Getting ~ saperated values in to plsql tables or refcursor

Question

Hi<br>
<br>
If have a column with ~ saperated value as <br>
<br>
pen~pencil~rubber <br>
<br>
This string does not have fixed number of ~ in the string column how can i <br>saperate these values and store it in plsql table or ref cursor .
can i get this using sql statement <br>
for ex
i want that in similar fashion in plsql table
<br>
pen <br>
pecil<br>
rubber<br>
<br>
<br>
Can i get what is the number of ~ in the above string using sql statement<br>
<br>
Regards<br>
vamsi krishna

Answer 1

This string does not have fixed number of ~ in the string column how can isaperate these values and store it in plsql
SCOTT@demo102> drop table tild;
Table dropped.
SCOTT@demo102> create table tild (id number, text varchar2(20));
Table created.
SCOTT@demo102>
SCOTT@demo102> insert into tild values (1,'pen~pencil~rubber');
1 row created.
SCOTT@demo102> insert into tild values (2,'ent~stand~expr');
1 row created.
SCOTT@demo102> insert into tild values (3,'rugby~football');
1 row created.
SCOTT@demo102>
SCOTT@demo102> set serveroutput on
SCOTT@demo102>
SCOTT@demo102> declare
  2  type mytype is table of varchar2(20);
  3  mytable     mytype:=mytype();
  4  mystr       varchar2(20);
  5  i           number:=0;
  6  begin
  7      for x in (select text from tild) loop
  8          mystr:=x.text||'~';
  9          while instr(mystr,'~')>0 loop
10                i:=i+1;
11                mytable.extend(1);
12                mytable(i):=substr(mystr,1,instr(mystr,'~')-1);
13                mystr:=substr(mystr,instr(mystr,'~')+1);
14                dbms_output.put_line(mytable(i));
15          end loop;
16      end loop;
17  end;
18  /
pen
pencil
rubber
ent
stand
expr
rugby
football
PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.
SCOTT@demo102> Nicolas.