Call function within select statement

Question

Hi
I would appreciate if someone help me with the below package. I need to call the function in my select statement and have to insert the results into the table
Thanks in advance
Regards
Sriram
create or replace package my_tables
AS
procedure pop_staff_info_tab;
-- FUNCTION get_emergency_contact(pn_person_id IN NUMBER);
end my_tables;
create or replace package body pop_staff_info_tab
is
cursor crs_pri_staff is
select
papf.party_id
,papf.person_id
,papf.employee_number
,papf.first_name
,papf.middle_names
,papf.last_name
,papf.known_as
,papf.full_name
,papf.previous_last_name
,papf.title
,get_emergency_contact(pn_person_id) as PRIMARY_EMERGENCY_CONTACT_NAME
from per_all_people_f papf
where trunc(sysdate) between papf.effective_start_date and
papf.effective_end_date;
procedure pop_staff_info_tab is
begin
for my_cursor_staff in crs_pri_staff
loop
insert into staff_info
PARTY_ID
,PERSON_ID
,EMPLOYEE_NUMBER
,FIRST_NAME
,MIDDLE_NAME
,LAST_NAME
,PREFERRED_NAME
,FULL_NAME
,PREVIOUS_LAST_NAME
,TITLE_CODE
,PRIMARY_EMERGENCY_CONTACT_NAME
values
my_cursor_staff.party_id
,my_cursor_staff.person_id
,my_cursor_staff.employee_number
,my_cursor_staff.first_name
,my_cursor_staff.middle_names
,my_cursor_staff.last_name
,my_cursor_staff.known_as
,my_cursor_staff.full_name
,my_cursor_staff.previous_last_name
,my_cursor_staff.title
,my_cursor_staff.PRIMARY_EMERGENCY_CONTACT_NAME);
end loop;
end pop_staff_info_tab;
FUNCTION get_emergency_contact(pn_person_id IN NUMBER)
RETURN VARCHAR2 IS
lv_emergency_contact_name VARCHAR2(2000);
BEGIN
SELECT ppf.full_name
INTO lv_emergency_contact_name
FROM per_person_types_tl pttl
,per_person_types pt
,per_all_people_f ppf
,per_contact_relationships con
,hr_lookups hl
WHERE con.contact_person_id = ppf.person_id
AND ppf.person_type_id = pt.person_type_id
AND pt.person_type_id = pttl.person_type_id
AND pt.user_person_type = 'Emergency Contact'
AND con.contact_type = hl.lookup_code
AND hl.lookup_type(+) = 'CONTACT'
AND con.contact_type = 'EMRG'
AND con.primary_contact_flag = 'Y'
AND trunc(SYSDATE) BETWEEN
nvl(con.date_start,
trunc(SYSDATE) - 1) AND
nvl(con.date_end,
trunc(SYSDATE) + 1)
AND
trunc(SYSDATE) BETWEEN nvl(ppf.effective_start_date,
SYSDATE - 1) AND
nvl(ppf.effective_end_date,
SYSDATE + 1)
AND con.person_id = pn_person_id;
RETURN lv_emergency_contact_name;
END get_emergency_contact;*/
END my_tables;

Answer 1

hi,
You don't have to call the function inside the select statement. You can do as below:
procedure pop_staff_info_tab is
m_emrncy_cntct varchar2(1000); /*Added by Sri_Raghav*/
begin
for my_cursor_staff in crs_pri_staff
loop
m_emrncy_cntct := get_emergency_contact(my_cursor_staff.person_id); /*Added by Sri_Raghav*/
/* This above memory varaible(m_emrncy_cntct) can be used to insert into ur new table */ /*Comment added by Sri_Raghav */
insert into staff_info
PARTY_ID
,PERSON_ID
,EMPLOYEE_NUMBER
,FIRST_NAME
,MIDDLE_NAME
,LAST_NAME
,PREFERRED_NAME
,FULL_NAME
,PREVIOUS_LAST_NAME
,TITLE_CODE
,PRIMARY_EMERGENCY_CONTACT_NAME
values
my_cursor_staff.party_id
,my_cursor_staff.person_id
,my_cursor_staff.employee_number
,my_cursor_staff.first_name
,my_cursor_staff.middle_names
,my_cursor_staff.last_name
,my_cursor_staff.known_as
,my_cursor_staff.full_name
,my_cursor_staff.previous_last_name
,my_cursor_staff.title
,my_cursor_staff.PRIMARY_EMERGENCY_CONTACT_NAME);
end loop;
end pop_staff_info_tab;