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Compare the performance differences between row-at-a-time processing and bulk processing

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SQL> SQL> create table myTable1 as select * from dba_objects where 0=1; Table created. SQL> create table myTable2 as select * from dba_objects where 0=1; Table created. SQL> SQL> create or replace procedure row_at_a_time_test as begin

 2
 3      for x in ( select * from all_objects )
 4      loop
 5          insert into myTable1 values X;
 6      end loop;
 7
 8  end;
 9  /

Procedure created. SQL> SQL> show errors No errors. SQL> SQL> create or replace procedure bulk_test

 2  as
 3    type array is table of all_objects%rowtype;
 4    l_data array;
 5    cursor c is select * from all_objects;
 6  begin
 7
 8    open c;
 9    loop
10       fetch c bulk collect into l_data LIMIT 100;
11
12       forall i in 1 .. l_data.count
13           insert into myTable2 values l_data(i);
14
15       exit when c%notfound;
16    end loop;
17
18  end;
19  /

Procedure created. SQL> show errors No errors. SQL> SQL> exec row_at_a_time_test PL/SQL procedure successfully completed. SQL> exec bulk_test PL/SQL procedure successfully completed. SQL> SQL> SQL> drop table myTable1; Table dropped. SQL> drop table myTable2; Table dropped. SQL> SQL> SQL></source>


cursor bulk

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SQL> SQL> create table employee (

 2  id                number,
 3  employee_type_id  number,
 4  external_id       varchar2(30),
 5  first_name        varchar2(30),
 6  middle_name       varchar2(30),
 7  last_name         varchar2(30),
 8  name              varchar2(100),
 9  birth_date        date,
10  gender_id         number);

Table created. SQL> SQL> SQL> set serveroutput on size 1000000; SQL> SQL> declare

 2      cursor c_worker(aiv_last_name in employee.last_name%TYPE) is
 3      select first_name
 4      from   employee
 5      where  last_name like aiv_last_name||"%"
 6      order by id;
 7
 8      TYPE c_employee_table is table of c_worker%ROWTYPE
 9      index by binary_integer;
10
11      t_worker c_employee_table;
12
13  begin
14    open c_worker("DOE");
15    loop
16      fetch c_worker bulk collect into t_worker limit 2;
17
18      exit when t_worker.count = 0;
19
20      for i in t_worker.first..t_worker.last loop
21        DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE(t_worker(i).first_name);
22      end loop;
23    end loop;
24  end;
25  /

PL/SQL procedure successfully completed. SQL> SQL> SQL> drop table employee; Table dropped.</source>


Fetch cursor till cursorName%NOTFOUND

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SQL> SQL> SQL> -- create demo table SQL> create table Employee(

 2    ID                 VARCHAR2(4 BYTE)         NOT NULL primary key,
 3    First_Name         VARCHAR2(10 BYTE),
 4    Last_Name          VARCHAR2(10 BYTE),
 5    Start_Date         DATE,
 6    End_Date           DATE,
 7    Salary             Number(8,2),
 8    City               VARCHAR2(10 BYTE),
 9    Description        VARCHAR2(15 BYTE)
10  )
11  /

Table created. SQL> SQL> -- prepare data SQL> insert into Employee(ID, First_Name, Last_Name, Start_Date, End_Date, Salary, City, Description)

 2               values ("01","Jason",    "Martin",  to_date("19960725","YYYYMMDD"), to_date("20060725","YYYYMMDD"), 1234.56, "Toronto",  "Programmer")
 3  /

1 row created. SQL> insert into Employee(ID, First_Name, Last_Name, Start_Date, End_Date, Salary, City, Description)

 2                values("02","Alison",   "Mathews", to_date("19760321","YYYYMMDD"), to_date("19860221","YYYYMMDD"), 6661.78, "Vancouver","Tester")
 3  /

1 row created. SQL> insert into Employee(ID, First_Name, Last_Name, Start_Date, End_Date, Salary, City, Description)

 2                values("03","James",    "Smith",   to_date("19781212","YYYYMMDD"), to_date("19900315","YYYYMMDD"), 6544.78, "Vancouver","Tester")
 3  /

1 row created. SQL> insert into Employee(ID, First_Name, Last_Name, Start_Date, End_Date, Salary, City, Description)

 2                values("04","Celia",    "Rice",    to_date("19821024","YYYYMMDD"), to_date("19990421","YYYYMMDD"), 2344.78, "Vancouver","Manager")
 3  /

1 row created. SQL> insert into Employee(ID, First_Name, Last_Name, Start_Date, End_Date, Salary, City, Description)

 2                values("05","Robert",   "Black",   to_date("19840115","YYYYMMDD"), to_date("19980808","YYYYMMDD"), 2334.78, "Vancouver","Tester")
 3  /

1 row created. SQL> insert into Employee(ID, First_Name, Last_Name, Start_Date, End_Date, Salary, City, Description)

 2                values("06","Linda",    "Green",   to_date("19870730","YYYYMMDD"), to_date("19960104","YYYYMMDD"), 4322.78,"New York",  "Tester")
 3  /

1 row created. SQL> insert into Employee(ID, First_Name, Last_Name, Start_Date, End_Date, Salary, City, Description)

 2                values("07","David",    "Larry",   to_date("19901231","YYYYMMDD"), to_date("19980212","YYYYMMDD"), 7897.78,"New York",  "Manager")
 3  /

1 row created. SQL> insert into Employee(ID, First_Name, Last_Name, Start_Date, End_Date, Salary, City, Description)

 2                values("08","James",    "Cat",     to_date("19960917","YYYYMMDD"), to_date("20020415","YYYYMMDD"), 1232.78,"Vancouver", "Tester")
 3  /

1 row created. SQL> SQL> SQL> SQL> -- display data in the table SQL> select * from Employee

 2  /

ID FIRST_NAME LAST_NAME START_DAT END_DATE SALARY CITY DESCRIPTION


-------------------- -------------------- --------- --------- ---------- ---------- ---------------

01 Jason Martin 25-JUL-96 25-JUL-06 1234.56 Toronto Programmer 02 Alison Mathews 21-MAR-76 21-FEB-86 6661.78 Vancouver Tester 03 James Smith 12-DEC-78 15-MAR-90 6544.78 Vancouver Tester 04 Celia Rice 24-OCT-82 21-APR-99 2344.78 Vancouver Manager 05 Robert Black 15-JAN-84 08-AUG-98 2334.78 Vancouver Tester 06 Linda Green 30-JUL-87 04-JAN-96 4322.78 New York Tester 07 David Larry 31-DEC-90 12-FEB-98 7897.78 New York Manager 08 James Cat 17-SEP-96 15-APR-02 1232.78 Vancouver Tester 8 rows selected. SQL> SQL> SQL> SQL> SET SERVEROUTPUT ON ESCAPE OFF SQL> SQL> DECLARE

 2
 3     v_first_name EMPLOYEE.first_name%TYPE;
 4     v_last_name EMPLOYEE.last_name%TYPE;
 5
 6     CURSOR emp_cur IS
 7        SELECT a.first_name, a.last_name
 8        FROM EMPLOYEE a;
 9
10  BEGIN
11
12     DBMS_OUTPUT.ENABLE(1000000);
13
14     OPEN emp_cur;
15     LOOP
16        FETCH emp_cur INTO v_first_name, v_last_name;
17        EXIT WHEN emp_cur%NOTFOUND;
18
19        DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE(v_last_name
20                             ||", "
21                             ||v_first_name);
22     END LOOP;
23
24     CLOSE emp_cur;
25
26  EXCEPTION
27     WHEN OTHERS
28        THEN
29        DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE(SQLERRM);
30  END;
31  /

Martin, Jason Mathews, Alison Smith, James Rice, Celia Black, Robert Green, Linda Larry, David Cat, James PL/SQL procedure successfully completed. SQL> SQL> SQL> -- clean the table SQL> drop table Employee

 2  /

Table dropped.</source>


Fetch cursor till notfound

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SQL> CREATE TABLE emp(

 2      emp_ID NUMBER (6),
 3      START_DATE  DATE,
 4      END_DATE    DATE,
 5      JOB_ID  VARCHAR2 (10),
 6      DEPARTMENT_ID   NUMBER (4)
 7  );

Table created. SQL> CREATE OR REPLACE PROCEDURE promotion_review_1

 2  IS
 3     nempid   NUMBER;
 4     dstartdate    DATE;
 5     denddate      DATE;
 6     sjobid        VARCHAR2 (20);
 7     CURSOR empCursor IS SELECT emp_id, start_date, end_date, job_id FROM emp;
 8  BEGIN
 9     OPEN empCursor;
10     LOOP
11        FETCH empCursor INTO nempid, dstartdate, denddate, sjobid;
12        EXIT WHEN empCursor%NOTFOUND;
13        DBMS_OUTPUT.put_line ("emp "||nempid||" had job "||sjobid||" for "||(denddate - dstartdate)||" days.");
14     END LOOP;
15     CLOSE empCursor;
16  END;
17  /

Procedure created. SQL> show errors No errors. SQL> drop table emp; Table dropped.</source>


Fetch cursor to table collection of row type

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SQL> SQL> -- create demo table SQL> create table emp(

 2    ID                 VARCHAR2(4 BYTE)         NOT NULL,
 3    fname         VARCHAR2(10 BYTE),
 4    lname          VARCHAR2(10 BYTE),
 5    Start_Date         DATE,
 6    End_Date           DATE,
 7    Salary             Number(8,2),
 8    City               VARCHAR2(10 BYTE),
 9    Description        VARCHAR2(15 BYTE)
10  )
11  /

Table created. SQL> SQL> -- prepare data SQL> insert into emp(ID, fname, lname, Start_Date, End_Date, Salary, City, Description)

 2               values ("01","Jason",    "Martin",  to_date("19960725","YYYYMMDD"), to_date("20060725","YYYYMMDD"), 1234.56, "Toronto",  "Programmer")
 3  /

1 row created. SQL> insert into emp(ID, fname, lname, Start_Date, End_Date, Salary, City, Description)

 2                values("02","Alison",   "Mathews", to_date("19760321","YYYYMMDD"), to_date("19860221","YYYYMMDD"), 6661.78, "Vancouver","Tester")
 3  /

1 row created. SQL> insert into emp(ID, fname, lname, Start_Date, End_Date, Salary, City, Description)

 2                values("03","James",    "Smith",   to_date("19781212","YYYYMMDD"), to_date("19900315","YYYYMMDD"), 6544.78, "Vancouver","Tester")
 3  /

1 row created. SQL> insert into emp(ID, fname, lname, Start_Date, End_Date, Salary, City, Description)

 2                values("04","Celia",    "Rice",    to_date("19821024","YYYYMMDD"), to_date("19990421","YYYYMMDD"), 2344.78, "Vancouver","Manager")
 3  /

1 row created. SQL> insert into emp(ID, fname, lname, Start_Date, End_Date, Salary, City, Description)

 2                values("05","Robert",   "Black",   to_date("19840115","YYYYMMDD"), to_date("19980808","YYYYMMDD"), 2334.78, "Vancouver","Tester")
 3  /

1 row created. SQL> insert into emp(ID, fname, lname, Start_Date, End_Date, Salary, City, Description)

 2                values("06","Linda",    "Green",   to_date("19870730","YYYYMMDD"), to_date("19960104","YYYYMMDD"), 4322.78,"New York",  "Tester")
 3  /

1 row created. SQL> insert into emp(ID, fname, lname, Start_Date, End_Date, Salary, City, Description)

 2                values("07","David",    "Larry",   to_date("19901231","YYYYMMDD"), to_date("19980212","YYYYMMDD"), 7897.78,"New York",  "Manager")
 3  /

1 row created. SQL> insert into emp(ID, fname, lname, Start_Date, End_Date, Salary, City, Description)

 2                values("08","James",    "Cat",     to_date("19960917","YYYYMMDD"), to_date("20020415","YYYYMMDD"), 1232.78,"Vancouver", "Tester")
 3  /

1 row created. SQL> SQL> SQL> SQL> -- display data in the table SQL> select * from emp

 2  /

ID FNAME LNAME START_DAT END_DATE SALARY CITY


---------- ---------- --------- --------- ---------- ----------

DESCRIPTION


01 Jason Martin 25-JUL-96 25-JUL-06 1234.56 Toronto Programmer 02 Alison Mathews 21-MAR-76 21-FEB-86 6661.78 Vancouver Tester 03 James Smith 12-DEC-78 15-MAR-90 6544.78 Vancouver Tester

ID FNAME LNAME START_DAT END_DATE SALARY CITY


---------- ---------- --------- --------- ---------- ----------

DESCRIPTION


04 Celia Rice 24-OCT-82 21-APR-99 2344.78 Vancouver Manager 05 Robert Black 15-JAN-84 08-AUG-98 2334.78 Vancouver Tester 06 Linda Green 30-JUL-87 04-JAN-96 4322.78 New York Tester

ID FNAME LNAME START_DAT END_DATE SALARY CITY


---------- ---------- --------- --------- ---------- ----------

DESCRIPTION


07 David Larry 31-DEC-90 12-FEB-98 7897.78 New York Manager 08 James Cat 17-SEP-96 15-APR-02 1232.78 Vancouver Tester

8 rows selected. SQL> SQL> SQL> SQL> SQL> DECLARE

 2     TYPE emp_table_struct IS TABLE OF emp.fname%TYPE INDEX BY BINARY_INTEGER;
 3     emp_table emp_table_struct;
 4     CURSOR emp_cursor IS SELECT fname FROM emp ORDER BY id;
 5     v_row      NUMBER := 1;
 6  BEGIN
 7     OPEN emp_cursor;
 8     LOOP
 9          FETCH emp_cursor INTO emp_table(v_row);
10          EXIT WHEN emp_cursor%NOTFOUND;
11          DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE(emp_table(v_row));
12          v_row := v_row + 1;
13     END LOOP;
14     CLOSE emp_cursor;
15     DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE("Total rows: "||emp_table.COUNT);
16  END;
17  /

PL/SQL procedure successfully completed. SQL> SQL> -- clean the table SQL> drop table emp

 2  /

Table dropped.</source>


Fetch cursor to three variables

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SQL> SQL> SQL> CREATE TABLE employee

 2  (employee_id         NUMBER(7),
 3   last_name           VARCHAR2(25),
 4   first_name          VARCHAR2(25),
 5   userid              VARCHAR2(8),
 6   start_date          DATE,
 7   comments            VARCHAR2(255),
 8   manager_id          NUMBER(7),
 9   title               VARCHAR2(25),
10   department_id       NUMBER(7),
11   salary              NUMBER(11, 2),
12   commission_pct      NUMBER(4, 2)
13  );

Table created. SQL> SQL> INSERT INTO employee VALUES (1, "V", "Ben", "cv",to_date("03-MAR-90 8:30", "dd-mon-yy hh24:mi"),NULL, NULL, "PRESIDENT", 50, 2500, NULL); 1 row created. SQL> INSERT INTO employee VALUES (2, "N", "Haidy", "ln", "08-MAR-90", NULL,1, "VP, OPERATIONS", 41, 1450, NULL); 1 row created. SQL> INSERT INTO employee VALUES (3, "N", "Molly", "mn", "17-JUN-91",NULL, 1, "VP, SALES", 31, 1400, NULL); 1 row created. SQL> INSERT INTO employee VALUES (4, "S", "Mark", "mq", "07-APR-90",NULL, 1, "VP, FINANCE", 10, 1450, NULL); 1 row created. SQL> INSERT INTO employee VALUES (5, "R", "AUDRY", "ar", "04-MAR-90",NULL, 1, "VP, ADMINISTRATION", 50, 1550, NULL); 1 row created. SQL> INSERT INTO employee VALUES (6, "U", "MOLLY", "mu", "18-JAN-91",NULL, 2, "WAREHOUSE MANAGER", 41, 1200, NULL); 1 row created. SQL> INSERT INTO employee VALUES (7, "M", "ROBERTA", "rm", "14-MAY-90",NULL, 2, "WAREHOUSE MANAGER", 41, 1250, NULL); 1 row created. SQL> INSERT INTO employee VALUES (8, "B", "BEN", "ry", "07-APR-90", NULL, 2,"WAREHOUSE MANAGER", 41, 1100, NULL); 1 row created. SQL> INSERT INTO employee VALUES (9, "C", "Jane", "ac", "09-FEB-92",NULL, 2, "WAREHOUSE MANAGER", 41, 1300, NULL); 1 row created. SQL> INSERT INTO employee VALUES (10, "H", "Mart", "mh", "27-FEB-91", NULL, 2,"WAREHOUSE MANAGER", 41, 1307, NULL); 1 row created. SQL> SQL> SQL> SQL> CREATE OR REPLACE PROCEDURE select_emp

 2     (p_emp_id_num NUMBER DEFAULT NULL,
 3     p_last_name_txt VARCHAR2 DEFAULT NULL,
 4     p_first_name_txt VARCHAR2 DEFAULT NULL,
 5     p_start_date DATE DEFAULT NULL,
 6     p_dept_num NUMBER DEFAULT NULL) IS
 7     CURSOR cur_emp IS
 8        SELECT last_name, first_name, salary
 9        FROM   employee
10        WHERE  employee_id         LIKE p_emp_id_num     || "%"
11        AND    last_name  LIKE p_last_name_txt  || "%"
12        AND    first_name LIKE p_first_name_txt || "%"
13        AND    start_date          LIKE p_start_date     || "%"
14        AND    department_id       LIKE p_dept_num       || "%";
15
16     lastName  employee.last_name%TYPE;
17     lv_first_name_txt employee.first_name%TYPE;
18     lv_salary_num     employee.salary%TYPE;
19  BEGIN
20     OPEN cur_emp;
21     FETCH cur_emp INTO lastName, lv_first_name_txt, lv_salary_num;
22     CLOSE cur_emp;
23  END;
24  /

Procedure created. SQL> SQL> SQL> drop table employee; Table dropped.</source>


Fetch cursor value into column type variable

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SQL> SQL> SQL> SQL> -- create demo table SQL> create table Employee(

 2    ID                 VARCHAR2(4 BYTE)         NOT NULL primary key,
 3    First_Name         VARCHAR2(10 BYTE),
 4    Last_Name          VARCHAR2(10 BYTE),
 5    Start_Date         DATE,
 6    End_Date           DATE,
 7    Salary             Number(8,2),
 8    City               VARCHAR2(10 BYTE),
 9    Description        VARCHAR2(15 BYTE)
10  )
11  /

Table created. SQL> SQL> -- prepare data SQL> insert into Employee(ID, First_Name, Last_Name, Start_Date, End_Date, Salary, City, Description)

 2               values ("01","Jason",    "Martin",  to_date("19960725","YYYYMMDD"), to_date("20060725","YYYYMMDD"), 1234.56, "Toronto",  "Programmer")
 3  /

1 row created. SQL> insert into Employee(ID, First_Name, Last_Name, Start_Date, End_Date, Salary, City, Description)

 2                values("02","Alison",   "Mathews", to_date("19760321","YYYYMMDD"), to_date("19860221","YYYYMMDD"), 6661.78, "Vancouver","Tester")
 3  /

1 row created. SQL> insert into Employee(ID, First_Name, Last_Name, Start_Date, End_Date, Salary, City, Description)

 2                values("03","James",    "Smith",   to_date("19781212","YYYYMMDD"), to_date("19900315","YYYYMMDD"), 6544.78, "Vancouver","Tester")
 3  /

1 row created. SQL> insert into Employee(ID, First_Name, Last_Name, Start_Date, End_Date, Salary, City, Description)

 2                values("04","Celia",    "Rice",    to_date("19821024","YYYYMMDD"), to_date("19990421","YYYYMMDD"), 2344.78, "Vancouver","Manager")
 3  /

1 row created. SQL> insert into Employee(ID, First_Name, Last_Name, Start_Date, End_Date, Salary, City, Description)

 2                values("05","Robert",   "Black",   to_date("19840115","YYYYMMDD"), to_date("19980808","YYYYMMDD"), 2334.78, "Vancouver","Tester")
 3  /

1 row created. SQL> insert into Employee(ID, First_Name, Last_Name, Start_Date, End_Date, Salary, City, Description)

 2                values("06","Linda",    "Green",   to_date("19870730","YYYYMMDD"), to_date("19960104","YYYYMMDD"), 4322.78,"New York",  "Tester")
 3  /

1 row created. SQL> insert into Employee(ID, First_Name, Last_Name, Start_Date, End_Date, Salary, City, Description)

 2                values("07","David",    "Larry",   to_date("19901231","YYYYMMDD"), to_date("19980212","YYYYMMDD"), 7897.78,"New York",  "Manager")
 3  /

1 row created. SQL> insert into Employee(ID, First_Name, Last_Name, Start_Date, End_Date, Salary, City, Description)

 2                values("08","James",    "Cat",     to_date("19960917","YYYYMMDD"), to_date("20020415","YYYYMMDD"), 1232.78,"Vancouver", "Tester")
 3  /

1 row created. SQL> SQL> SQL> SQL> -- display data in the table SQL> select * from Employee

 2  /

ID FIRST_NAME LAST_NAME START_DAT END_DATE SALARY CITY DESCRIPTION


---------- ---------- --------- --------- ---------- ---------- ---------------

01 Jason Martin 25-JUL-96 25-JUL-06 1234.56 Toronto Programmer 02 Alison Mathews 21-MAR-76 21-FEB-86 6661.78 Vancouver Tester 03 James Smith 12-DEC-78 15-MAR-90 6544.78 Vancouver Tester 04 Celia Rice 24-OCT-82 21-APR-99 2344.78 Vancouver Manager 05 Robert Black 15-JAN-84 08-AUG-98 2334.78 Vancouver Tester 06 Linda Green 30-JUL-87 04-JAN-96 4322.78 New York Tester 07 David Larry 31-DEC-90 12-FEB-98 7897.78 New York Manager 08 James Cat 17-SEP-96 15-APR-02 1232.78 Vancouver Tester 8 rows selected. SQL> SQL> SQL> CREATE OR REPLACE PROCEDURE employee_count

 2  AS
 3     v_first_name employee.first_name%TYPE;
 4     v_last_name employee.last_name%TYPE;
 5     v_row_count PLS_INTEGER := 0;
 6
 7     CURSOR emp_cur IS
 8        SELECT first_name, last_name
 9        FROM employee;
10
11  BEGIN
12
13     DBMS_OUTPUT.ENABLE(1000000);
14
15     OPEN emp_cur;
16     LOOP
17        FETCH emp_cur INTO v_first_name, v_last_name;
18        EXIT WHEN emp_cur%NOTFOUND;
19
20        DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE(v_last_name ||", " ||v_first_name);
21     END LOOP;
22
23     CLOSE emp_cur;
24
25  EXCEPTION
26     WHEN OTHERS
27        THEN
28        DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE(SQLERRM);
29  END;
30  /

Procedure created. SQL> SQL> SQL> call employee_count(); Martin, Jason Mathews, Alison Smith, James Rice, Celia Black, Robert Green, Linda Larry, David Cat, James Call completed. SQL> SQL> SQL> -- clean the table SQL> drop table Employee

 2  /

Table dropped.</source>


Fetch cursor value to three variables

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SQL> CREATE TABLE gifts (

 2    gift_id             INTEGER          CONSTRAINT gifts_pk PRIMARY KEY,
 3    gift_type_id        INTEGER          ,
 4    name                   VARCHAR2(30)     NOT NULL,
 5    description            VARCHAR2(50),
 6    price                  NUMBER(5, 2)
 7  );

Table created. SQL> INSERT INTO gifts (gift_id, gift_type_id, name, description, price) VALUES (1, 1, "Flower", "Birthday", 19.95); 1 row created. SQL> INSERT INTO gifts (gift_id, gift_type_id, name, description, price) VALUES (2, 1, "Computer", "New Year", 30.00); 1 row created. SQL> INSERT INTO gifts (gift_id, gift_type_id, name, description, price) VALUES (3, 2, "iPod", "Birthday", 25.99); 1 row created. SQL> INSERT INTO gifts (gift_id, gift_type_id, name, description, price) VALUES (4, 2, "iPhone", "New Year", 13.95); 1 row created. SQL> INSERT INTO gifts (gift_id, gift_type_id, name, description, price) VALUES (5, 2, "Book", "Birthday", 49.99); 1 row created. SQL> SQL> SQL> SET SERVEROUTPUT ON SQL> SQL> DECLARE

 2    v_gift_id gifts.gift_id%TYPE;
 3    v_name       gifts.name%TYPE;
 4    v_price      gifts.price%TYPE;
 5
 6    CURSOR giftCursor IS SELECT gift_id, name, price FROM gifts ORDER BY gift_id;
 7
 8  BEGIN
 9    OPEN giftCursor;
10
11    LOOP
12      FETCH giftCursor INTO v_gift_id, v_name, v_price;
13
14      EXIT WHEN giftCursor%NOTFOUND;
15
16      DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE("v_gift_id = " || v_gift_id || ", v_name = " || v_name ||", v_price = " || v_price);
17
18    END LOOP;
19
20    CLOSE giftCursor;
21
22  END;
23  /

v_gift_id = 1, v_name = Flower, v_price = 19.95 v_gift_id = 2, v_name = Computer, v_price = 30 v_gift_id = 3, v_name = iPod, v_price = 25.99 v_gift_id = 4, v_name = iPhone, v_price = 13.95 v_gift_id = 5, v_name = Book, v_price = 49.99 PL/SQL procedure successfully completed. SQL> SQL> SQL> drop table gifts; Table dropped.</source>


Fetch data into PL/SQL table

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SQL> -- create demo table SQL> create table Employee(

 2    ID                 VARCHAR2(4 BYTE)         NOT NULL,
 3    First_Name         VARCHAR2(10 BYTE),
 4    Last_Name          VARCHAR2(10 BYTE),
 5    Start_Date         DATE,
 6    End_Date           DATE,
 7    Salary             Number(8,2),
 8    City               VARCHAR2(10 BYTE),
 9    Description        VARCHAR2(15 BYTE)
10  )
11  /

Table created. SQL> SQL> -- prepare data SQL> insert into Employee(ID, First_Name, Last_Name, Start_Date, End_Date, Salary, City, Description)

 2               values ("01","Jason",    "Martin",  to_date("19960725","YYYYMMDD"), to_date("20060725","YYYYMMDD"), 1234.56, "Toronto",  "Programmer")
 3  /

1 row created. SQL> insert into Employee(ID, First_Name, Last_Name, Start_Date, End_Date, Salary, City, Description)

 2                values("02","Alison",   "Mathews", to_date("19760321","YYYYMMDD"), to_date("19860221","YYYYMMDD"), 6661.78, "Vancouver","Tester")
 3  /

1 row created. SQL> insert into Employee(ID, First_Name, Last_Name, Start_Date, End_Date, Salary, City, Description)

 2                values("03","James",    "Smith",   to_date("19781212","YYYYMMDD"), to_date("19900315","YYYYMMDD"), 6544.78, "Vancouver","Tester")
 3  /

1 row created. SQL> insert into Employee(ID, First_Name, Last_Name, Start_Date, End_Date, Salary, City, Description)

 2                values("04","Celia",    "Rice",    to_date("19821024","YYYYMMDD"), to_date("19990421","YYYYMMDD"), 2344.78, "Vancouver","Manager")
 3  /

1 row created. SQL> insert into Employee(ID, First_Name, Last_Name, Start_Date, End_Date, Salary, City, Description)

 2                values("05","Robert",   "Black",   to_date("19840115","YYYYMMDD"), to_date("19980808","YYYYMMDD"), 2334.78, "Vancouver","Tester")
 3  /

1 row created. SQL> insert into Employee(ID, First_Name, Last_Name, Start_Date, End_Date, Salary, City, Description)

 2                values("06","Linda",    "Green",   to_date("19870730","YYYYMMDD"), to_date("19960104","YYYYMMDD"), 4322.78,"New York",  "Tester")
 3  /

1 row created. SQL> insert into Employee(ID, First_Name, Last_Name, Start_Date, End_Date, Salary, City, Description)

 2                values("07","David",    "Larry",   to_date("19901231","YYYYMMDD"), to_date("19980212","YYYYMMDD"), 7897.78,"New York",  "Manager")
 3  /

1 row created. SQL> insert into Employee(ID, First_Name, Last_Name, Start_Date, End_Date, Salary, City, Description)

 2                values("08","James",    "Cat",     to_date("19960917","YYYYMMDD"), to_date("20020415","YYYYMMDD"), 1232.78,"Vancouver", "Tester")
 3  /

1 row created. SQL> SQL> SQL> SQL> -- display data in the table SQL> select * from Employee

 2  /

ID FIRST_NAME LAST_NAME START_DAT END_DATE SALARY CITY DESCRIPTION


---------- ---------- --------- --------- ---------- ---------- ---------------

01 Jason Martin 25-JUL-96 25-JUL-06 1234.56 Toronto Programmer 02 Alison Mathews 21-MAR-76 21-FEB-86 6661.78 Vancouver Tester 03 James Smith 12-DEC-78 15-MAR-90 6544.78 Vancouver Tester 04 Celia Rice 24-OCT-82 21-APR-99 2344.78 Vancouver Manager 05 Robert Black 15-JAN-84 08-AUG-98 2334.78 Vancouver Tester 06 Linda Green 30-JUL-87 04-JAN-96 4322.78 New York Tester 07 David Larry 31-DEC-90 12-FEB-98 7897.78 New York Manager 08 James Cat 17-SEP-96 15-APR-02 1232.78 Vancouver Tester 8 rows selected. SQL> SQL> SQL> SET ECHO ON SQL> SET SERVEROUTPUT ON SQL> SQL> DECLARE

 2      CURSOR all_emps IS
 3          SELECT id, first_name
 4          FROM employee
 5          ORDER BY first_name;
 6
 7      TYPE id IS TABLE OF employee.id%TYPE;
 8      TYPE first_name IS TABLE OF employee.first_name%TYPE;
 9
10      emp_ids id;
11      emp_names first_name;
12      inx1 PLS_INTEGER;
13  BEGIN
14      OPEN all_emps;
15      FETCH all_emps BULK COLLECT INTO emp_ids, emp_names;
16      CLOSE all_emps;
17
18      FOR inx1 IN 1..emp_ids.count LOOP
19          DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE (emp_ids(inx1) ||" " || emp_names(inx1));
20      END LOOP;
21  END;
22  /

02 Alison 04 Celia 07 David 03 James 08 James 01 Jason 06 Linda 05 Robert PL/SQL procedure successfully completed. SQL> SQL> SQL> SQL> -- clean the table SQL> drop table Employee

 2  /

Table dropped. SQL></source>


Fetching Across Commits

   <source lang="sql">

SQL> SQL> SQL> -- create demo table SQL> create table Employee(

 2    ID                 VARCHAR2(4 BYTE)         NOT NULL,
 3    First_Name         VARCHAR2(10 BYTE),
 4    Last_Name          VARCHAR2(10 BYTE),
 5    Start_Date         DATE,
 6    End_Date           DATE,
 7    Salary             Number(8,2),
 8    City               VARCHAR2(10 BYTE),
 9    Description        VARCHAR2(15 BYTE)
10  )
11  /

Table created. SQL> SQL> -- prepare data SQL> insert into Employee(ID, First_Name, Last_Name, Start_Date, End_Date, Salary, City, Description)

 2               values ("01","Jason",    "Martin",  to_date("19960725","YYYYMMDD"), to_date("20060725","YYYYMMDD"), 1234.56, "Toronto",  "Programmer")
 3  /

1 row created. SQL> insert into Employee(ID, First_Name, Last_Name, Start_Date, End_Date, Salary, City, Description)

 2                values("02","Alison",   "Mathews", to_date("19760321","YYYYMMDD"), to_date("19860221","YYYYMMDD"), 6661.78, "Vancouver","Tester")
 3  /

1 row created. SQL> insert into Employee(ID, First_Name, Last_Name, Start_Date, End_Date, Salary, City, Description)

 2                values("03","James",    "Smith",   to_date("19781212","YYYYMMDD"), to_date("19900315","YYYYMMDD"), 6544.78, "Vancouver","Tester")
 3  /

1 row created. SQL> insert into Employee(ID, First_Name, Last_Name, Start_Date, End_Date, Salary, City, Description)

 2                values("04","Celia",    "Rice",    to_date("19821024","YYYYMMDD"), to_date("19990421","YYYYMMDD"), 2344.78, "Vancouver","Manager")
 3  /

1 row created. SQL> insert into Employee(ID, First_Name, Last_Name, Start_Date, End_Date, Salary, City, Description)

 2                values("05","Robert",   "Black",   to_date("19840115","YYYYMMDD"), to_date("19980808","YYYYMMDD"), 2334.78, "Vancouver","Tester")
 3  /

1 row created. SQL> insert into Employee(ID, First_Name, Last_Name, Start_Date, End_Date, Salary, City, Description)

 2                values("06","Linda",    "Green",   to_date("19870730","YYYYMMDD"), to_date("19960104","YYYYMMDD"), 4322.78,"New York",  "Tester")
 3  /

1 row created. SQL> insert into Employee(ID, First_Name, Last_Name, Start_Date, End_Date, Salary, City, Description)

 2                values("07","David",    "Larry",   to_date("19901231","YYYYMMDD"), to_date("19980212","YYYYMMDD"), 7897.78,"New York",  "Manager")
 3  /

1 row created. SQL> insert into Employee(ID, First_Name, Last_Name, Start_Date, End_Date, Salary, City, Description)

 2                values("08","James",    "Cat",     to_date("19960917","YYYYMMDD"), to_date("20020415","YYYYMMDD"), 1232.78,"Vancouver", "Tester")
 3  /

1 row created. SQL> SQL> SQL> SQL> -- display data in the table SQL> select * from Employee

 2  /

ID FIRST_NAME LAST_NAME START_DAT END_DATE SALARY CITY DESCRIPTION


-------------------- -------------------- --------- --------- ---------- ---------- ---------------

01 Jason Martin 25-JUL-96 25-JUL-06 1234.56 Toronto Programmer 02 Alison Mathews 21-MAR-76 21-FEB-86 6661.78 Vancouver Tester 03 James Smith 12-DEC-78 15-MAR-90 6544.78 Vancouver Tester 04 Celia Rice 24-OCT-82 21-APR-99 2344.78 Vancouver Manager 05 Robert Black 15-JAN-84 08-AUG-98 2334.78 Vancouver Tester 06 Linda Green 30-JUL-87 04-JAN-96 4322.78 New York Tester 07 David Larry 31-DEC-90 12-FEB-98 7897.78 New York Manager 08 James Cat 17-SEP-96 15-APR-02 1232.78 Vancouver Tester 8 rows selected. SQL> SQL> SQL> SQL> SQL> DECLARE

 2    CURSOR c_Allemployee IS
 3      SELECT *
 4        FROM employee
 5        FOR UPDATE;
 6
 7    v_employeeInfo  c_Allemployee%ROWTYPE;
 8  BEGIN
 9    OPEN c_Allemployee;
10
11    FETCH c_Allemployee INTO v_employeeInfo;
12
13    -- Issue a COMMIT. This will release the locks, invalidating the
14    -- cursor.
15    COMMIT WORK;
16
17    -- This FETCH will raise the ORA-1002 error.
18    FETCH c_Allemployee INTO v_employeeInfo;
19  END;
20  /

DECLARE

ERROR at line 1: ORA-01002: fetch out of sequence ORA-06512: at line 18

SQL> SQL> SQL> SQL> SQL> -- clean the table SQL> drop table Employee

 2  /

Table dropped. SQL></source>


Fetching Across Commits, Example 2

   <source lang="sql">

SQL> SQL> SQL> -- create demo table SQL> create table Employee(

 2    ID                 VARCHAR2(4 BYTE)         NOT NULL,
 3    First_Name         VARCHAR2(10 BYTE),
 4    Last_Name          VARCHAR2(10 BYTE),
 5    Start_Date         DATE,
 6    End_Date           DATE,
 7    Salary             Number(8,2),
 8    City               VARCHAR2(10 BYTE),
 9    Description        VARCHAR2(15 BYTE)
10  )
11  /

Table created. SQL> SQL> -- prepare data SQL> insert into Employee(ID, First_Name, Last_Name, Start_Date, End_Date, Salary, City, Description)

 2               values ("01","Jason",    "Martin",  to_date("19960725","YYYYMMDD"), to_date("20060725","YYYYMMDD"), 1234.56, "Toronto",  "Programmer")
 3  /

1 row created. SQL> insert into Employee(ID, First_Name, Last_Name, Start_Date, End_Date, Salary, City, Description)

 2                values("02","Alison",   "Mathews", to_date("19760321","YYYYMMDD"), to_date("19860221","YYYYMMDD"), 6661.78, "Vancouver","Tester")
 3  /

1 row created. SQL> insert into Employee(ID, First_Name, Last_Name, Start_Date, End_Date, Salary, City, Description)

 2                values("03","James",    "Smith",   to_date("19781212","YYYYMMDD"), to_date("19900315","YYYYMMDD"), 6544.78, "Vancouver","Tester")
 3  /

1 row created. SQL> insert into Employee(ID, First_Name, Last_Name, Start_Date, End_Date, Salary, City, Description)

 2                values("04","Celia",    "Rice",    to_date("19821024","YYYYMMDD"), to_date("19990421","YYYYMMDD"), 2344.78, "Vancouver","Manager")
 3  /

1 row created. SQL> insert into Employee(ID, First_Name, Last_Name, Start_Date, End_Date, Salary, City, Description)

 2                values("05","Robert",   "Black",   to_date("19840115","YYYYMMDD"), to_date("19980808","YYYYMMDD"), 2334.78, "Vancouver","Tester")
 3  /

1 row created. SQL> insert into Employee(ID, First_Name, Last_Name, Start_Date, End_Date, Salary, City, Description)

 2                values("06","Linda",    "Green",   to_date("19870730","YYYYMMDD"), to_date("19960104","YYYYMMDD"), 4322.78,"New York",  "Tester")
 3  /

1 row created. SQL> insert into Employee(ID, First_Name, Last_Name, Start_Date, End_Date, Salary, City, Description)

 2                values("07","David",    "Larry",   to_date("19901231","YYYYMMDD"), to_date("19980212","YYYYMMDD"), 7897.78,"New York",  "Manager")
 3  /

1 row created. SQL> insert into Employee(ID, First_Name, Last_Name, Start_Date, End_Date, Salary, City, Description)

 2                values("08","James",    "Cat",     to_date("19960917","YYYYMMDD"), to_date("20020415","YYYYMMDD"), 1232.78,"Vancouver", "Tester")
 3  /

1 row created. SQL> SQL> SQL> SQL> -- display data in the table SQL> select * from Employee

 2  /

ID FIRST_NAME LAST_NAME START_DAT END_DATE SALARY CITY DESCRIPTION


-------------------- -------------------- --------- --------- ---------- ---------- ---------------

01 Jason Martin 25-JUL-96 25-JUL-06 1234.56 Toronto Programmer 02 Alison Mathews 21-MAR-76 21-FEB-86 6661.78 Vancouver Tester 03 James Smith 12-DEC-78 15-MAR-90 6544.78 Vancouver Tester 04 Celia Rice 24-OCT-82 21-APR-99 2344.78 Vancouver Manager 05 Robert Black 15-JAN-84 08-AUG-98 2334.78 Vancouver Tester 06 Linda Green 30-JUL-87 04-JAN-96 4322.78 New York Tester 07 David Larry 31-DEC-90 12-FEB-98 7897.78 New York Manager 08 James Cat 17-SEP-96 15-APR-02 1232.78 Vancouver Tester 8 rows selected. SQL> SQL> SQL> SQL> DECLARE

 2    v_salary  employee.salary%TYPE;
 3
 4    CURSOR c_Registeredemployee IS
 5      SELECT *
 6      FROM employee
 7      WHERE id IN ("01");
 8
 9  BEGIN
10    FOR v_employeeInfo IN c_Registeredemployee LOOP
11    v_salary := 100;
12
13    -- Update the row we just retrieved from the cursor.
14    UPDATE employee
15      SET salary = salary + v_salary
16      WHERE id = v_employeeinfo.id;
17
18    -- We can commit inside the loop, since the cursor is
19    -- not declared FOR UPDATE.
20    COMMIT;
21    END LOOP;
22  END;
23  /

PL/SQL procedure successfully completed. SQL> SQL> select * from employee; ID FIRST_NAME LAST_NAME START_DAT END_DATE SALARY CITY DESCRIPTION


-------------------- -------------------- --------- --------- ---------- ---------- ---------------

01 Jason Martin 25-JUL-96 25-JUL-06 1334.56 Toronto Programmer 02 Alison Mathews 21-MAR-76 21-FEB-86 6661.78 Vancouver Tester 03 James Smith 12-DEC-78 15-MAR-90 6544.78 Vancouver Tester 04 Celia Rice 24-OCT-82 21-APR-99 2344.78 Vancouver Manager 05 Robert Black 15-JAN-84 08-AUG-98 2334.78 Vancouver Tester 06 Linda Green 30-JUL-87 04-JAN-96 4322.78 New York Tester 07 David Larry 31-DEC-90 12-FEB-98 7897.78 New York Manager 08 James Cat 17-SEP-96 15-APR-02 1232.78 Vancouver Tester 8 rows selected. SQL> SQL> SQL> SQL> -- clean the table SQL> drop table Employee

 2  /

Table dropped. SQL></source>


Fetch row by row

   <source lang="sql">

SQL> CREATE TABLE EMP(

 2      EMPNO NUMBER(4) NOT NULL,
 3      ENAME VARCHAR2(10),
 4      JOB VARCHAR2(9),
 5      MGR NUMBER(4),
 6      HIREDATE DATE,
 7      SAL NUMBER(7, 2),
 8      COMM NUMBER(7, 2),
 9      DEPTNO NUMBER(2)
10  );

Table created. SQL> INSERT INTO EMP VALUES(2, "Jack", "Tester", 6,TO_DATE("20-FEB-1981", "DD-MON-YYYY"), 1600, 300, 30); 1 row created. SQL> INSERT INTO EMP VALUES(3, "Wil", "Tester", 6,TO_DATE("22-FEB-1981", "DD-MON-YYYY"), 1250, 500, 30); 1 row created. SQL> INSERT INTO EMP VALUES(4, "Jane", "Designer", 9,TO_DATE("2-APR-1981", "DD-MON-YYYY"), 2975, NULL, 20); 1 row created. SQL> INSERT INTO EMP VALUES(5, "Mary", "Tester", 6,TO_DATE("28-SEP-1981", "DD-MON-YYYY"), 1250, 1400, 30); 1 row created. SQL> INSERT INTO EMP VALUES(7, "Chris", "Designer", 9,TO_DATE("9-JUN-1981", "DD-MON-YYYY"), 2450, NULL, 10); 1 row created. SQL> INSERT INTO EMP VALUES(8, "Smart", "Helper", 4,TO_DATE("09-DEC-1982", "DD-MON-YYYY"), 3000, NULL, 20); 1 row created. SQL> INSERT INTO EMP VALUES(9, "Peter", "Manager", NULL,TO_DATE("17-NOV-1981", "DD-MON-YYYY"), 5000, NULL, 10); 1 row created. SQL> INSERT INTO EMP VALUES(10, "Take", "Tester", 6,TO_DATE("8-SEP-1981", "DD-MON-YYYY"), 1500, 0, 30); 1 row created. SQL> INSERT INTO EMP VALUES(13, "Fake", "Helper", 4,TO_DATE("3-DEC-1981", "DD-MON-YYYY"), 3000, NULL, 20); 1 row created. SQL> SQL> variable x refcursor SQL> declare

 2   r emp%rowtype;
 3   begin
 4       :x := emp_list;
 5   loop
 6       fetch :x into r;
 7       exit when :x%notfound;
 8       dbms_output.put_line(r.empno||","||r.hiredate);
 9   end loop;
10   close :x;
11  end;
12  /

2,20-02-1981 3,22-02-1981 4,02-04-1981 5,28-09-1981 7,09-06-1981 8,09-12-1982 9,17-11-1981 10,08-09-1981 13,03-12-1981 PL/SQL procedure successfully completed. SQL> SQL> drop table emp; Table dropped.</source>


Nested cursor open

   <source lang="sql">

SQL> SQL> CREATE TABLE department

 2  (department_id   NUMBER(7),
 3   department_name VARCHAR2(50),
 4   region_id       NUMBER(7));

Table created. SQL> SQL> SQL> INSERT INTO department VALUES (10, "FINANCE", 1); 1 row created. SQL> INSERT INTO department VALUES (31, "SALES", 1); 1 row created. SQL> INSERT INTO department VALUES (32, "ACCOUNTING", 2); 1 row created. SQL> INSERT INTO department VALUES (33, "MARKETING", 3); 1 row created. SQL> INSERT INTO department VALUES (34, "SECURITY", 4); 1 row created. SQL> INSERT INTO department VALUES (35, "PAYROLL", 5); 1 row created. SQL> INSERT INTO department VALUES (41, "OPERATIONS", 1); 1 row created. SQL> INSERT INTO department VALUES (42, "HUMAN RESOURCES", 2); 1 row created. SQL> INSERT INTO department VALUES (43, "STRATEGIC PLANNING", 3); 1 row created. SQL> INSERT INTO department VALUES (44, "MAINTENANCE", 4); 1 row created. SQL> INSERT INTO department VALUES (45, "TECHNICAL WRITING", 5); 1 row created. SQL> INSERT INTO department VALUES (50, "ADMINISTRATION", 1); 1 row created. SQL> SQL> SQL> SQL> SQL> CREATE TABLE employee

 2  (employee_id         NUMBER(7),
 3   last_name           VARCHAR2(25),
 4   first_name          VARCHAR2(25),
 5   userid              VARCHAR2(8),
 6   start_date          DATE,
 7   comments            VARCHAR2(255),
 8   manager_id          NUMBER(7),
 9   title               VARCHAR2(25),
10   department_id       NUMBER(7),
11   salary              NUMBER(11, 2),
12   commission_pct      NUMBER(4, 2)
13  );

Table created. SQL> SQL> INSERT INTO employee VALUES (1, "V", "Ben", "cv",to_date("03-MAR-90 8:30", "dd-mon-yy hh24:mi"),NULL, NULL, "PRESIDENT", 50, 2500, NULL); 1 row created. SQL> INSERT INTO employee VALUES (2, "N", "Haidy", "ln", "08-MAR-90", NULL,1, "VP, OPERATIONS", 41, 1450, NULL); 1 row created. SQL> INSERT INTO employee VALUES (3, "N", "Molly", "mn", "17-JUN-91",NULL, 1, "VP, SALES", 31, 1400, NULL); 1 row created. SQL> INSERT INTO employee VALUES (4, "S", "Mark", "mq", "07-APR-90",NULL, 1, "VP, FINANCE", 10, 1450, NULL); 1 row created. SQL> INSERT INTO employee VALUES (5, "R", "AUDRY", "ar", "04-MAR-90",NULL, 1, "VP, ADMINISTRATION", 50, 1550, NULL); 1 row created. SQL> INSERT INTO employee VALUES (6, "U", "MOLLY", "mu", "18-JAN-91",NULL, 2, "WAREHOUSE MANAGER", 41, 1200, NULL); 1 row created. SQL> INSERT INTO employee VALUES (7, "M", "ROBERTA", "rm", "14-MAY-90",NULL, 2, "WAREHOUSE MANAGER", 41, 1250, NULL); 1 row created. SQL> INSERT INTO employee VALUES (8, "B", "BEN", "ry", "07-APR-90", NULL, 2,"WAREHOUSE MANAGER", 41, 1100, NULL); 1 row created. SQL> INSERT INTO employee VALUES (9, "C", "Jane", "ac", "09-FEB-92",NULL, 2, "WAREHOUSE MANAGER", 41, 1300, NULL); 1 row created. SQL> INSERT INTO employee VALUES (10, "H", "Mart", "mh", "27-FEB-91", NULL, 2,"WAREHOUSE MANAGER", 41, 1307, NULL); 1 row created. SQL> SQL> SQL> DECLARE

 2     CURSOR empCursor IS
 3        SELECT *
 4        FROM   employee;
 5     CURSOR cur_department
 6        (p_department_num department.department_id%TYPE) IS
 7        SELECT department_name
 8        FROM   department
 9        where  department_id = p_department_num;
10     lv_department_txt department.department_name%TYPE;
11  BEGIN
12     FOR empCursor_rec IN empCursor LOOP
13        OPEN cur_department(empCursor_rec.department_id);
14        FETCH cur_department INTO lv_department_txt;
15        CLOSE cur_department;
16     END LOOP;
17  END;
18  /

PL/SQL procedure successfully completed. SQL> SQL> drop table employee; Table dropped. SQL> SQL> drop table department; Table dropped.</source>


Populating a Record with FETCH INTO

   <source lang="sql">

SQL> SQL> SQL> create table product(

 2     product_id number(4)     not null,
 3     product_description varchar2(20) not null
 4  );

Table created. SQL> SQL> insert into product values (1,"Java"); 1 row created. SQL> insert into product values (2,"Oracle"); 1 row created. SQL> insert into product values (3,"C#"); 1 row created. SQL> insert into product values (4,"Javascript"); 1 row created. SQL> insert into product values (5,"Python"); 1 row created. SQL> SQL> SQL> create table company(

 2     product_id        number(4)    not null,
 3     company_id          NUMBER(8)    not null,
 4     company_short_name  varchar2(30) not null,
 5     company_long_name   varchar2(60)
 6  );

Table created. SQL> insert into company values(1,1001,"A Inc.","Long Name A Inc."); 1 row created. SQL> insert into company values(1,1002,"B Inc.","Long Name B Inc."); 1 row created. SQL> insert into company values(1,1003,"C Inc.","Long Name C Inc."); 1 row created. SQL> insert into company values(2,1004,"D Inc.","Long Name D Inc."); 1 row created. SQL> insert into company values(2,1005,"E Inc.","Long Name E Inc."); 1 row created. SQL> insert into company values(2,1006,"F Inc.","Long Name F Inc."); 1 row created. SQL> SQL> SQL> SQL> DECLARE

 2    TYPE hrc_company_rec IS RECORD
 3      (hrc_company_id NUMBER,
 4       product_description VARCHAR2(20),
 5       company_short_name VARCHAR2(30));
 6    v_example_rec hrc_company_rec;
 7    CURSOR csr_hrc_org IS
 8      SELECT 1,h.product_description,o.rupany_short_name
 9      FROM company o,product h
10      WHERE o.product_id =h.product_id
11      AND h.product_id =1;
12  BEGIN
13    OPEN csr_hrc_org;
14    LOOP
15      FETCH csr_hrc_org INTO v_example_rec;
16      EXIT WHEN csr_hrc_org%NOTFOUND;
17      dbms_output.put_line(to_number(v_example_rec.hrc_company_id)||" "||
18      v_example_rec.product_description||" "||
19      v_example_rec.rupany_short_name);
20    END LOOP;
21    CLOSE csr_hrc_org;
22  END;
23  /

1 Java A Inc. 1 Java B Inc. 1 Java C Inc. PL/SQL procedure successfully completed. SQL> SQL> SQL> SQL> drop table company; Table dropped. SQL> SQL> drop table product; Table dropped.</source>


Raise no data found exception if cursor is empty

   <source lang="sql">

SQL> SQL> DECLARE

 2     d VARCHAR2(1);
 3     no_data_found EXCEPTION;
 4
 5     CURSOR myCursor IS SELECT dummy FROM dual WHERE 1=2;
 6  BEGIN
 7     OPEN myCursor;
 8     FETCH myCursor INTO d;
 9
10     IF d IS NULL
11     THEN
12        RAISE no_data_found;
13     END IF;
14  EXCEPTION
15     WHEN no_data_found
16     THEN
17        DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE ("Trapped the error!?");
18  END;
19  /

Trapped the error!? PL/SQL procedure successfully completed. SQL> SQL></source>


To lock all the records while you"re working on them. This is done using a SELECT FOR UPDATE command

   <source lang="sql">

SQL> SQL> SQL> -- create demo table SQL> create table Employee(

 2    ID                 VARCHAR2(4 BYTE)         NOT NULL,
 3    First_Name         VARCHAR2(10 BYTE),
 4    Last_Name          VARCHAR2(10 BYTE),
 5    Start_Date         DATE,
 6    End_Date           DATE,
 7    Salary             Number(8,2),
 8    City               VARCHAR2(10 BYTE),
 9    Description        VARCHAR2(15 BYTE)
10  )
11  /

Table created. SQL> SQL> -- prepare data SQL> insert into Employee(ID, First_Name, Last_Name, Start_Date, End_Date, Salary, City, Description)

 2               values ("01","Jason",    "Martin",  to_date("19960725","YYYYMMDD"), to_date("20060725","YYYYMMDD"), 1234.56, "Toronto",  "Programmer")
 3  /

1 row created. SQL> insert into Employee(ID, First_Name, Last_Name, Start_Date, End_Date, Salary, City, Description)

 2                values("02","Alison",   "Mathews", to_date("19760321","YYYYMMDD"), to_date("19860221","YYYYMMDD"), 6661.78, "Vancouver","Tester")
 3  /

1 row created. SQL> insert into Employee(ID, First_Name, Last_Name, Start_Date, End_Date, Salary, City, Description)

 2                values("03","James",    "Smith",   to_date("19781212","YYYYMMDD"), to_date("19900315","YYYYMMDD"), 6544.78, "Vancouver","Tester")
 3  /

1 row created. SQL> insert into Employee(ID, First_Name, Last_Name, Start_Date, End_Date, Salary, City, Description)

 2                values("04","Celia",    "Rice",    to_date("19821024","YYYYMMDD"), to_date("19990421","YYYYMMDD"), 2344.78, "Vancouver","Manager")
 3  /

1 row created. SQL> insert into Employee(ID, First_Name, Last_Name, Start_Date, End_Date, Salary, City, Description)

 2                values("05","Robert",   "Black",   to_date("19840115","YYYYMMDD"), to_date("19980808","YYYYMMDD"), 2334.78, "Vancouver","Tester")
 3  /

1 row created. SQL> insert into Employee(ID, First_Name, Last_Name, Start_Date, End_Date, Salary, City, Description)

 2                values("06","Linda",    "Green",   to_date("19870730","YYYYMMDD"), to_date("19960104","YYYYMMDD"), 4322.78,"New York",  "Tester")
 3  /

1 row created. SQL> insert into Employee(ID, First_Name, Last_Name, Start_Date, End_Date, Salary, City, Description)

 2                values("07","David",    "Larry",   to_date("19901231","YYYYMMDD"), to_date("19980212","YYYYMMDD"), 7897.78,"New York",  "Manager")
 3  /

1 row created. SQL> insert into Employee(ID, First_Name, Last_Name, Start_Date, End_Date, Salary, City, Description)

 2                values("08","James",    "Cat",     to_date("19960917","YYYYMMDD"), to_date("20020415","YYYYMMDD"), 1232.78,"Vancouver", "Tester")
 3  /

1 row created. SQL> SQL> SQL> SQL> -- display data in the table SQL> select * from Employee

 2  /

ID FIRST_NAME LAST_NAME START_DAT END_DATE SALARY CITY DESCRIPTION


-------------------- -------------------- --------- --------- ---------- ---------- ---------------

01 Jason Martin 25-JUL-96 25-JUL-06 1234.56 Toronto Programmer 02 Alison Mathews 21-MAR-76 21-FEB-86 6661.78 Vancouver Tester 03 James Smith 12-DEC-78 15-MAR-90 6544.78 Vancouver Tester 04 Celia Rice 24-OCT-82 21-APR-99 2344.78 Vancouver Manager 05 Robert Black 15-JAN-84 08-AUG-98 2334.78 Vancouver Tester 06 Linda Green 30-JUL-87 04-JAN-96 4322.78 New York Tester 07 David Larry 31-DEC-90 12-FEB-98 7897.78 New York Manager 08 James Cat 17-SEP-96 15-APR-02 1232.78 Vancouver Tester 8 rows selected. SQL> SQL> declare

 2    cursor c_empInDept is select * from employee for update of salary;
 3  begin
 4    for r_emp in c_empInDept loop
 5      if r_emp.salary < 5000 then
 6        update employee
 7        set salary = salary * 1.1
 8        where current of c_empInDept;
 9      end if;
10    end loop;
11  end;
12  /

PL/SQL procedure successfully completed. SQL> SQL> SQL> -- clean the table SQL> drop table Employee

 2  /

Table dropped. SQL> SQL></source>


Using a simple UPDATE statement without locking for rows fetched from Cursors

   <source lang="sql">

SQL> SQL> SQL> -- create demo table SQL> create table Employee(

 2    ID                 VARCHAR2(4 BYTE)         NOT NULL,
 3    First_Name         VARCHAR2(10 BYTE),
 4    Last_Name          VARCHAR2(10 BYTE),
 5    Start_Date         DATE,
 6    End_Date           DATE,
 7    Salary             Number(8,2),
 8    City               VARCHAR2(10 BYTE),
 9    Description        VARCHAR2(15 BYTE)
10  )
11  /

Table created. SQL> SQL> -- prepare data SQL> insert into Employee(ID, First_Name, Last_Name, Start_Date, End_Date, Salary, City, Description)

 2               values ("01","Jason",    "Martin",  to_date("19960725","YYYYMMDD"), to_date("20060725","YYYYMMDD"), 1234.56, "Toronto",  "Programmer")
 3  /

1 row created. SQL> insert into Employee(ID, First_Name, Last_Name, Start_Date, End_Date, Salary, City, Description)

 2                values("02","Alison",   "Mathews", to_date("19760321","YYYYMMDD"), to_date("19860221","YYYYMMDD"), 6661.78, "Vancouver","Tester")
 3  /

1 row created. SQL> insert into Employee(ID, First_Name, Last_Name, Start_Date, End_Date, Salary, City, Description)

 2                values("03","James",    "Smith",   to_date("19781212","YYYYMMDD"), to_date("19900315","YYYYMMDD"), 6544.78, "Vancouver","Tester")
 3  /

1 row created. SQL> insert into Employee(ID, First_Name, Last_Name, Start_Date, End_Date, Salary, City, Description)

 2                values("04","Celia",    "Rice",    to_date("19821024","YYYYMMDD"), to_date("19990421","YYYYMMDD"), 2344.78, "Vancouver","Manager")
 3  /

1 row created. SQL> insert into Employee(ID, First_Name, Last_Name, Start_Date, End_Date, Salary, City, Description)

 2                values("05","Robert",   "Black",   to_date("19840115","YYYYMMDD"), to_date("19980808","YYYYMMDD"), 2334.78, "Vancouver","Tester")
 3  /

1 row created. SQL> insert into Employee(ID, First_Name, Last_Name, Start_Date, End_Date, Salary, City, Description)

 2                values("06","Linda",    "Green",   to_date("19870730","YYYYMMDD"), to_date("19960104","YYYYMMDD"), 4322.78,"New York",  "Tester")
 3  /

1 row created. SQL> insert into Employee(ID, First_Name, Last_Name, Start_Date, End_Date, Salary, City, Description)

 2                values("07","David",    "Larry",   to_date("19901231","YYYYMMDD"), to_date("19980212","YYYYMMDD"), 7897.78,"New York",  "Manager")
 3  /

1 row created. SQL> insert into Employee(ID, First_Name, Last_Name, Start_Date, End_Date, Salary, City, Description)

 2                values("08","James",    "Cat",     to_date("19960917","YYYYMMDD"), to_date("20020415","YYYYMMDD"), 1232.78,"Vancouver", "Tester")
 3  /

1 row created. SQL> SQL> SQL> SQL> -- display data in the table SQL> select * from Employee

 2  /

ID FIRST_NAME LAST_NAME START_DAT END_DATE SALARY CITY DESCRIPTION


-------------------- -------------------- --------- --------- ---------- ---------- ---------------

01 Jason Martin 25-JUL-96 25-JUL-06 1234.56 Toronto Programmer 02 Alison Mathews 21-MAR-76 21-FEB-86 6661.78 Vancouver Tester 03 James Smith 12-DEC-78 15-MAR-90 6544.78 Vancouver Tester 04 Celia Rice 24-OCT-82 21-APR-99 2344.78 Vancouver Manager 05 Robert Black 15-JAN-84 08-AUG-98 2334.78 Vancouver Tester 06 Linda Green 30-JUL-87 04-JAN-96 4322.78 New York Tester 07 David Larry 31-DEC-90 12-FEB-98 7897.78 New York Manager 08 James Cat 17-SEP-96 15-APR-02 1232.78 Vancouver Tester 8 rows selected. SQL> SQL> SQL> SQL> declare

 2    cursor c_empInDept is
 3      select * from employee;
 4    begin
 5    for r_emp in c_empInDept loop
 6      if r_emp.salary < 5000 then
 7        update employee
 8        set salary = salary * 1.1
 9        where id = r_emp.id;
10      end if;
11    end loop;
12  end;
13  /

PL/SQL procedure successfully completed. SQL> SQL> SQL> -- clean the table SQL> drop table Employee

 2  /

Table dropped.</source>