Using Tables of Records in PL/SQL - oracle

Question

I've declared the following types in my PL/SQL package:
TYPE t_simple_object IS RECORD (
wert NUMBER,
gs NUMBER,
vl NUMBER);
TYPE t_obj_table IS TABLE OF t_simple_object
INDEX BY BINARY_INTEGER;
Then I declare a variable:
obj t_obj_table;
However, when I want to use the variable, I cannot initialize or extend it:
obj := t_obj_table ();
gives the following errror:
PLS-00222: no function with name 'T_OBJ_TABLE' exists in this scope
If I don't initialize it, I can't extend it to add some date as
obj.EXTEND();
gives another error:
PLS-00306: wrong number or types of arguments in call to 'EXTEND'
How can I make this work?

Answer 1

You don't extend a table indexed by "something", you can just use it...
DECLARE
TYPE t_simple_object IS RECORD
( wert NUMBER
, gs NUMBER
, vl NUMBER
);
TYPE t_obj_table IS TABLE OF t_simple_object
INDEX BY BINARY_INTEGER;
my_rec t_simple_object;
obj t_obj_table;
BEGIN
my_rec.wert := 1;
my_rec.gs := 1;
my_rec.vl := 1;
obj(1) := my_rec;
END;
/
To use the EXTEND syntax, this example should do it...
DECLARE
TYPE t_simple_object IS RECORD
( wert NUMBER
, gs NUMBER
, vl NUMBER
);
TYPE t_obj_table IS TABLE OF t_simple_object;
my_rec t_simple_object;
obj t_obj_table := t_obj_table();
BEGIN
obj.EXTEND;
my_rec.wert := 1;
my_rec.gs := 1;
my_rec.vl := 1;
obj(1) := my_rec;
END;
/
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Answer 2

If you don't want to use an associative array (aka index-by table) then leave out the "INDEX BY BINARY_INTEGER" clause. Your code then works OK:
declare
TYPE t_simple_object IS RECORD (
wert NUMBER,
gs NUMBER,
vl NUMBER);
TYPE t_obj_table IS TABLE OF t_simple_object;
obj t_obj_table;
begin
obj := t_obj_table ();
obj.EXTEND();
end;

Answer 3

You can not extend an assosiative array.
Just assign values to it
declare
TYPE t_simple_object IS RECORD (
wert NUMBER,
gs NUMBER,
vl NUMBER);
TYPE t_obj_table IS TABLE OF t_simple_object INDEX BY BINARY_INTEGER;
simple_object t_simple_object;
begin
simple_object.wert := 1;
simple_object.gs := 2;
simple_object.vl := 3;
obj(1) := simple_object;
end;
/

Answer 4

Or just use a record ( or associate array of records )
create or replace package p_test is
type t_rec is record (
empname varchar2(50),
empaddr varchar2(50));
function p_test_ret_record return t_rec;
end p_test;
create or replace package body p_test is
function p_test_ret_record return t_rec is
l_rec t_rec;
begin
l_rec.empname := 'P1';
l_rec.empaddr := 'P2';
return l_rec;
end;
end p_test;
declare
-- Non-scalar parameters require additional processing
result p_test.t_rec;
begin
-- Call the function
result := p_test.p_test_ret_record;
dbms_output.put_line('Name: ' || result.empname || ' Addr: ' || result.empaddr);
end;