Error in RETURNING clause in INSERT.....SELECT query

Question

Hi Friends
I am having an error: "SQL stmt not properly ended" when i run the below code.
Cant i fetch multiple values from the returning clause into a collection variable??
insert into consumption__C
     (SITECODE, SALESORG, PRODFAM,CAMPCODE, CYEAR, MDATE, SYSENV, MTYPE, ACCOUNT__C, SUPPLIER__C,
PRODUCT_PER_UNIT__C, PRODUCT__C, UNIT__C, AMOUNT_Y__C, VOLUME_Y__C, CURRENCY__C,SUPPLYMODE__C)
     select      ' '                    Sitecode,
                    ' '          Salesorg,
' '                    Prodfam,
                    ' '                    campcode,
                    ' '                    cyear,
                    pcurr_mig               MDATE,
                    psysenv                    SYSENV,
                    'NSet'                    MTYPE,                          
                    c.sitecode               Account__c,
                    ' '                    supplier__c,
                    ' '                    Product_per_unit__c,
                    c.material               Product__c,
                    ' '                    unit__c,
                    c.Amount           Amount_y__c,
                    ' '                    Volume__c,
                    'Euro'                    Currency__c,
                    ' '                    Supply_Mode__c
from load_sales_customer_site c     returning c.customer_code bulk collect INTO temp;
Kindly guide...... what is the problem!!
Thanks in advance

Answer 1

nice idea, but you can't use returning into with
insert as select:
SQL> select * from v$version;
BANNER
Oracle Database 10g Enterprise Edition Release 10.2.0.1.0 - 64bi
PL/SQL Release 10.2.0.1.0 - Production
CORE    10.2.0.1.0      Production
TNS for Linux: Version 10.2.0.1.0 - Production
NLSRTL Version 10.2.0.1.0 - Production
SQL> create table exm(id primary key) as select object_id from all_objects
  2  where rownum <=100;
Table created.
SQL> declare
  2  type num_tbl is table of number;
  3   ll_num_tbl num_tbl;
  4   begin
  5   insert into exm(id)
  6  (select object_id * 100 from all_objects where rownum
  7   <=100) returning id into ll_num_tbl;
  8  end;
  9  /
<=100) returning id into ll_num_tbl;
ERROR at line 7:
ORA-06550: line 7, column 9:
PL/SQL: ORA-00933: SQL command not properly ended
ORA-06550: line 5, column 2:
PL/SQL: SQL Statement ignoredAmiel