Fetches more values into one variable

Question

Hi, inside a cursor loop I'd like to assign, each fetch, a value to a variable, in order, at the end to have a collection of all the values fetched into the same variable.
The code is the following:
CREATE OR REPLACE procedure APPS.AAA as
v_pino varchar2(64);
CURSOR tks_opened_range IS
SELECT incident_number AS YP_TKS_OPENED_WITHIN_RANGE FROM cs.cs_incidents_all_b a, cs_incident_statuses_b b, Cs_Incident_Statuses_Tl c
WHERE b.incident_status_id = c.incident_status_id
AND a.incident_status_id = b.incident_status_id
AND (b.attribute1 <> '3' OR b.attribute1 IS NULL)
AND c.language = 'EL'
AND ((sysdate - to_date(incident_attribute_6, 'dd-mm-yyyy hh24:mi'))*1440) BETWEEN 1 AND 11111111111
AND incident_attribute_2 IN ('ΓΕΝΙΚΗ ΔΙΕΥΘΥΝΣΗ ΤΕΧΝΟΛΟΓΙΑΣ')
ORDER BY incident_number;
rec_tks_opened_range tks_opened_range%ROWTYPE;
begin
FOR rec_tks_opened_range IN tks_opened_range
LOOP
v_pino := rec_tks_opened_range.YP_TKS_OPENED_WITHIN_RANGE;
DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE('v_pino: ' || v_pino);
end loop;
end AAA;
This works with the variable v_pino!....but at the end, the value of the variable v_pino is ONLY the last fetched by the cursor.
Is there a way to declare a variable (or better a collection) or a new type in order to have all the data fetched into this variable and the end of the fetching ?
I need to know this trick because, after, I have to assign this variable to a pipelined table function.
Thanks in advance
Alex
/

Answer 1

Great Devang !! Thanks a lot ! It works ! Now I am able to retrieve all the values I need and store them into my variable gino
I searched on the note you mentioned in your mail in order to pass an array as a variable to a table function (PIPE ROW call), but I didn't find nothing about it.
Now I explain to you my situation.
I already implemented a table function that works perfectly. I have 2 cursors declared and 2 PIPE ROW calls.
FUNCTION statistic_report_2_1 (p_resolv_time_ll varchar2, p_resolv_time_ul varchar2, p_ypiresia varchar2)
RETURN xxi_statistic_rep_2_1_tab PIPELINED
IS
-- CURSORS FOR THE FIRST SHEET - Tickets opened per group and per duration
-- Cursor for tickets opened within 1 hour --
CURSOR tks_opened_1_h IS
SELECT incident_number AS YP_TKS_OPENED_WITHIN_1_HOUR
FROM cs.cs_incidents_all_b a, cs_incident_statuses_b b, Cs_Incident_Statuses_Tl c
WHERE b.incident_status_id = c.incident_status_id
AND a.incident_status_id = b.incident_status_id
AND (b.attribute1 <> '3' OR b.attribute1 IS NULL)
AND c.language = 'EL'
AND ((sysdate - to_date(incident_attribute_6, 'dd-mm-yyyy hh24:mi'))*1440) < 60
AND incident_attribute_2 IN (SELECT * FROM TABLE(CAST(xxi_szf_discoverer.ypiresia_values(p_ypiresia) AS xxi_ypiresia_list_tab)))
ORDER BY incident_number;
rec_tks_opened_1_h tks_opened_1_h%ROWTYPE;
-- Cursor for tickets opened between 1 hour and 3 hours --
CURSOR tks_opened_1_3_h IS
SELECT incident_number AS YP_TKS_OPENED_BE_1_3_HOURS FROM cs.cs_incidents_all_b a, cs_incident_statuses_b b, Cs_Incident_Statuses_Tl c
WHERE b.incident_status_id = c.incident_status_id
AND a.incident_status_id = b.incident_status_id
AND (b.attribute1 <> '3' OR b.attribute1 IS NULL)
AND c.language = 'EL'
AND ((sysdate - to_date(incident_attribute_6, 'dd-mm-yyyy hh24:mi'))*1440) BETWEEN 60 AND 179
AND incident_attribute_2 IN (SELECT * FROM TABLE(CAST(xxi_szf_discoverer.ypiresia_values(p_ypiresia) AS xxi_ypiresia_list_tab)))
ORDER BY incident_number;
rec_tks_opened_1_3_h tks_opened_1_3_h%ROWTYPE;
PRAGMA AUTONOMOUS_TRANSACTION;
BEGIN
-- FIRST SHEET OPEN CURSORS --
TICKETS NUMBER OPENED WITHIN 1 HOUR
FOR rec_tks_opened_1_h IN tks_opened_1_h
LOOP
PIPE ROW(stat_rep_2_1_type(
rec_tks_opened_1_h.YP_TKS_OPENED_WITHIN_1_HOUR
END LOOP;
-- TICKETS NUMBER OPENED BETWEEN 1 HOUR AND 3 HOURS --
FOR rec_tks_opened_1_3_h IN tks_opened_1_3_h
LOOP
PIPE ROW(stat_rep_2_1_type(
,rec_tks_opened_1_3_h.YP_TKS_OPENED_BE_1_3_HOURS));
END LOOP;
RETURN;
END statistic_report_2_1;
But, in this way and with this syntax, I obtain for each PIPE ROW call only one field filled each time, because I can’t call 2 cursors in a nested loop together (data duplication);
For example:
1st PIPE ROW call : only the first field is filled and into the second I have to put ‘’
2nd PIPE ROW call : only the second field is filled and into the first I have to put ‘’
….and I cant’ call with a single PIPE ROW call two cursor variables…..
Into a Discoverer report this data layout is really bad (you can imagine with thousand
of records).
For this reason I thought to use an array variable (gino) to pass to a single PIPE ROW call outside the cursor loop……but it doesn’t work !!!
Can you suggest me how to resolve this problem….if it possible ?
Did I have to declare other TYPE or collection ?
Thanks you so much
Alex