One-step INSERTs into an object table
SQL> SQL> SQL> CREATE OR REPLACE TYPE addressType as OBJECT( 2 street VARCHAR2(20), 3 city VARCHAR2(20), 4 state CHAR(2), 5 zip CHAR(5)); 6 / Type created. SQL> SQL> CREATE TABLE address_table OF addressType; Table created. SQL> SQL> CREATE TABLE client (name VARCHAR2(20), 2 address REF addressType scope is address_table); Table created. SQL> SQL> SQL> INSERT INTO client SELECT 'Walsh', REF(aa) FROM address_table aa; 0 rows created. SQL> SQL> SELECT name, DEREF(address) FROM client; no rows selected SQL> SQL> SQL> drop table client; Table dropped. SQL> SQL> drop table address_table; Table dropped. SQL> SQL>