Creating procedure in oracle

Question

I want to create a procedure in which i have to insert records into a table based on selecting certain columns from another table
is it possible

Answer 1

Hi,
Try this:
SQL>create or replace procedure p1
  2    is
  3    V_EMPNO                                    NUMBER(4);
  4    V_ENAME                                    VARCHAR2(10);
  5    V_JOB                                      VARCHAR2(9);
  6    V_MGR                                      NUMBER(4);
  7    V_HIREDATE                                 DATE;
  8    V_SAL                                      NUMBER(7,2);
  9    V_COMM                                     NUMBER(7,2);
10    V_DEPTNO                                   NUMBER(2);
11
11    cursor c1 is
12    select *
13      from emp;
14  begin
15    open c1;
16    loop
17      fetch c1
18       into V_EMPNO
19          , V_ENAME
20          , V_JOB
21          , V_MGR
22          , V_HIREDATE
23          , V_SAL
24          , V_COMM
25          , V_DEPTNO;
26      exit when c1%NOTFOUND;
27     insert into t1
28     values
29          ( V_EMPNO
30          , V_ENAME
31          , V_JOB
32          , V_MGR
33          , V_HIREDATE
34          , V_SAL
35          , V_COMM
36          , V_DEPTNO
37             );
38    end loop;
39    close c1;
40  end p1;
41  /
Procedure created.
SQL>select * from t1;
no rows selected
SQL>exec p1
PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.
SQL>select * from t1;
     EMPNO ENAME      JOB              MGR HIREDATE          SAL       COMM     DEPTNO
      7369 SMITH      CLERK           7902 17-12-1980        800                    20
      7499 ALLEN      SALESMAN        7698 20-02-1981       1600        300         30
      7521 WARD       SALESMAN        7698 22-02-1981       1250        500         30
      7566 JONES      MANAGER         7839 02-04-1981       2975                    20
      7654 MARTIN     SALESMAN        7698 28-09-1981       1250       1400         30
      7698 BLAKE      MANAGER         7839 01-05-1981       2850                    30
      7782 CLARK      MANAGER         7839 09-06-1981       2450                    10
      7788 SCOTT      ANALYST         7566 09-12-1982       3000                    20
      7839 KING       PRESIDENT            17-11-1981       5000                    10
      7844 TURNER     SALESMAN        7698 08-09-1981       1500          0         30
      7876 ADAMS      CLERK           7788 12-01-1983       1100                    20
      7900 JAMES      CLERK           7698 03-12-1981        950                    30
      7902 FORD       ANALYST         7566 03-12-1981       3000                    20
      7934 MILLER     CLERK           7782 23-01-1982       1300                    10
14 rows selected.HTH
Ghulam