SQL>
SQL> column numlist format a60
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> 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> create table e
2 as
3 select empno, ename, init, mgr, deptno
4 from employees;
Table created.
SQL>
SQL> create or replace type numberVarray as varray(4) of varchar2(20);
2 /
Type created.
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> update e set numlist = numberVarray('4231','06-12345678');
10 rows updated.
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.