Check this link. http://asktom.oracle.com/pls/apex/f?p=100:11:0::::P11_QUESTION_ID:110612348061 Regards Raj --- On Wed, 29/9/10, Taylor, Chris David <ChrisDavid.Taylor@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: From: Taylor, Chris David <ChrisDavid.Taylor@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: Help with .Net calling procedure with IN statement and string variable To: "'oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx'" <oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Wednesday, 29 September, 2010, 13:19 Ok guys, I have a developer that needs some help and for some reason I’m drawing a blank – perhaps because I’m not a VB .Net developer. They have a screen where a user can select multiple values (all numeric) and then they want to execute a stored procedure from .Net with an “IN” statement. So, here’s what their variable is setup as: v_tid varchar2(5000); Then they’re passing this in from .Net: 5000,5001,5002,5003 The code they’re trying to execute in Oracle is: Select …. From …. Where trip_id in (v_tid); /* (where v_tid is the comma delimited string of numbers) */ This returns the ORA-01722 invalid number error. If I’m not mistaken this is because the value inside the () looks like (‘5000,5001,5002,5003’) which is no good. I tried wrapping the IN statement in a replace and replace tick marks with nothing but that still returns ORA-01722. Since I know this is something that gets done fairly regularly, how can they accomplish passing a comma delimited string into a procedure? The procedure will return a ref cursor of the results. Thanks, Chris Taylor Sr. Oracle DBA Ingram Barge Company Nashville, TN 37205 Office: 615-517-3355 Cell: 615-663-1673 Email: chris.taylor@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This e-mail and any attachments are confidential and may also be privileged. If you are not the named recipient, please notify the sender immediately and delete the contents of this message without disclosing the contents to anyone, using them for any purpose, or storing or copying the information on any medium.