DB<>Fiddle: Custom type and function (ORA-24344)

Question

I've made a custom version of Oracle's GetVertices() function. The solution involves creating a user-defined type and a function.

Here is the code (working):

CREATE TYPE vertex_type_cust AS object
(
  x  NUMBER,
  y  NUMBER,
  z  NUMBER,
  w  NUMBER,
  id NUMBER );

CREATE TYPE vertex_set_type_cust AS TABLE OF vertex_type_cust;

CREATE OR replace FUNCTION getvertices_cust(geometry mdsys.sdo_geometry)
  RETURN vertex_set_type_cust
IS
  i      NUMBER;
  dims   NUMBER;
  coords NUMBER;
  result vertex_set_type_cust;
  dim mdsys.sdo_dim_array;
  is_zero BOOLEAN;
  etype   NUMBER;
BEGIN
  result := vertex_set_type_cust();
  -- handle the POINT case here
  IF (geometry.sdo_ordinates IS NULL) THEN
    result.extend;
    result(1) := vertex_type_cust(geometry.sdo_point.x, geometry.sdo_point.y, geometry.sdo_point.z,NULL,1);
    RETURN result;
  END IF;
  -- all other cases here
  coords := geometry.sdo_ordinates.count;
  dims := geometry.get_dims;
  IF (dims = 0) THEN
    RETURN result;
  END IF;
  coords := coords/dims;
  FOR i          IN 0 .. coords-1
  LOOP
    result.extend;
    IF (dims = 2) THEN
      result(i+1) := vertex_type_cust(geometry.sdo_ordinates(2*i+1), geometry.sdo_ordinates(2*i+2), NULL,NULL,i+1);
    ELSIF (dims = 3) THEN
      result(i+1) := vertex_type_cust(geometry.sdo_ordinates(3*i+1), geometry.sdo_ordinates(3*i+2), geometry.sdo_ordinates(3*i+3) ,NULL,i+1);
    ELSIF (dims = 4) THEN
      result(i+1) := vertex_type_cust(geometry.sdo_ordinates(4*i+1), geometry.sdo_ordinates(4*i+2), geometry.sdo_ordinates(4*i+3), geometry.sdo_ordinates(4*i+4), i+1);
    END IF;
  END LOOP;
  RETURN result;
END;

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Test data:

create table a_sdo_geometry_tbl (line_id integer, shape mdsys.sdo_geometry);

insert into a_sdo_geometry_tbl (line_id, shape) 
values (1, sdo_geometry (2002, null, null, sdo_elem_info_array (1,2,1), 
    sdo_ordinate_array (671539.6852734378,4863324.181436138, 671595.0500703361,4863343.166556185, 671614.013553706,4863350.343483042, 671622.2044153381,4863353.525396131))  );

insert into a_sdo_geometry_tbl (line_id, shape) 
values (2, sdo_geometry (2002, null, null, sdo_elem_info_array (1,2,1), 
    sdo_ordinate_array (71534.5567096211,4863119.991809748, 671640.7384688659,4863157.132745253, 671684.8621150404,4863172.022995591))  );

insert into a_sdo_geometry_tbl (line_id, shape) 
values (3, sdo_geometry (2002, null, null, sdo_elem_info_array (1,2,1), 
    sdo_ordinate_array (671622.2044153381,4863353.525396131, 671633.3267164109,4863357.846229106, 671904.0614077691,4863451.286166754))  );

insert into a_sdo_geometry_tbl (line_id, shape) 
values (4, sdo_geometry (2002, null, null, sdo_elem_info_array (1,2,1), 
    sdo_ordinate_array (671684.8620521119,4863172.022995591, 671892.1496144319,4863244.141440067, 671951.2156571196,4863264.824310392, 671957.4471461186,4863266.847617676, 671966.8243856924,4863269.146632658))  )

select
    a.line_id,
    b.id as vertex_id,
    b.x, 
    b.y
from
    a_sdo_geometry_tbl a
cross join
    table(getvertices_cust(a.shape)) b            --<<-- the query uses the custom function
order by 
    a.line_id, b.id;

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Problem:

I'm testing this solution with online Oracle environments because I don't have CREATE TYPE privileges in my company's Oracle db.

I'm able to get the above code working when I run it in Oracle's free testing environment (19c):

• https://livesql.oracle.com/
• Create function: screenshot
• Query using the function: screenshot

However, when I try to run the code with db<>fiddle, I get an error when I create the function:

• db<>fiddle session (18c)
• ORA-24344: success with compilation error

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Question:

How can I avoid getting that error when creating the custom function with db<>fiddle?

I know there is a version difference between Oracle Live and db<>fiddle (19c vs. 18c). But I would be surprised if that was the problem. This doesn't seem like a version issue to me.

Answer 1

Add a / after the function definition.

https://dbfiddle.uk/?rdbms=oracle_18&fiddle=4031e203694674dbc764b5290dd93bdb