Flat file again

Question

let me try this again.
say i have a table called events. in that table there is a field with 120 types of event codes. what i would like to do is count these codes that i request in my scrip and have it to save in a text file with title of code at top and count of that code underneath. hope this makes sense
drugs robberies accidents
10 120 234
this way i can upload it into my word chart without type each line.
thanks,
lorenzo

Answer 1

Here is a simple script I wrote to demonstrate how to solve the problem using string concatination. In the example is substituted job from the emp table for your code.
You could use the routine in conjunction with the UTL_FILE package to put your output in a flatfile.
WARNING: UTL_FILE has a line length limit (I think it is 1K), so you may have to split your line at some point.
Do a search on forums for examples on how to use UTL_FILE.
SQL> set serveroutput on
1 declare
2 voutput1 varchar2(1000);
3 voutput2 varchar2(1000);
4 cursor c1 is select job, count(*) as QTY
5 from emp
6 group by job;
7 begin
8 for i in c1 loop
9 voutput1 := voutput1||' '||i.job;
10 voutput2 := voutput2||' '||to_char(i.qty);
11 end loop;
12 dbms_output.put_line(voutput1);
13 dbms_output.put_line(voutput2);
14* end;
SQL> /
ANALYST CLERK MANAGER PRESIDENT SALESMAN
2 4 3 1 4
PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.