Oracle PL/SQL Tutorial/Large Objects/REF function

REF operator

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SQL> CREATE OR REPLACE TYPE address AS OBJECT
  2              (line1 VARCHAR2(20),
  3               line2 VARCHAR2(20),
  4               city VARCHAR2(20),
  5               state_code VARCHAR2(2),
  6               zip VARCHAR2(13),
  7    MEMBER FUNCTION get_address RETURN VARCHAR2,
  8    MEMBER PROCEDURE set_address
  9              (addressLine1 VARCHAR2,
 10               addressLine2 VARCHAR2,
 11               address_city VARCHAR2,
 12               address_state VARCHAR2,
 13               address_zip VARCHAR2)
 14  );
 15  /
Type created.
SQL> CREATE OR REPLACE TYPE BODY address AS
  2    MEMBER FUNCTION get_address RETURN VARCHAR2
  3    IS
  4    BEGIN
  5      RETURN (SELF.line1||" "||SELF.line2||" "||SELF.city||", "|| SELF.state_code||" "||SELF.zip);
  6    END get_address;
  7    MEMBER PROCEDURE set_address (addressLine1 VARCHAR2,
  8                  addressLine2 VARCHAR2,
  9                  address_city VARCHAR2,
 10                  address_state VARCHAR2,
 11                  address_zip VARCHAR2)
 12    IS
 13    BEGIN
 14      line1 :=addressLine1;
 15      line2 :=addressLine2;
 16      city :=address_city;
 17      state_code :=address_state;
 18      zip :=address_zip;
 19    END set_address;
 20  END;
 21  /
Type body created.
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SQL> CREATE TABLE address_master OF address;
Table created.
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SQL> INSERT INTO address_master VALUES (address("19 J","Reading Rd","Vancouver","NJ","00000"));
1 row created.
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SQL> select * from address_master;
LINE1                LINE2                CITY                 ST
-------------------- -------------------- -------------------- --
ZIP
-------------
19 J                 Reading Rd           Vancouver            NJ
00000

1 row selected.
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SQL> DECLARE
  2    addressValue_ref REF address;
  3  BEGIN
  4    SELECT REF(a) INTO addressValue_ref FROM address_master a WHERE a.city ="Vancouver";
  5  END;
  6  /
PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.
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SQL>
SQL> DECLARE
  2    addressValue_ref REF address;
  3    v_zip VARCHAR2(30);
  4  BEGIN
  5    SELECT REF(a), a.zip INTO addressValue_ref,v_zip FROM address_master a WHERE a.city ="Vancouver";
  6  END;
  7  /
PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.
SQL>
SQL> drop table address_master;
Table dropped.
SQL>