Sometimes you get the error "ORA-01461: can bind a LONG value only for insert into a LONG column". This error is highly misleading especially when you have no LONG columns or LONG values.
From my testing it seems this error can be caused when the value of a bound variable exceeds the length allocated.
To avoid this error make sure you specify lengths when binding varchars e.g.
<?php
oci_bind_by_name($stmt,':string',$string, 256);
?>
And for numerics use the default length (-1) but tell oracle its an integer e.g.
<?php
oci_bind_by_name($stmt,':num',$num, -1, SQLT_INT);
?>
oci_bind_by_name
(PHP 5, PECL oci8 >= 1.1.0)
oci_bind_by_name — Bindet eine PHP-Variable an einen Oracle Platzhalter
Beschreibung
Bindet die PHP-Variable variable an den Oracle-Platzhalter ph_name . Ob dieser zur Ein- oder Ausgabe genutzt wird, wird zur Laufzeit ermittelt und der benötigte Speicherplatz reserviert.
Parameter-Liste
- statement
-
Ein OCI-Statement.
- ph_name
-
Ein Platzhalter.
- variable
-
Die PHP-Variable.
- maxlength
-
Setzt die maximale Größe des Binds. Wenn dieser Wert auf -1 gesetzt wird, nimmt die Funktion die aktuelle Größe von variable und setzt diesen Wert als maximale Grösse.
- type
-
Wenn ein abstrakter Datentyp wie (LOB/ROWID/BFILE) gebunden werden soll, muss zuerst oci_new_descriptor() verwendet werden. length gilt nicht für abstrakte Datentypen und sollte dann auf -1 gesetzt sein. type zeigt Oracle, welchen Typ wir binden wollen. Als Standardwert wird SQLT_CHR verwendet. Mögliche Typen sind:
-
SQLT_FILE - für BFILEs (Binärdatei);
-
SQLT_CFILE - für CFILEs (Textdatei);
-
SQLT_CLOB - für CLOBs (Text-LOB);
-
SQLT_BLOB - für BLOBs (Binär-LOB);
-
SQLT_RDD - für ROWIDs;
-
SQLT_NTY - für benamte Datentypen;
-
SQLT_INT - für INTEGERs;
-
SQLT_CHR - für VARCHARs;
-
SQLT_BIN - für RAW-Spalten;
-
SQLT_LNG - für LONG-Spalten;
-
SQLT_LBI - für LONG-RAW-Spalten;
-
SQLT_RSET - für Zeiger, die zuvor mit oci_new_cursor() generiert wurden.
-
Rückgabewerte
Gibt bei Erfolg TRUE zurück, im Fehlerfall FALSE.
Beispiele
Beispiel #1 oci_bind_by_name()-Beispiel
<?php
/* oci_bind_by_name Beispiel thies at thieso dot net (980221)
fügt 3 Datensätze in emp ein und benutzt ROWID, um die Datensätze
direkt nach dem Einfügen zu ändern.
*/
$conn = oci_connect("scott", "tiger");
$stmt = oci_parse($conn, "
INSERT INTO
emp (empno, ename)
VALUES
(:empno,:ename)
RETURNING
ROWID
INTO
:rid
");
$data = array(
1111 => "Larry",
2222 => "Bill",
3333 => "Jim"
);
$rowid = oci_new_descriptor($conn, OCI_D_ROWID);
oci_bind_by_name($stmt, ":empno", $empno, 32);
oci_bind_by_name($stmt, ":ename", $ename, 32);
oci_bind_by_name($stmt, ":rid", $rowid, -1, OCI_B_ROWID);
$update = oci_parse($conn, "
UPDATE
emp
SET
sal = :sal
WHERE
ROWID = :rid
");
oci_bind_by_name($update, ":rid", $rowid, -1, OCI_B_ROWID);
oci_bind_by_name($update, ":sal", $sal, 32);
$sal = 10000;
foreach ($data as $empno => $ename) {
oci_execute($stmt);
oci_execute($update);
}
$rowid->free();
oci_free_statement($update);
oci_free_statement($stmt);
$stmt = oci_parse($conn, "
SELECT
*
FROM
emp
WHERE
empno
IN
(1111,2222,3333)
");
oci_execute($stmt);
while ($row = oci_fetch_assoc($stmt)) {
var_dump($row);
}
oci_free_statement($stmt);
/* löscht unseren "Müll" aus der Tabelle emp.... */
$stmt = oci_parse($conn, "
DELETE FROM
emp
WHERE
empno
IN
(1111,2222,3333)
");
oci_execute($stmt);
oci_free_statement($stmt);
oci_close($conn);
?>
Bedenken Sie, dass diese Funktion die nachfolgenden Leerzeichen abschneidet, wie das folgende Beispiel zeigt:
Beispiel #2 oci_bind_by_name()-Beispiel
<?php
$connection = oci_connect('apelsin','kanistra');
$query = "INSERT INTO test_table VALUES(:id, :text)";
$statement = oci_parse($query);
oci_bind_by_name($statement, ":id", 1);
oci_bind_by_name($statement, ":text", "Leerzeichen folgen ");
oci_execute($statement);
/*
Dieser Code wird den String 'Leerzeichen folgen' ohne die
nachfolgenden Leerzeichen in die DB einfügen.
*/
?>
Beispiel #3 oci_bind_by_name()-Beispiel
<?php
$connection = oci_connect('apelsin','kanistra');
$query = "INSERT INTO test_table VALUES(:id, 'Leerzeichen folgen ')";
$statement = oci_parse($query);
oci_bind_by_name($statement, ":id", 1);
oci_execute($statement);
/*
Und dieser Code wird 'Leerzeichen folgen ' hinzufügen und
dabei die Leerzeichen erhalten.
*/
?>
Rückgabewerte
Gibt bei Erfolg TRUE zurück, im Fehlerfall FALSE.
Anmerkungen
Benutze magic_quotes_gpc oder addslashes() und oci_bind_by_name() nicht gleichzeitig, da kein Escapen nötig ist und jedes magisch durchgeführte Escapen in die Datenbank geschrieben wird. oci_bind_by_name() kann die magisch hinzugefügte nicht von den absichtlich hinzugefügten Quotierung unterscheiden.
Hinweis: In der PHP-Versionen vor 5.0.0 muss man ocibindbyname() benutzen. Den Namen kann man immer noch nutzen. Er wurde als Alias für oci_bind_by_name() für die Abwärtskompatibilität erhalten. Dieses ist allerdings veraltet und wird nicht empfohlen.
oci_bind_by_name
20-Jul-2009 03:14
14-May-2009 05:48
It looks like you don't have to put colon (':') in the beginning of the placeholder name in the second parameter of ocibindbyname(). Of course colon is still needed in sql content.
The following example works just fine under php 4.4.7:
<?php
$sql = "SELECT * FROM schema.table WHERE id = :id";
$stmt = ociparse($conn, $sql);
ocibindbyname($stmt, 'id', $id, -1); // <-- note 'id' as a 2nd param - without ':' in the beggining!!!
ociexecute($stmt,OCI_DEFAULT);
// ...
?>
20-Feb-2009 12:54
Dont forget the 5th parameter: $type. It's will slowly your code some times. Eg:
<?php
$sql = "select * from (select * from b xxx) where rownum < :rnum";
$stmt = OCIParse($conn,$sql);
OCIBindByName($stmt, ":rnum", $NUM, -1);
OCIExecute($stmt);
?>
Below code was slow 5~6 time than not use bind value.Change the 3rd line to:
<?php
OCIBindByName($stmt, ":rnum", $NUM, -1, SQLT_INT);
?>
will resloved this problem.
This issue is also in the ADODB DB class(adodb.sf.net), you will be careful for use the SelectLimit method.
21-Jan-2009 12:15
If your database contains CHAR columns, you cannot use blank-padded comparison sematics with bind variables. VARCHAR columns are not affected!
Example:
Table "tab" has a column "col" defined as "CHAR(20)". One row in the table contains the value "hello world" in the column "col".
The query
SELECT * FROM tab WHERE col = 'hello world'
will return one row, as expected.
The query
SELECT * FROM tab WHERE col = :bindvar
will return zero rows if you bound :bindvar to 'hello world'. Since col is of type CHAR(20), and :bindvar is apparently assumed to be of type VARCHAR2, Oracle will use use NON-blank-padded comparision semantics.
24-Sep-2008 02:14
"$type [...] The type parameter tells Oracle which descriptor is used. Default to SQLT_CHR"
This is misleading. You don't need to specify a $type to insert numbers. Actually, there isn't any allowed $type constant to insert floating point numbers.
10-May-2008 01:11
For IN string binds (i.e. INSERT or passing a value into a PL/SQL
procedure) where the length is not known when binding, use a length
that is longer than the longest possible string. If you don't know
what this is in advance, then re-call oci_bind_by_name() with the
actual size prior to each oci_execute() call.
For OUT binds, always specify a length so that PHP allocates enough
memory to hold the returned value.
The cardinal rule for binding is that the memory address used in the
bind call must continue to exist and be usable when the oci_execute
occurs. This is the common problem with 'foreach' loops.
09-May-2008 06:39
//Calling Oracle Stored Procedure
//I assume that you have a users table and three columns in users table i.e. id, user, email in oracle
// For example I made connection in constructor, you can modify as per your requirement.
//http://www.devshed.com/c/a/PHP/Understanding-Destructors-in-PHP-5/1/
<?php
class Users{
private $connection;
public function __construct()
{
$this->connection = oci_connect("scott", "tiger", $db); // Establishes a connection to the Oracle server;
}
public function selectUsers($start_index=1, $numbers_of_rows=20)
{
$sql ="BEGIN sp_users_select(:p_start_index, :p_numbers_of_rows, :p_cursor, :p_result); END;";
$stmt = oci_parse($this->connection, $sql);
//Bind in parameter
oci_bind_by_name($stmt, ':p_start_index', $start_index, 20);
oci_bind_by_name($stmt, ':p_numbers_of_rows', $numbers_of_rows, 20);
//Bind out parameter
oci_bind_by_name($stmt, ':p_result', $result, 20); // returns 0 if stored procedure succeessfully executed.
//Bind Cursor
$p_cursor = oci_new_cursor($this->connection);
oci_bind_by_name($stmt, ':p_cursor', $p_cursor, -1, OCI_B_CURSOR);
// Execute Statement
oci_execute($stmt);
oci_execute($p_cursor, OCI_DEFAULT);
oci_fetch_all($p_cursor, $cursor, null, null, OCI_FETCHSTATEMENT_BY_ROW);
echo $result;
echo '<br>';
var_dump($cursor); // $cursor is an associative array so we can use print_r() to print this data.
// you can return data from this function to use it at your user interface.
}
public function deleteUser($id)
{
$sql ="BEGIN sp_user_delete(:p_id, :p_result); END;";
$stmt = oci_parse($this->connection, $sql);
// bind in and out variables
oci_bind_by_name($stmt, ':p_id', $id, 20);
oci_bind_by_name($stmt, ':p_result', $result, 20);
//Execute the statement
$check = oci_execute($stmt);
if($check == true)
$commit = oci_commit($this->connection);
else
$commit = oci_rollback($this->connection);
return $result;
}
// You can make function for insert ,update using above two functions
}
?>
This is what the old OCI_B_* constants are now called:
(PHP 5.1.6 win32)
OCI_B_NTY - SQLT_NTY
OCI_B_BFILE - SQLT_BFILEE
OCI_B_CFILEE - SQLT_CFILEE
OCI_B_CLOB - SQLT_CLOB
OCI_B_BLOB - SQLT_BLOB
OCI_B_ROWID - SQLT_RDD
OCI_B_CURSOR - SQLT_RSET
OCI_B_BIN - SQLT_BIN
OCI_B_INT - SQLT_INT
OCI_B_NUM - SQLT_NUM
27-Jan-2007 01:27
Referes to:
Be careful that the variable argument is a reference. So, the following code does not work:
foreach($some_array as $key => $value)
{
OCIBindByName($stmt, $key, $value);
}
I assume this is because the contents of $value changes, even though the reference remains the same, so all bound variables end up pointing to the last loop iteration's value.
Instead use the following:
foreach($some_array as $key => $value)
{
OCIBindByName($stmt, $key, $some_array[$key]);
}
This dues to the foreach statement. $some_array in foreach() is a copy of the origine array. $key would be the "reference" in the copy, but $some_array[$key] points to the original one.
11-Jan-2007 05:48
This is an example of returning the primary key from an insert so that you can do inserts on other tables with foreign keys based on that value. The date is just used to provied semi-unique data to be inserted.
$conn = oci_connect("username", "password")
$stmt = oci_parse($conn, "INSERT INTO test (test_msg) values (:data) RETURN test_id INTO :RV");
$data = date("d-M-Y H:i:s");
oci_bind_by_name($stmt, ":RV", $rv, -1, SQLT_INT);
oci_bind_by_name($stmt, ":data", $data, 24);
oci_execute($stmt);
print $rv;
20-Feb-2006 01:48
Be careful that the variable argument is a reference. So, the following code does not work:
foreach($some_array as $key => $value)
{
OCIBindByName($stmt, $key, $value);
}
I assume this is because the contents of $value changes, even though the reference remains the same, so all bound variables end up pointing to the last loop iteration's value.
Instead use the following:
foreach($some_array as $key => $value)
{
OCIBindByName($stmt, $key, $some_array[$key]);
}
16-Feb-2006 09:43
If you do a wrapper for these functions there is a bug I found on php5.1.1 / oracle 9 / windows xp. see the section with oci_bind_by_name.
function db_layer_insert_1_row ($dbquery, $bindvar = array())
{
global $_db_layer_database;
global $_db_layer_lasterror;
if (false === ($stid = oci_parse($_db_layer_database, $dbquery))) {
db_layer_lasterror ();
return -1;
}
// Bind variables. NOTE substituting $bindvar[$bcol] with $bval causes
// all variables to be set to the last value of $bval?!?!
foreach ($bindvar as $bcol => $bval) {
oci_bind_by_name($stid, $bcol, $bindvar[$bcol]); //$bval); <- bug?!
}
...
16-Aug-2005 10:12
Note that there have been some changes on the constant identifiers and the documentation is currently not entirely accurate.
Running the following script;
<?php
foreach (array_keys(get_defined_constants()) as $const) {
if ( preg_match('/^OCI_B_/', $const) ) {
print "$const\n";
}
}
?>
Under PHP 4.4.0 I get;
OCI_B_SQLT_NTY < renamed to OCI_B_NTY with PHP5
OCI_B_BFILE
OCI_B_CFILEE
OCI_B_CLOB
OCI_B_BLOB
OCI_B_ROWID
OCI_B_CURSOR
OCI_B_BIN
Under PHP 5.0.4 I get;
OCI_B_NTY
OCI_B_BFILE < docs are wrong right now
OCI_B_CFILEE < docs are wrong right now
OCI_B_CLOB
OCI_B_BLOB
OCI_B_ROWID
OCI_B_CURSOR
OCI_B_BIN < it's a mystery
