Comments on: Simulating a Two-Dimensional Array in PL/SQL

By: Philippe

Philippe — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 23:57:25 +0000

create or replace
FUNCTION read_mytable (
x IN NUMBER,
y IN NUMBER) RETURN NUMBER IS array_value NUMBER;
c_multipler CONSTANT NUMBER :=1000;
TYPE mytabtype IS TABLE OF NUMBER INDEX BY BINARY_INTEGER;
prec_cep_calculations mytabtype;

BEGIN
array_value:= prec_cep_calculations((x * c_multipler)+ y);
RETURN array_value;
EXCEPTION
WHEN NO_DATA_FOUND THEN
RETURN NULL;
END;

no compile errors — SQL Developer version 1.5.5

By: Philippe

Philippe — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 23:54:22 +0000

create or replace
PROCEDURE write_mytable(
x IN NUMBER,
y IN NUMBER,
array_value IN NUMBER) IS
TYPE mytabtype IS TABLE OF NUMBER INDEX BY BINARY_INTEGER;
c_multipler CONSTANT NUMBER :=1000;
prec_cep_calculations mytabtype;

BEGIN
prec_cep_calculations ((x * c_multipler) + y) := array_value;
END;

No compile errors

By: Philippe

Philippe — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 23:47:11 +0000

create or replace
PROCEDURE write_mytable(
x IN NUMBER,
y IN NUMBER,
array_value IN NUMBER) IS
mytabtype IS TABLE OF NUMBER INDEXED BY BINARY_INTEGER;
c_multipler CONSTANT NUMBER :=1000;

prec_cep_calculations mytabtype;
BEGIN
prec_cep_calculations ((x * c_multipler) + y) := array_value;
END;

Error PLS-00103: Encountered the symbol “IS” when expecting one of the following: constant exception table long double ref char timestamp interval date binary notional character nchar

By: Philippe

Philippe — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 23:43:46 +0000

create or replace
TYPE MYTABTYPE IS TABLE OF NUMBER INDEX BY BINARY_INTEGER;

Error: PLS-00355: use of pl/sql table not allowed in this context

By: Oscar

Oscar — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 18:56:45 +0000

mytabtype IS TABLE OF NUMBER INDEXED BY BINARY_INTEGER;
*
ERROR at line 7:
ORA-06550: l�nea 7, columna 14:
PLS-00103: Encountered the symbol “IS” when expecting one of the following:
constant exception
table long double ref
char