Range comparison using VARCHAR2

Hi
How can I achieve
SELECT * FROM TABLE WHERE 'B' BETWEEN 'A' AND 'C'
How do I obtain a number representation for a given character string?

Oracle can do a sort on varchar2 (sorting order depends on NLS_LANG settings), so there is no need to convert:
SQL> select 'A'
2 from dual
3 where 'Y' between 'X' and 'Z'
4 ;
'A'
AHowever, with select ascii('A') from dual; you can get the ASCII number of a 'A' (for example).

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Range Partitioning on Varchar2 column???

We hava table and it has a date column and its type is varchar2.
This column's format is '16021013' ('ddmmyyyy').
We want to make range partition on this column. What will be the best way?
do you think virtal column partitioning will be efficient?

>
I'm not a new DBA:-) You can be sure. I asked only about range partitioning trick with varchar2 column because we did our examination about this table. We will need to archive this table quarter by quarter to the other archive database. Then, off course, nearly all queries are coming firstly by using this date column and they can have different filtering inside "where" conditions. Already, this table has index on this column but with huge number of data, index performance is not enough for us. This is a 7x24 banking system and we are lately joined to this project. Because of this, we cant change everything like changing data type of that column after this moment.
>
You are taking things way too personally. No one said anything about whether you were, or were not, a DBA or made any other comments about your skill or abilities.
What we ask was for you to tell us WHAT the problem was that you were trying to solve and WHY you thought partitioning would solve it.
And now, after several generic posts, you have finally provided that information. We can only comment based on the information that you post. We can't guess as to what types of queries you use or what kinds of predicates you use in those queries. But we need to know that information in order to provide the best advice.
Next time you post put the important information in your original question:
1. A table column is VARCHAR2 but contains a date value. We are unable to change the datatype of this column.
2. We need to archive data quarterly based on this date value
3. Nearly all queries use this date value and then also may have additional filter conditions
4. This date column is indexed but we would like to improve the performance beyond what this index can give us.
The above is a summary that includes all important information that is needed to know how best to help you.
And I made a pretty good guess since two replies ago I provided you with example code that shows just how to partition the table.
>
Now, our only aim is how to make range partitioning this varchar2 date column.
>
As I showed you in my example code earlier you can add a virtual column to the table and partition on it. My example code creates a monthly partitioned table that allows you to archive by month or archive every three months to archive by quarter.
You can modify that example to use quarterly partitions if you want but I would recommend that you use standard monthly partitions since they will satisfy the widest range of predicates.

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Create document number range 22 using internal number assignment

Hi friends,
now i am working upgradation project from 4.7 to 6.0. sandbox i created one Asset, After that i posed amount to that asset by using f-90.now i run depreceation in ABAF T code the bellow issue is comming
Create document number range 22 using internal number assignment
     Message no. AA776
Diagnosis
     Processing terminated because the document number range 22 for year 2011
     was set up with external number assignment.
System Response
     For periodic posting of depreciation, you have to create a document
     number range with internal number assignment, since the document numbers
     are assigned from Financial Accounting.
Procedure
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ple any one help me
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Hi Gangadhar,
after 4.6C the Internal Number Range was changed into external Number Range due to technical requirements.
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regards Bernhard

Max. records in Range table used in Select .. IN ?

Hi
Does somebody knows wich is the max. amount of records in a RANGES table used in Select Comand:
select xxxx FROM table
where field IN range_table.
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Regards
Frank

It really depends on the table and DB settings.
Check with your DBA folks.
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Create document number range 03 using internal number assignment in AFAB

Hi Experts,
Where i have to create number range to Depreciation Posting ? Please mentain Transaction code .
I had check T Code:AS08 (No Tick is assign) & FBN1 (Intrenal Tick is assign)
I am doing T Code AFAB
Folowing error coming
Create document number range 03 using internal number assignment
Message no. AA776
Diagnosis
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System Response
For periodic posting of depreciation, you have to create a document number range with internal number assignment, since the document numbers are assigned from Financial Accounting.
Procedure
Change the number assignment for the number range 03 from external to internal in Customizing for Asset Accounting. See SAP Note 890976 for more information.
Waiting for reply
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Port range being used by Airport Express?

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Dear Chaka,
If my understanding is correct normally even after setting the TECO status set,you can do confirmations,and you can issue
components against the order.
After technical completion you can still make postings for the order. For instance, material withdrawal or a confirmation can be
posted if they were previously forgotten.
Check this link
http://help.sap.com/saphelperp60_sp/helpdata/en/a3/664a3397e311d1b5a70000e8359890/content.htm_
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Range partiotion using interval partitioning

Hi all,
I am trying to create a partitioned table so that a number (which date converted to number ) partition is created on inserting a new row for release_date column.
But please note that release_date column is having number data type (as per design) and people want to create an interval based partition on this.
Any work around for this?
They want data type NOT to be altered.
create table product(
prod_id number,
prod_code varchar2(3),
release_date number)
partition by range(release_date)
interval(NUMTOYMINTERVAL (1,'MONTH'))
(partition p0 values less than (20120101))
Thanks in advance

>
I am trying to create a partitioned table so that a number (which date converted to number ) partition is created on inserting a new row for release_date column.
But please note that release_date column is having number data type (as per design) and people want to create an interval based partition on this.
>
You can't use interval partitioning on the NUMBER column but you can add a VIRTUAL column based on it that uses DATE datatype.
create table product(
prod_id number,
prod_code varchar2(3),
release_date number,
rel_date DATE as (to_date(to_char(release_date), 'yyyymmdd')) VIRTUAL
partition by range(rel_date)
interval(NUMTOYMINTERVAL (1,'MONTH'))
   partition p0 values less than (to_date('20120101', 'yyyymmdd'))
)The virtual column is a metadata only column (i.e. no data is stored for it).
NOTE: you will need to modify your queries to use the 'REL_DATE' column in order to get partition pruning:
insert into product (prod_id, prod_code, release_date) values (1,'abc', 20110502)
insert into product (prod_id, prod_code, release_date) values (1,'abc', 20120502)
-- this query does NOT prune
select * from product where release_date < 20120101
|   0 | SELECT STATEMENT    |         |     1 |    38 |     4   (0)| 00:00:01 |       |       |
|   1 | PARTITION RANGE ALL|         |     1 |    38 |     4   (0)| 00:00:01 |    1 |1048575|
|* 2 |   TABLE ACCESS FULL | PRODUCT |     1 |    38 |     4   (0)| 00:00:01 |    1 |1048575|
-- this query DOES prune
select * from product where rel_date < to_date('20120101', 'yyyymmdd')
|   0 | SELECT STATEMENT       |         |     1 |    38 |     3   (0)| 00:00:01 |       |       |
|   1 | PARTITION RANGE SINGLE|         |     1 |    38 |     3   (0)| 00:00:01 |     1 |     1 |
|* 2 |   TABLE ACCESS FULL    | PRODUCT |     1 |    38 |     3   (0)| 00:00:01 |     1 |     1 |

ORA-13000: dimension number is out of range when using SDO_GEOM.RELATE

Dear everyone
I am attempting to workout which polygons cover the same area in order to determine distinct polygons. This is so I can then have just one copy of a polygon to a new table and delete all the duplicate polygons in the current table.
I ran the following first to check something:
SELECT SDO_GEOM.RELATE
   (A.geographical_coordinates,
    'DETERMINE',
    B.geographical_coordinates,
    0.05) relationship
FROM MAP_INDEX A,
      MAP_INDEX B
where A.geographical_coordinates is not NULL
and B.geographical_coordinates is not NULL;but got the error message:
Error starting at line 1 in command:
SELECT DISTINCT A.mi_prinx,
SDO_GEOM.RELATE
   (A.geographical_coordinates,
    'EQUAL',
    B.geographical_coordinates,
    0.05)
FROM MAP_INDEX A,
      MAP_INDEX B
where A.geographical_coordinates is not NULL
and B.geographical_coordinates is not NULL
Error report:
SQL Error: ORA-13000: dimension number is out of range
ORA-06512: at "MDSYS.SDO_GEOM", line 70
ORA-06512: at "MDSYS.SDO_GEOM", line 2647
13000. 00000 - "dimension number is out of range"
*Cause:    The specified dimension is either smaller than 1 or greater than
           the number of dimensions encoded in the HHCODE.
*Action:   Make sure that the dimension number is between 1 and the maximum
           number of dimensions encoded in the HHCODE.I then tried the following:
SELECT DISTINCT A.mi_prinx,
SDO_GEOM.RELATE
   (A.geographical_coordinates,
    'EQUAL',
    B.geographical_coordinates,
    0.05)
FROM MAP_INDEX A,
      MAP_INDEX B
where A.geographical_coordinates is not NULL
and B.geographical_coordinates is not NULLwhich produced the following error message:
Error starting at line 1 in command:
SELECT
SDO_GEOM.RELATE
(A.geographical_coordinates,
'EQUAL',
B.geographical_coordinates,
0.05) relationship
FROM MAP_INDEX A,
       MAP_INDEX B
Error report:
SQL Error: ORA-13050: unable to construct spatial object
ORA-06512: at "MDSYS.SDO_3GL", line 4
ORA-06512: at "MDSYS.MD2", line 771
ORA-06512: at "MDSYS.SDO_GEOM", line 2622
ORA-06512: at "MDSYS.SDO_GEOM", line 2649
13050. 00000 - "unable to construct spatial object"
*Cause:    This is an internal error.
*Action:   Contact Oracle Support Services.Does anyone have any idea as to what I might doing wrong? The original polygons were created in MapInfo Professional 8 and I am working in 10.2g
I believe Imust be doing something wrong. I looked into SDO_GEOM_VALIDATE but again that produce the same error message as the first one. I have previously created a spatial index and inserted the values into the USER_SDO_GEOM_METADATA view.
I have been able to get the following to work, I was testing out examples online just to see if I could produce a result on an sdo function:
SELECT NAME_OF_FEATURE, SDO_GEOM.SDO_AREA(GEOGRAPHICAL_COORDINATES,M.DIMINFO)
FROM MAP_INDEX, user_sdo_geom_metadata M
WHERE M.TABLE_NAME='MAP_INDEX' AND M.COLUMN_NAME='GEOGRAPHICAL_COORDINATES'
AND geographical_coordinates is not null;When I drew my polygons in MapInfo, they are likely to have gone partly outside of the boundary dimension values inserted in USER_SDO_GEOM_METADATA. Is that likely to be the cause of my problems or something else?
If it is the cause, is there away of setting up Oracle or MapInfo so that anything drawn outside of the dimension area is clipped.
Kind regards
Tim

Hi Tim,
Since Oracle 8.1.6 Oracle has suggested the use of 4 digit SDO_GTYPE values, which encode the number of dimensions in the geometry. Examples of 4 digit SDO_GTYPES include 2001 for a 2D point, 3001 for a 3D point, 2002 for a 2D linestring, 3002 for a 3D linestring, 2003 for a 2D polygon and 3003 for a 3D polygon.. Contrast these with single digit values of 1 for a point, 2 for a linestring, and 3 for a polygon.
My guess is that at least some of your data is loaded using single digit SDO_GTYPE values, and in the function Oracle does not know the dimensionality of the data (is a vertex identified by 2, 3, or four numbers?). You can check this by doing a:
select distinct a.geographical_coordinates.sdo_gtype from MAP_INDEX A;
If any of the values returned are single digit values then you will know this is the problem.
You have a few options.
You can have Oracle automatically fix the data by migrating the data:
execute sdo_migrate.to_current('MAP_INDEX','GEOGRAPHICAL_COORDINATES');
This will not only set the SDO_GTYPE correctly but will also fix any ring rotation problems (ensures exterior rings are stored counter-clockwise, and interior rings are stored clockwise), it will fix ring ordering problems (ensuring an exterior ring is followed by its interior rings), and it will appropiately set values in the SDO_ELEM_INFO_ARRAY.
After you do this you should be good to go. However, if you are using a tool to update the data and it resets the information back, then the problem will continue to plague you. You should check with your vendor if that is the case.
Another option is to change the query to a different signature which uses the SDO_GEOM_METADATA to get the dimensionality of the data. Instead of writing the query as you have, you would change it to:
SELECT SDO_GEOM.RELATE
(A.geographical_coordinates,
C.DIMINFO,
'DETERMINE',
B.geographical_coordinates,
C.DIMINFO) relationship
FROM MAP_INDEX A,
MAP_INDEX B,
USER_SDO_GEOM_METADATA C
WHERE A.geographical_coordinates is not NULL
and B.geographical_coordinates is not NULL
and C.TABLE_NAME='MAP_INDEX'
and C.COLUMN_NAME='GEOGRAPHICAL_COORDINATES';
So either of those should fix the problem you are seeing, but neither of those are the best way to accomplish what you want to do.
If I were you I would follow first set of directions (migrate your data), make sure I have a spatial index on my table:
select index_name
from user_sdo_index_info
where table_name='MAP_INDEX';
If no rows are returned, create the index:
create index MAP_INDEX_SIDX on MAP_INDEX(GEOGRAPHICAL_COORDINATES)
indextype is mdsys.spatial_index;
You could use SDO_JOIN to perform a self-join:
http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/B28359_01/appdev.111/b28400/sdo_operat.htm#BGEDJIBF
using the EQUAL mask. Note the section on optimizing self-joins.
If you don't have too much data, this might be a start to doing what you want:
create table dups_rowids as
select /*+ ordered */ a.rowid rowid1,b.rowid rowid2
from MAP_INDEX A,
MAP_INDEX B
where SDO_EQUALS (a.geographical_coordinates,b.geographical_coordinates)='TRUE'
and a.rowid <> b.rowid;
create table nodup_rowid (noduprid VARCHAR2(24));
create table dup_rowid (duprid VARCHAR2(24));
set serveroutput on;
declare
rowida varchar2(24);
rowidb varchar2(24);
rowidt varchar2(24);
type myCursor is ref cursor;
acursor myCursor;
cursor c1 is select rowid1,rowid2 from dups_rowids;
begin
for r in c1 loop
rowida := r.rowid1;
rowidb := r.rowid2;
rowidt := NULL;
open acursor for 'select duprid from dup_rowid where duprid = :rowida' using rowida;
fetch acursor into rowidt;
if rowidt is null
then
execute immediate 'insert into nodup_rowid values (:rowida)' using rowida;
execute immediate 'insert into dup_rowid values (:rowida)' using rowida;
execute immediate 'commit';
end if;
close acursor;
rowidt := NULL;
open acursor for 'select duprid from dup_rowid where duprid = :rowidb' using rowidb;
fetch acursor into rowidt;
if rowidt is null
then
execute immediate 'insert into dup_rowid values (:rowidb)' using rowidb;
execute immediate 'commit';
end if;
close acursor;
end loop;
end;
Then your final table would have the geometries from the original table that had no match:
create table MAP_INDEX_NODUPS
as select * from MAP_INDEX where rownum < 1;
insert into MAP_INDEX_NODUPS
(select *
from MAP_INDEX
where ROWID not in
(select ROWID1 from DUPS_ROWIDS));
plus only one of the geometries that were equal:
insert into MAP_INDEX_NODUPS
(select *
from MAP_INDEX
where ROWID in
(select ROWID1 from NODUP_ROWID);
Hope this helps.

Problems with string comparison using

I have a problem using the > and < comparison operators.
When the xsl:if test uses numeric values the comparison works OK. If the
test uses string values it always returns a false result.
The style sheet below shows an example (which should run against any
XML doc with a root element)
Note - the spurious
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output to an HTML page and IE happens to recognise them
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Finished numeric test :
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Posting Period Range variable - Using Offset

Hi:
I need to create queries for each quarter. Without going through detail, some of my columns in my report I need to use the first two months of the quarter and some of the other columns I need to use the 3 months in each quarter.
So for example: We are right now in quarter 1; Jan, Feb, and Mar. Some columns I will be using a range of 1 to 2 and the rest I will be using a range of 1 to 3. The same type of logic for the other 3 quarters. I have a posting period variable (Characteristic value) and I was hoping that I was going to be able to use the offset option when I restricted my variable in each column that I only want period 1 and 2. But when I run the query I don't get any results. I know that the offset works with "fix" values but it seems not to work with a "range".
I'm trying to stay way of creating the same queries for each quarter where the difference is only the posting period.
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Your thoughts comments will be greatly appreciated!
Regards,
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Hi Arun:
I know I can restrict the values that I want but I'm trying to avoid in having to create 4 queries..One per quarter. I'm trying to see if I can just have 1 query and use a range variable which I have already defined as a characteristic value and it's a range. I use the user exit to populate the initial values depending on the posting period at the time the query runs. Right now the variable screen will show 1 on the from and a 3 on the to.
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Thanks for your help!
Helena

Which number range is used for down payment requests for vendors?

Hi,
Which number range is usually used for down payment requests for vendors?
I would like to use it for:
Y002 vendors (emplyees)
Y004 vendors (1-time vendors)
Y005 vendors (confidential vendors)
The invoice will be posted via FI via Tcode FB60, FB65 & FB10 and F-02.
Thank you for your feedback.
Kind regards,
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Hi
For down payment request the Document type is KA hence the number range which is applicable to KA is applicable for vendor downpament also.
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Thanks
Srinivas

Ranges input using multiple selection in select-options

Hello,
I have declared a single selection field with multiple selection as follows:
SELECT-OPTIONS:
S_PONUM FOR EKKO-EBELN NO INTERVALS,
If a range is entered using multiple selection, no value appears in the selection field on screen, however, the ranges tab in multiple selection shows the range. Is there a way to programatically test if a range has been entered using multiple selection? Help is appreciated.
Regards

Hi,
If you not displaying the intervals then user can enter only one value then option field will be with 'EQ' sign.
LOOP AT S_PONUM.
IF S_PONUM-OPTION NE 'EQ'
" Then Values are entered using the multple selections
ENDIF.
ENDLOOP.

Nested Table having more than 1 column comparison using ORACLE MULTISET

Dear ALL,
I am using ORACLE 10gR2 Database.
I am currently trying to compare two sets of data that I get from two queries in PL/SQL. I want to use Oracle MULTISET UNION, MULTISET INTERSECT, MULTISET EXCEP for those operations.
But When I am executing the below given code I am getting the error.
PLS-00306: wrong number or types of arguments in call to 'MULTISET_EXCEPT_ALL'
My Code
declare
type wh_unique_record is record (cpy_key number(22),cnc_id varchar2(22),cust_type_id number,
device_info_id number,scope_id number,excep_id number,
config_date date);
type wh_previous_data_table is table of wh_unique_record;
wh_previous_data wh_previous_data_table;
wh_current_data wh_previous_data_table;
wh_union_data wh_previous_data_table;
wh_intersect_data wh_previous_data_table;
-- This cursor I am using to populate the data into the nested tables
cursor c_previous_data is select cpy_key,cnc_id,cust_type_id,device_info_id,scope_id,excep_id,config_date
from r_cfg_wh_excep
where cpy_key=17278
and trunc(config_date)=trunc(to_date('06-jul-2009','dd-mon-yyyy'));
cursor c_current_data is select cpy_key,cnc_id,cust_type_id,device_info_id,scope_id,excep_id,config_date
from r_cfg_wh_excep
where cpy_key=17278
and trunc(config_date)=trunc(to_date('16-jul-2009','dd-mon-yyyy'));
begin
open c_previous_data;
fetch c_previous_data bulk collect into wh_previous_data;
close c_previous_data;
open c_current_data;
fetch c_current_data bulk collect into wh_current_data;
close c_current_data;
dbms_output.put_line('Previous count '||wh_previous_data.count);
dbms_output.put_line('Current count '||wh_current_data.count);
--FYI: MULTISET UNION IS WORKING.*
wh_union_data := wh_current_data multiset union wh_previous_data;
dbms_output.put_line('New count '||wh_union_data.count);
wh_intersect_data:=wh_current_data MULTISET EXCEPT wh_previous_data;
dbms_output.put_line('The records that are repeating are '||wh_intersect_data.count);
end;
Previous count 74062
Current count 74508
New count 148570
PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.
FYI: If I comment the MULTISET EXCEPT conditin then I am getting the output for MULTISET UNION.
IS THERE ANY WAY ORACLE IS PROVIDING A FUNCTIONALITY WHERE WE CAN HAVE A NESTED TABLE WITH MULTIPLE COLUMNS AND THAT CAN BE USED IN PL/SQL AND USE BULK OPERATION TO POPULATE THE NESTED TABLE WITH MULTIPLE COLUMNS AND USE THE SAME IN MULTISET EXCEPT, MULTISET EXCEPT ETC.
Appreciate your help on this.
Thanks,
Madhu K.

Madhu,
I am totally amazed. I didn't think any of the MULTISET operations would work with NTs of records. Lucky you!
As for the EXCEPT, well, clearly it is a restriction or bug in PL/SQL.
You may want to report it to Oracle Support.
Regards,SF
At 11:45 AM 10/1/2009, you wrote:
Dear Steven,
I am using ORACLE 10gR2 Database.
I am currently trying to compare two sets of data that I get from two queries in PL/SQL. I want to use Oracle MULTISET UNION, MULTISET INTERSECT, MULTISET EXCEP for those operations.
But When I am executing the below given code I am getting the error.
PLS-00306: wrong number or types of arguments in call to 'MULTISET_EXCEPT_ALL'
My Code
declare
type wh_unique_record is record (cpy_key number(22),cnc_id varchar2(22),cust_type_id number,
device_info_id number,scope_id number,excep_id number,
config_date date);
type wh_previous_data_table is table of wh_unique_record;
wh_previous_data wh_previous_data_table;
wh_current_data wh_previous_data_table;
wh_union_data wh_previous_data_table;
wh_intersect_data wh_previous_data_table;
-- This cursor I am using to populate the data into the nested tables
cursor c_previous_data is select cpy_key,cnc_id,cust_type_id,device_info_id,scope_id,excep_id,config_date
from r_cfg_wh_excep
where cpy_key=17278
and trunc(config_date)=trunc(to_date('06-jul-2009','dd-mon-yyyy'));
cursor c_current_data is select cpy_key,cnc_id,cust_type_id,device_info_id,scope_id,excep_id,config_date
from r_cfg_wh_excep
where cpy_key=17278
and trunc(config_date)=trunc(to_date('16-jul-2009','dd-mon-yyyy'));
begin
open c_previous_data;
fetch c_previous_data bulk collect into wh_previous_data;
close c_previous_data;
open c_current_data;
fetch c_current_data bulk collect into wh_current_data;
close c_current_data;
dbms_output.put_line('Previous count '||wh_previous_data.count);
dbms_output.put_line('Current count '||wh_current_data.count);
--FYI: MULTISET UNION IS WORKING.
wh_union_data := wh_current_data multiset union wh_previous_data;
dbms_output.put_line('New count '||wh_union_data.count);
wh_intersect_data:=wh_current_data MULTISET EXCEPT wh_previous_data;
dbms_output.put_line('The records that are repeating are '||wh_intersect_data.count);
end;
Previous count 74062
Current count 74508
New count 148570
PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.
FYI: If I comment the MULTISET EXCEPT conditin then I am getting the output for MULTISET UNION.
IS THERE ANY WAY ORACLE IS PROVIDING A FUNCTIONALITY WHERE WE CAN HAVE A NESTED TABLE WITH MULTIPLE COLUMNS AND THAT CAN BE USED IN PL/SQL AND USE BULK OPERATION TO POPULATE THE NESTED TABLE WITH MULTIPLE COLUMNS AND USE THE SAME IN MULTISET EXCEPT, MULTISET EXCEPT ETC.
Appreciate your help on this.
Thanks,
Madhu K.

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