Oracle Spatial User's Guide and Reference - InfoLab

Using the Geocoding Capabilities
SDO_GCDR.GEOCODE('SCOTT',SDO_KEYWORDARRAY('1CARLTONBGOODLETTPL','SANFRANCISCO
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SELECT SDO_GCDR.GEOCODE('SCOTT',
SDO_KEYWORDARRAY('1 Carlton B Goodlett Pl', 'San Francisco, CA 94102'),
'US', 'RELAX_BASE_NAME').MatchCode FROM DUAL;
SDO_GCDR.GEOCODE('SCOTT',SDO_KEYWORDARRAY('1CARLTONBGOODLETTPL','SANFRANCISCO
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5.2.2 SDO_ADDR_ARRAY Type
The SDO_ADDR_ARRAY type is a VARRAY of SDO_GEO_ADDR objects
(described in Section 5.2.1) used to store geocoded address results. Multiple address
objects can be returned when multiple addresses are matched as a result of a
geocoding operation.
The SDO_ADDR_ARRAY type is defined as follows:
CREATE TYPE sdo_addr_array AS VARRAY(1000) OF sdo_geo_addr;
5.2.3 SDO_KEYWORDARRAY Type
The SDO_KEYWORDARRAY type is a VARRAY of VARCHAR2 strings used to
store address lines for unformatted addresses. (Formatted and unformatted
addresses are described in Section 5.1.1.)
The SDO_KEYWORDARRAY type is defined as follows:
CREATE TYPE sdo_keywordarray AS VARRAY(10000) OF VARCHAR2(9000);
5.3 Using the Geocoding Capabilities
To use the Oracle Spatial geocoding capabilities, you must use data provided by a
geocoding vendor, and the data must be in the format supported by the Oracle
Spatial geocoding feature. For information about getting and loading this data, go
to the Spatial page of the Oracle Technology Network (OTN):
http://otn.oracle.com/products/spatial/
Find the link for geocoding, and follow the instructions.
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