MinimumSize Property

Applies To

OraParameter Object

OraParamArray Object

Description

Returns the minimum size of an OraParameter or OraParamArray string buffer or ByteArray (for ORATYPE_RAW_BIN). For OraParamArray objects, the minimum size property is read-only at run time. For OraParameter objects, the minimum size is read/write at run time.

Usage

oraparameter.MinimumSize 
oraparamarray.MinimumSize

Data Type

Integer

Remarks

This property gets the minimum number of characters or bytes to be allocated for each element of the array. For OraParamArray objects, the size is specified using the AddTable method.

Examples

Note: This example needs the following to be run: a PL/SQL procedure called EmployeeLong with a GetEmpName procedure that uses a table with the column name ENAME_LONG that returns a long ename of approximately 200 characters.

Sub Form_Load ()
 
' Declare variables as OLE Objects.
 Dim OraSession As OraSession 
 Dim OraDatabase As OraDatabase 
 Dim OraDynaset As OraDynaset 
 
' Create the OraSession Object.
Set OraSession = CreateObject("OracleInProcServer.XOraSession")
 
' Create the OraDatabase Object.
Set OraDatabase = OraSession.OpenDatabase("ExampleDb", "scott/tiger", 0&)
 
' Add EMPNO as an Input/Output parameter and set its initial value.
OraDatabase.Parameters.Add "EMPNO", 9999, ORAPARM_INPUT
 
' Add ENAME as an Output parameter and set its initial value.
OraDatabase.Parameters.Add "ENAME_LONG", "foo", ORAPARM_OUTPUT
OraDatabase.Parameters("ENAME_LONG").MinimumSize = 201 
 'Since we require to hold a value of more than 128 bytes
 
' Execute the Stored Procedure Employee.GetEmpName to retrieve ENAME_LONG.
OraDatabase.ExecuteSQL ("Begin EmployeeLong.GetEmpName (:EMPNO," & _
            "NAME_LONG); end;")