Use table function on varray type value : table function « Object Oriented « Oracle PL/SQL Tutorial

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SQL>
SQL>
SQL> column numlist format a60
SQL>
SQL>
SQL> create table employees(
  2    empno      NUMBER(4)
  3  , ename      VARCHAR2(8)
  4  , init       VARCHAR2(5)
  5  , job        VARCHAR2(8)
  6  , mgr        NUMBER(4)
  7  , bdate      DATE
  8  , msal       NUMBER(6,2)
  9  , comm       NUMBER(6,2)
 10  , deptno     NUMBER(2) ) ;

Table created.

SQL>
SQL>
SQL> insert into employees values(1,'Jason',  'N',  'TRAINER', 2,   date '1965-12-18',  800 , NULL,  10);

1 row created.

SQL> insert into employees values(2,'Jerry',  'J',  'SALESREP',3,   date '1966-11-19',  1600, 300,   10);

1 row created.

SQL> insert into employees values(3,'Jord',   'T' , 'SALESREP',4,   date '1967-10-21',  1700, 500,   20);

1 row created.

SQL> insert into employees values(4,'Mary',   'J',  'MANAGER', 5,   date '1968-09-22',  1800, NULL,  20);

1 row created.

SQL> insert into employees values(5,'Joe',    'P',  'SALESREP',6,   date '1969-08-23',  1900, 1400,  30);

1 row created.

SQL> insert into employees values(6,'Black',  'R',  'MANAGER', 7,   date '1970-07-24',  2000, NULL,  30);

1 row created.

SQL> insert into employees values(7,'Red',    'A',  'MANAGER', 8,   date '1971-06-25',  2100, NULL,  40);

1 row created.

SQL> insert into employees values(8,'White',  'S',  'TRAINER', 9,   date '1972-05-26',  2200, NULL,  40);

1 row created.

SQL> insert into employees values(9,'Yellow', 'C',  'DIRECTOR',10,  date '1973-04-27',  2300, NULL,  20);

1 row created.

SQL> insert into employees values(10,'Pink',  'J',  'SALESREP',null,date '1974-03-28',  2400, 0,     30);

1 row created.

SQL>
SQL>
SQL>
SQL> create table e
  2  as
  3  select empno, ename, init, mgr, deptno
  4  from   employees;

Table created.

SQL>
SQL>
SQL> create or replace type numberVarray as varray(4) of varchar2(20);
  2  /

Type created.

SQL>
SQL>
SQL> alter table e add (numlist numberVarray);

Table altered.

SQL>
SQL> describe e;
 Name                                      Null?    Type
 ----------------------------------------- -------- ----------------------------
 EMPNO                                              NUMBER(4)
 ENAME                                              VARCHAR2(8)
 INIT                                               VARCHAR2(5)
 MGR                                                NUMBER(4)
 DEPTNO                                             NUMBER(2)
 NUMLIST                                            NUMBERVARRAY

SQL>
SQL>
SQL> update e set numlist = numberVarray('4231','06-12345678');

10 rows updated.

SQL>
SQL>
SQL> break on empno
SQL>
SQL> select empno, n.* from e, TABLE(e.numlist) n;

 EMPNO COLUMN_VALUE
------ --------------------
     1 4231
       06-12345678
     2 4231
       06-12345678
     3 4231
       06-12345678
     4 4231
       06-12345678
     5 4231
       06-12345678
     6 4231
       06-12345678
     7 4231
       06-12345678
     8 4231
       06-12345678
     9 4231
       06-12345678
    10 4231

 EMPNO COLUMN_VALUE
------ --------------------
    10 06-12345678

20 rows selected.

SQL>
SQL> select empno, numlist from e;
ERROR:
OCI-22303: type "SYS"."KOTAD" not found
OCI-21522: attempted to use an invalid connection in OCI (object mode only)


SQL>
SQL> drop table e;

Table dropped.

SQL>
SQL> drop table employees;

Table dropped.