How to use a table as Parameter to a function?

Question

Hi,
I would like to know how we can use a "nested table " ( pl/sql collection)
as parameter in a function and that function also return a table.
How we execute this type of function in a pl/sql block?
Thanks
Jobin JSP
Edited by: Jobin .SP on Dec 18, 2008 1:45 AM

Answer 1

Some thing like this?
SQL> create or replace type tbl is table of number(10)
  2  /
Type created.
SQL> create or replace function my_fn (ptbl in tbl) return tbl
  2  as
  3     ltbl tbl;
  4  begin
  5     ltbl := ptbl;
  6
  7     for i in 1..ltbl.count
  8     loop
  9             ltbl(i) := ltbl(i) + 10;
10     end loop;
11
12     return ltbl;
13  end;
14  /
Function created.
SQL> select * from table(my_fn(tbl(1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10)))
  2  /
COLUMN_VALUE
          11
          12
          13
          14
          15
          16
          17
          18
          19
          20
10 rows selected.