Array types in functions

Question

Hi,
I have defined a type like
CREATE TYPE TYPE1 AS OBJECT (
NAME VARCHAR2(100),
AGE NUMBER
and i have created anothe arratype which is array of type TYPE1
Now i need to write a function whcih takes this array as input and in this function i need to loop through the TYPE1 elements and get the name and age.
Please give me the looping syntax.
thanks,
Kishore.

Answer 1

SQL> CREATE TYPE TYPE1 AS OBJECT (
  2  NAME VARCHAR2(100),
  3  AGE NUMBER
  4  );
  5  /
Type created.
SQL> create or replace type type1_arr as varray(10) of type1;
  2  /
Type created.
SQL> create or replace procedure proc1 (p1 type1_arr) as
  2  begin
  3   for i in 1..p1.count loop
  4    dbms_output.put_line(p1(i).name||':'||to_char(p1(i).age));
  5   end loop;
  6  end;
  7  /
Procedure created.
SQL> set serverout on
SQL> declare
  2   arr type1_arr := type1_arr(type1('a',1),type1('b',2));
  3  begin
  4   proc1(arr);
  5  end;
  6  /
a:1
b:2
PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.