oracle Stored Procedure with Out parameter

Question

I'm having trouble using an Oracle stored procedure that has an out parameter. I don't have access to view the actual stored proc but here is the method signature:

CHECKPASSWORDUSED (System.Decimal USER_IN, System.String PASSWORD_IN, out System.Decimal PW_FAIL)

And this is how I'm trying to call it.

public decimal CheckIfPasswordUsed(long userId, string password)
{
    decimal? used;
    _context.CHECKPASSWORDUSED(userId, password, out used);
    return Convert.ToDecimal(used);
}

I had to define an out variable but I'm not sure if I'm using this right. Am I on the right track?

Edit: The error messages I get are:

[OracleException (0x80004005): ORA-06550: line 2, column 3:
PLS-00201: identifier 'CHECK_PASSWORD_USED' must be declared
ORA-06550: line 2, column 3:
PL/SQL: Statement ignored]
Devart.Data.Oracle.bc.d() +872
Devart.Data.Oracle.an.i() +112
Devart.Data.Oracle.an.c() +3016
Devart.Data.Oracle.x.a(Int32 A_0, bt A_1) +3343
Devart.Data.Oracle.OracleCommand.InternalExecute(CommandBehavior behavior, IDisposable disposable, Int32 startRecord, Int32 maxRecords, Boolean nonQuery) +4880
Devart.Common.DbCommandBase.ExecuteDbDataReader(CommandBehavior behavior, Boolean nonQuery) +764
Devart.Data.Oracle.OracleCommand.ExecuteNonQuery() +69
Devart.Data.Linq.Provider.DataProvider.ExecuteQuery(CompiledQuery compiledQuery, Object[] parentArgs, Object[] userArgs, Object lastResult) +3675

I don't think it's a duplicate, I'm not getting a similar error. Am I calling the stored procedure correctly? I can't find any documentation similar to my usage. — Omni
Please put the complete error stack here. The four lines of error that you have put does not clarify where exactly the error is occurring. I reckon the procedure CHECKPASSWORDUSED is calling another procedure CHECK_PASSWORD_USED which does not exist. — Rachcha

Omni Omni · Accepted Answer · 2013-10-24T14:13:25

I have discovered the answer!

Since this is my first time using Oracle I was unaware of 'Synonyms'. I had the dba create a synonym for the stored procedure and now I'm rocking and rolling!

For anyone interested you can read more about it here:

http://www.techonthenet.com/oracle/synonyms.php http://docs.oracle.com/cd/B19306_01/server.102/b14200/statements_7001.htm

oracle Stored Procedure with Out parameter

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