleDbConnection string as appropriate for your environment.
6. Press the F5 key to build and run the application.
7. Click Button1. The results should appear in the DataGrid control.

NOTE: Because only Oracle 8.0 and later support the retrieval of resultsets and the execution of stored procedures, you must use an Oracle 8.x server to run this application.

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