How to see the output of associative array in procedure

Question

Hi ,
I tried the following code
And confused about looking at the output of the associative array.
CREATE OR REPLACE PACKAGE test_pak1
AS
   FUNCTION map_object (obj_typ_in VARCHAR2)
      RETURN VARCHAR2;
   CURSOR c_c1
   IS
      SELECT * FROM emp;
   TYPE test_ttyp IS TABLE OF c_c1%ROWTYPE
                        INDEX BY PLS_INTEGER;
   PROCEDURE search_obj (obj_type VARCHAR2);
END;
CREATE OR REPLACE PACKAGE BODY test_pak1
AS
   FUNCTION map_object (obj_typ_in VARCHAR2)
      RETURN VARCHAR2
   IS
   BEGIN
      dopl ('Hello');
      RETURN abc;
   END;
   PROCEDURE search_obj (obj_type VARCHAR2)
   IS
      test_tab   test_ttyp;
   BEGIN
        DOPL  (test_tab);
      end;
   END;In the above code i want to see the output of the test_tab which is in the procedure search_obj.
could you please help me in this
Thanks

Answer 1

Hi ,
Though the table has the records , the associatve array declared on this table is showing 0 records..
Create or replace package test_pak1 as
FUNCTION map_object ( obj_typ_in VARCHAR2 ) RETURN VARCHAR2;
  CURSOR c_c1
    IS
SELECT  *
        FROM dept;
    TYPE test_ttyp IS TABLE OF c_c1%ROWTYPE INDEX BY PLS_INTEGER;
procedure search_obj(obj_type varchar2);
end;
Create or replace package body test_pak1 as
FUNCTION map_object ( obj_typ_in VARCHAR2 ) RETURN VARCHAR2
     IS
  begin
       dbms_output.put_line ('Hello');
  return 'abc';
end;
procedure search_obj(obj_type varchar2) is
   test_tab test_ttyp;
  begin
    DBMS_OUTPUT.put_line ('nested array count value'|| test_tab.COUNT);
                         FOR i IN 1 ..  test_tab.COUNT LOOP
                             dbms_output.put_line( test_tab(i).deptno||' '|| test_tab(i).dname);  end loop;
   end;
end;  
begin
  test_pak1.search_obj('HYD');
end;  Though the table has the records the count of the associative array is showing 0 records ... Why
Thanks