1. Developer's Guide
  2. Oracle Data Provider for .NET Classes
  3. OracleParameter Class
  4. OracleParameter Properties
  5. Value

Value

This property specifies the value of the Parameter.

Declaration

// C#
public override object Value { get; set; }

Property Value

An object.

Implements

IDataParameter

Exceptions

ArgumentException - The Value property specified is invalid.

InvalidArgumentException- The Value property specified is invalid.

Remarks

Default = null

If the OracleParameter object is used for Array Bind or PL/SQL Associative Array, Value is an array of parameter values.

The Value property can be overwritten by OracleDataAdapter.Update().

The provider attempts to convert any type of value if it supports the IConvertible interface. Conversion errors occur if the specified type is not compatible with the value.

When sending a null parameter value to the database, the user must specify DBNull, not null. The null value in the system is an empty object that has no value. DBNull is used to represent null values. The user can also specify a null value by setting Status to OracleParameterStatus.NullValue. In this case, the provider sends a null value to the database.

If neither OracleDbType nor DbType are set, their values can be inferred by Value. Please see the following for related information:

For input parameters the value is:

  • Bound to the OracleCommand that is sent to the database.

  • Converted to the data type specified in OracleDbType or DbType when the provider sends the data to the database.

For output parameters the value is:

  • Set on completion of the OracleCommand (true for return value parameters also).

  • Set to the data from the database, to the data type specified in OracleDbType or DbType.

When array binding is used with:

  • Input parameter - Value should be set to an array of values. OracleCommand.ArrayBindCount should be set to a value that is greater than zero to indicate the number of elements to be bound.

    The number of elements in the array should be equal to the OracleCommand.ArrayBindCount property; otherwise, their minimum value is used to bind the elements in the array.

  • Output parameter - OracleCommand.ArrayBindCount should be set to a value that is greater than zero to indicate the number of elements to be retrieved (for SELECT statements).

When PL/SQL Associative Array binding is used with:

  • Input parameter – Value should be set to an array of values. CollectionType should be set to OracleCollection.PLSQLAssociativeArray.Size should be set to specify the possible maximum number of array elements in the PL/SQL Associative Array. If Size is smaller than the number of elements in Value, then Size specifies the number of elements in the Value property to be bound.

  • Output parameter - CollectionType should be set to OracleCollection.PLSQLAssociativeArray. Size should be set to specify the maximum number of array elements in PL/SQL Associative Array.

Each parameter should have a value. To bind a parameter with a null value, set Value to DBNull.Value, or set Status to OracleParameterStatus. NullInsert.

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