Return Value from Stored Procedure

[Patrick Mugabe]

I have a stored procedure with an out parameter so I think it should return a value (correct me if I am wrong). I am calling the stored procedure in my java program.
How do I get the value to my java program. I want to use the returned value in another operation.

[Brian Mozhdehi]

You need to do the following.

Assume stmt is the CallableStatement object that is returned from prepareCall() and all input has been set.

stmt.registerOutParameter(<the position of the output parameter>, java.sql.Types.<whatever type it is>);

Then, after execution:

String value = stmt.getString(<the position of the output parameter>);

or whatever type it is, i.e. stmt.getInt(), etc.

Hope that helps.