Convert string Column into set or Rows.

Question

Hi,
I have a difficult time converting a string column in the source table to be spitted and insert them as individual rows in target table. The source sting is separated by "-" character. And the source sting can have any number of "-" which may result in any number of out put rows.
e.g. "- IL - NY - NJ - KY - TX" "RAY" should look like
RAY IL
RAY NY
RAY NJ
RAY KY
RAY TX
in the target table.
Thanks,
Ashvin.
Edited by: user591315 on Mar 13, 2009 8:03 AM

Answer 1

This is working.
All you need to do in owb is pull the table function operator , config it take a ref-cursor and also give the attribute names that are declared in the type record to each of the out put variables in the table function operator.(in this case-8 variables).
Thanks,
Ashvin.
CREATE OR REPLACE
type RDW.STAFF_MEMBER_BREAKDOWN_RECORD is object
( survey_i_id number,
survey_id number,
client number,
company number,
csg number,
contact number,
pred_mode_type number,
pred_mode_string varchar2(2000));
CREATE OR REPLACE
type RDW.STAFF_MEMBER_BREAKDOWN_TABLE
is table of staff_member_breakdown_record;
CREATE OR REPLACE package RDW.refcur_pkg
as
type staff_teams_cur_type is ref cursor;
end refcur_pkg;
CREATE OR REPLACE function RDW.parse_teams
(staff_teams_cur refcur_pkg.staff_teams_cur_type)
return staff_member_breakdown_table
pipelined
is
v_survey_i_id NUMBER;
v_survey_id NUMBER;
v_client NUMBER;
v_company NUMBER;
v_csg NUMBER;
v_contact NUMBER;
v_pred_mode_type NUMBER;
v_team_members_r VARCHAR2(2000);
v_team_members VARCHAR2(2000);
cnt NUMBER;
exit_flag NUMBER;
begin
loop
fetch staff_teams_cur into v_survey_i_id,v_survey_id ,v_client,v_company,v_csg,v_contact,v_pred_mode_type,v_team_members;
exit when staff_teams_cur%notfound;
exit_flag := 0;
v_team_members_r := ltrim(v_team_members,'#') ;
loop
cnt := instr( v_team_members_r, '#' );
if ( cnt > 0 )
then
v_team_members := substr(v_team_members_r,1,instr(v_team_members_r,'#')-1);
v_team_members_r := substr(v_team_members_r,instr(v_team_members_r,'#')+1);
else
v_team_members := v_team_members_r;
exit_flag := 1;
end if;
pipe row (staff_member_breakdown_record(
to_number(v_survey_i_id),v_survey_id ,v_client,v_company,v_csg,v_contact,v_pred_mode_type, v_team_members));
exit when exit_flag = 1;
end loop;
end loop;
end parse_teams;
/